6. Sikh Your Mind - Mental Health Awareness Week Special

Welcome to Episode 6. Sikh Your Mind - A Mental Health Awareness Week special.  

The theme for Mental Health Awareness Week this year is "Kindness" - do share with on social media what this means to you - we would love to know!

We are joined today by Gobinderjit Kaur & Rakhveer Singh who are members of Sikh Your Mind; a 100% volunteer led, UK based charity who raise awareness and provide support to the Sikh/Punjabi community in the Mental Health space.

Gobinderjit Kaur is the founder of the charity and works for the NHS as a clinical Psychologist.  Rakhveer Singh is a Buying Professional, who has lived experience of dealing with Mental Health challenges he faced with family.  Both explain more about their backgrounds and how the charity came about, as well as the challenges they face to support the Sikh/Punjabi community.

We discuss a number of resources that can help people who want to learn more about Mental Health or access services that are currently available to them, see further below;

Sikh Your Mind Website: http://sikhyourmind.com/, Contact form to access support -  http://sikhyourmind.com/contact-us/

Sikh Your Mind Instagram: http://instagram.com/sikhyourmind

Sikh Your Mind YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZJXe9YZ1F9Slc8lJnZDxEw/featured

To donate to Sikh Your Mind: http://www.paypal.me/sikhyourmind

Other organisations who provide information and support for Mental Health;

Sikh Council UK: COVID19 Helpline -  0333 2300 100 https://sikhcouncil.co.uk/

Taraki: Organisation working with the Punjabi community to reshape approaches to mental health https://www.taraki.co.uk/

Sikh Forgiveness: Mental Health and Well-being organisation, aspiring to redefine Mental Health in Sikh communities and wider BME communities. https://sikhforgiveness.com/

NHS Every Mind Matters support website: https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/?WT.tsrc=Search&WT.mc_id=Brand&gclid=CjwKCAjwtqj2BRBYEiwAqfzur5k8LVZXudqORCJ0VGNJv5IPuvh623jpD711NEAZzgM0LXbKvHFZOhoCSKQQAvD_BwE

Mind Charity for better mental health: https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/

The Skills Network - Level 2 Certificate in awareness of Mental Health Problems https://www.theskillsnetwork.com/learners/courses/mental-health-training-uk-level-2 - potentially free if you fit the funding requirements else £299

Please do share this episode widely and the resources mentioned above.

Stay blessed,

Avtar Singh - The Sikh Coach