Jami Youtopia Brochure 2021

Brochure kindly sponsored by The Exilarch’s Foundation

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Wishing Jami success with its important work.

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Brochure sponsor

A MESSAGE FROM

Our Chairman Dear Friends, In my first year as Chair of Jami, I have witnessed first-hand the commitment, enthusiasm, creativity and resilience of the whole Jami team. Despite continuing to be surrounded by uncertainty, thanks to our professional staff, volunteers and supporters, I have every confidence that Jami and those benefiting from our services will continue to thrive.

Together we are changing lives, but we are also investing in a community which accepts, acknowledges and understands mental illness. A community which is resilient and has the capacity and capability to be healthy. A community in which symptoms of mental illness are as recognisable as a heart attack and trigger an equally apropriate response. A community in which Parity of Esteem is a reality and an environment which helps, not hinders, mental health. This should be all of our Youtopia.

These past months have given many people a flavour of the isolation experienced for far too long by some of the most vulnerable members of our community. Let us hope that once lockdown and social restrictions are finally behind us, we can rise from isolation together.

Wishing you a happy and healthy 2021,

Adam Dawson Chairman

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A MESSAGE FROM

Our Chief Executive Dear Friends, The past ten months have probably been the toughest of my professional career, but thanks to the amazing efforts of Jami staff and volunteers, I have also experienced some of my proudest moments.

Ever the optimist, I focus on some of the positive outcomes of the pandemic. Society is increasingly acknowledging the importance of mental health. Conversations about mental health are commonplace in every walk of life and in many respects, mental health is the parallel issue alongside the virus itself.

Unfortunately, the demands on our services have increased significantly, but with improved awareness and education, our Community moves closer towards our vision of a transformed, more supportive, mental health landscape. This is Jami’s Youtopia.

Post Covid, Jami services will be a blend of virtual and physical, taking the best of both to provide more effective services, increased capacity and greater reach. This is possible only thanks to your support.

With very best wishes,

Laurie Rackind Chief Executive Officer

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Our host, Rachel Riley Rachel Riley is a British TV presenter and arithmetician best known as the number expert on the quiz show Countdown and as a resident team member of the hit Channel 4 comedy show 8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown. She has also appeared on many other programmes including Room 101, Top Gear and Would I Lie To You, as well as several TV quiz shows raising money for charity.

Brought up in Thorpe Bay, Essex, Rachel graduated from Oriel College, Oxford, with a degree in Mathematics. She is an avid Manchester United fan and regularly appears on football related programmes.

With a keen interest in promoting maths and science to young people, Rachel has been involved in a number of National Numeracy initiatives including Premier League Primary Stars, an initiative designed to help develop children’s skills and ambition both on and off the sports field. She is also a Global Ambassador for Grassroots Soccer that leverages the power of football to educate, inspire, and mobilise youth in developing countries.

Rachel has recently been at the forefront of the campaign against antisemitism after being targeted on social media and has commented on the impact this has had on her mental health.

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Where to find us 1 • Head Room Café Situated in the heart of the community, stop by to fuel your body and mind. With a fresh, Middle Eastern inspired daily food menu; wellbeing and mental health support groups; and a social enterprise enabling meaningful activity for volunteers and service users alike. Refer to headroomcafe.org for current opening hours.

2 • Café Wellbeing Programme Take part in our warm, friendly café sessions, in person and online, to support each other and have fun.

3 • Community Hubs

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Edgware, Finchley, Hackney, Redbridge (currently closed) or visit us virtually at Hub Online.

4 • Hub Online Join our monthly programme of activities and group support to manage your mental health, engage socially, get creative and take part in Jewish learning and festivals.

5 • eBay Shop Visit our shop selling designer, vintage and collectable items, raising vital funds for mental health: ebay.co.uk/str/jamicharityshop

6 • Mill HIll Upcycling Shop Reopening 2021! Keep an eye out on our social media for more information.

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What Jami does

Community Support and Hubs

Carer and Family Support

Monthly programme of activities

One to one support

Accessible and inclusive environment

Group support

Informal individual and group support

Coping strategies

Social Work, Occupational Therapy and Peer Support

Practical and benefits advice

Crisis planning and support Relief from social isolation

Recovery Team

Meal delivery and doorstep chat

Bespoke recovery focused support

Weekly newsletter

Compeer Programmes Pairs individuals with trained volunteers Help towards re-discovering old hobbies

12-week programme of small groups and individual support Social Work, Occupational Therapy and Peer Support Independent living skills, anxiety management, building routine and structure and much more

Relief from social isolation / building meaningful connections Connecting with local communities

Social Enterprise Head Room CafĂŠ and boutique

Hospital Visiting (when allowed) Highly trained volunteers Connection to the Jewish community Advice on how to access support when discharged

Upcycling pop up shop eBay store Enterprise Hub in Borehamwood Opportunities to learn new skills and regain confidence in a working environment

Vocational Support

Young Adult

Skills assessments

Occupational Therapy and Peer Support

Job coaching and mentoring Advice on career change

Anxiety management, increasing selfesteem, building routine and structure and much more

Training and access to education

Transitional support from teenager to adult

Volunteering

Liaison with educational facilities

Study Skills

Head Room Education Raise awareness of mental health in the Community Courses, workshops and seminars throughout the year Special programmes in schools, synagogues and the local community Mental Health First Aid courses

Advocacy Support to have views and wishes heard Explanation of rights and options Guidance to access mental health services Support to access housing Assistance in navigating the mental health system

Physical Fitness Sessions on stress management and diet Promote link between physical health and wellbeing Exercise classes

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Jami’s Covid-19 Response During this unprecedented time Jami has continued to support the mental health of the wider Jewish Community, as well as our existing service users, many of whom have experienced a decline in their mental health as a result of the pandemic.

When lockdown first began in March last year, our priority was to ensure that our most vulnerable existing service users were not alone. For some people, attending a Jami hub had been their only opportunity for a hot meal or social interaction, so ensuring both these needs continued to be met was vital.

Providing IT equipment and technical support allowed people to access our virtual groups and keep in touch with loved ones and Jami service support, whilst maintaining social distancing.

2000+ meals delivered

With the closure of Jami’s Head Room Café and our four Community Hubs, we have adapted our services. This has been achieved through: • Meal provision and doorstep chats.

• Telephone support and 1:1 video conferencing.

• Additional telephone/online support to service users engaged with our new Young Adult Service and Vocational Support Service.

• Launching and facilitating Community Hub Online and Head Room Online.

• Free online programmes reflecting those held in person at our Hubs and Head Room Café.

• Online carers support, peer-led and facilitated groups, including the newly created Young Family Carers Group.

• Addanon Carers Support Group also moved online, for those caring for someone with addiction problems.

• Adapting our educational programmes included delivering webinars focussing on the impact on mental health in the workplace and on the importance of looking after our mental health during the pandemic.

• Relaunching our Befriending provision through introduction of the Compeer programme from the US. These vital friendships provide a vital link for service users to engage with the wider community.

Over

8,000

attendences to our online programmes

170%

increase in referrals to Jami's Carer & Family support service

It’s so comforting to know that I can tell my own mental health story without ever being judged.

Jami have been wonderfully supportive and understanding and I can never begin to thank all of you for everything you’ve done to guide, encourage and help me through. Everybody has been absolutely brilliant.

Continued...

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Wider Community Support

100%

of Jami’s new referrals are Covid related There has been a 110% increase in new referrals of people whose mental health has deteriorated as a direct result of the pandemic. This is in addition to the growth in support needed from existing service users at this time.

Looking to the future, we are expanding our provision further to support the needs of longer-term mental health services post-lockdown.

Jami has been working closely with Kooth Plc, the UK’s leading online mental health platform, to provide Jewish students and adults across the UK access to free, safe, online mental health counselling and support. Jami Kooth launched in April and Jami Qwell in August and can be accessed through bespoke branded portals on Jami’s web page.

We have also teamed up with ‘Shout’, the 24/7 UK text messaging service offering immediate crisis support. If a user texts Jami to 85258 it highlights to Shout they are linked to Jami and the appropriate connections can be made.

Future proofing It is currently unclear how long the latest lockdown is to last, but it’s likely that some form of social distancing will remain for a while. Jami is expecting and planning for a growing demand for our services over the coming year.

500

hours of support on Qwell

(AUGUST TO SEPTEMBER)

2568 hours of telephone support

The continued development of online individual and group support will assist our ability to meet this increased demand. However, given the overwhelmingly positive response to our Covid-initiated online service delivery, in particular enabling people who couldn’t previously access our Hubs to now receive support, it is likely that even when lockdown is lifted, Jami services will be delivered through a combination of in person and online interactions.

To meet the increased demand Jami has expanded the service team by 25% with the appointment of additional occupational therapists, peer support workers and social workers.

It isn’t about getting the highest score in the quiz or writing the best piece on a Wednesday or even managing to follow all the body pretzeling directions in the exercise classes... it’s about being accepted and belonging.

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Volunteering over the pandemic Volunteers are an essential part of Jami. Without our volunteers, we wouldn’t be able to do nearly as much as we do now to support people living with mental illness.

Since March 2020, volunteering at Jami has adapted to ensure that anyone experiencing mental health problems within our community could continue to access support, even during lockdown.

During this time we have received over 180 enquiries from people interested in volunteering whilst current volunteers adopted new roles and challenges as part of Jami’s Covid response.

Remaining socially connected even while physically isolated became more important than ever, with wider society acknowledging a greater understanding of the impact isolation and loneliness can have on our mental health. We launched our new Compeer befriending programme, pairing trained and dedicated volunteers with Jami service users, for regular telephone or Zoom chats.

Doorstep chats became central to maintaining contact with those most vulnerable, which volunteers delivered alongside a hot meal. Over 2000 meals were delivered by our volunteers, ensuring no one was forgotten or alone.

While Jami’s community hubs were forced to remain closed, hub groups and activities moved online with volunteers helping to expertly facilitate some of the groups. The support administered within these groups has become a lifeline to many since lockdown.

This pandemic has shown the very best in people. It’s been a huge effort for volunteers to be able to provide services to so many people, Jami volunteers are heroes.

Adam Dawson, Jami Chair of Trustees

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Head Room Education The Head Room Education team reaches out to provide learning and engagement for adults and young people across the community.

We’re passionate educators and facilitators, providing conversations and courses about mental health. We work with organisations and individuals, offering relevant and inspirational content to a wide variety of audiences.

This year has been unlike any other. At the start of the first lockdown we worked quickly to adapt our programme for online delivery. This has certainly been challenging, a challenge that our brilliant team of facilitators has absolutely risen to.

Delivering an online programme has enabled us to open our courses and events up to a diverse audience, some of whom have been unable to engage face to face due to either location, caring responsibilities or situation. Throughout the pandemic, we have also been responding to the needs of the community with our content. We are dedicated to creating spaces where people can reflect, share and gain a new perspective on their experiences during lockdown and the pandemic, as well as life beyond.

Alongside this, we’re focused on helping the whole Jewish community to respond to the mental health needs of everyone, through building the capabilities of others, from synagogue communities to professional caring organisations and university student groups.

We’re seeing more appetite than ever for learning about mental health and we’re working harder to meet that need with our trademark brand of informed, compassionate and interactive education.

Visit jamiuk.org/education for details of our latest courses.

ERIC In February 2020 we announced a communal response to suicide for schools and a joint initiative to help prevent suicide.

The Emergency Response Initiative Consortium (ERIC) is a partnership of agencies that together provide guidance and a face to face first responder service to Jewish schools, following a student suicide or sudden traumatic death. The consortium, coordinated by Jami, is comprised of CST, Norwood, Grief Encounter, JBCS and in partnership with PaJeS. At the PaJeS Head Teachers’ conference we launched Coping after Suicide or Sudden Traumatic Death, a guidance document which includes initiatives to help prevent suicide. This ‘postvention’ strategy includes education, training and management tools to create an awareness and understanding of suicide, reduce the taboo around talking about suicidal feelings and encourage people to seek help.

Due to interest from organisations external to the Jewish community we have now revised the guide and created a universal version to be shared with Barnet schools, working with our colleagues at Young Barnet and further afield.

To date we have trained two cohorts of first responders from across our agencies so that in the event of a tragedy in a school a team can be mobilised to bring skilled and sensitive support to both students and staff.

For more information email eric@jamiuk.org

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Social Enterprise Most café operators, like many in the hospitality sector, will remember 2020 as a year of absolute horror and uncertainty.

Just as so many other cafés and restaurants were forced to close their doors in March, so did our Head Room Café. However, Head Room is no ordinary café. Able to provide so much more than (excellent) coffee and shakshuka, we very quickly adapted to ensure we still fulfilled our role to provide easy access to mental health support for the community and beyond.

Within days of the first lockdown commencing, Jami opened the virtual doors of Head Room Café Online. The online programme, like the physical groups in the café, is free and open to anybody who wishes to attend. Jami service users or anyone else needing support were able to stay in touch and get involved in sessions such as Sharing Circle; Kind Co-Working and Art4All. Since March there have been around 2000 attendances at Head Room Online sessions, a 35% increase in the number of sessions run and a 46% increase in participants compared to before the pandemic.

Looking forward, the team are recruiting additional staff to provide further support and facilitate more sessions in order to meet this increased demand.

Of course, we didn’t completely abandon our ability to provide delicious, healthy food. We were very aware that many of our service users relied on Jami’s Community Hubs for their main hot meal of the day. With the Hubs closed, the staff at the café stepped in and since March, Head Room Café staff and committed volunteers have provided and delivered over 2000 meals to the most vulnerable

people we support. Even more importantly, the doorstep chats and check-in that take place when meals are delivered are as vital to maintaining health as the food itself.

When the second lockdown forced the café to close its physical doors once again in October, the Social Enterprise team wanted to ensure that the values of Head Room continued to be shared across the community. Thus, our Chanukah Celebration Gift Boxes were launched in November.

Full of delicious treats that could be sent to a loved one, purchasing one of the boxes also allowed us to provide some Chanukah cheer to our service users, delivering additional gift boxes to their homes alongside their usual meals. We also were able to provide Chanukah treats to people on mental health wards, ensuring they maintained a connection to the community and felt they were not forgotten.

When ordering a box for a loved one, the purchaser had the option to request a ‘doorstep chat’ for the recipient. We have learned that the conversations that come with the food are just as vital to relieving isolation, and provide as much nourishment as the food itself.

Due to the current lockdown, Head Room Café is closing its physical doors once again, but our virtual doors to our fantastic online programme remain very much open. Yes, it’s been a very difficult year, but it has also been wonderful to extend the reach of Head Room Café direct to peoples’ doorsteps and into their homes.

These inspirational initiatives will continue long after we’ve moved on from the pandemic.

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Highlights

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resp d i v Co ner Annual Din

January Annual Dinner 23rd January In Jami’s 30th anniversary year, 340 people attended the dinner at Alexandra Palace raising over £350,000.

Guest speaker was Sir Brian Leveson who spoke about his remarkable legal career and how fortunate the Jewish community is to have an organisation dedicated to providing life-changing services to resolve the social care issues resulting from mental illness.

Ment AwaraelnHealth ess Shab bat

Online Community Fun Run

Mental Health Awareness Shabbat 31st January – 1st February

March

Over 150 communities, organisations and individuals throughout the UK, US and Israel took part in Jami’s MHAS which falls annually on Shabbat Bo, the weekly portion that reflects on the plague of darkness and has particular resonance with mental illness. We also saw the launch of a joint initiative with Maccabi GB, whereby all Maccabi affiliated football league and club matches held on Sunday 2nd February began with a 1-minute delay, allowing players, managers and spectators to think about their own mental health and wellbeing, or how they can support other people.

With the onset of Covid-19 we realised that the pandemic was as much a mental health crisis as a physical health one. We quickly adapted our services and prioritised our most vulnerable service users (Read more about Jami’s covid response on page 12).

Covid response kicked in

May Online Community Fun Run 24th May Over £5000 was raised by people who took part in the virtual Maccabi Community Fun Run for Jami.

Mental Health Awareness Week 18th – 24th May A series of online events were held around the theme of kindness and the act of doing something motivated by genuine desire to make a positive difference.

Volunteer Tea Our first volunteer event held by Zoom to thank the wonderful volunteers that play a vital role in supporting Jami to deliver our critical mental health services.

Volunteer Aw ards

Cake Bake y e n o H i m a J Young

Qwell la unch

Covid respon se update

June

July

Covid response update 4th June

Streetwise series

A live Zoom briefing and Q&A on Jami’s response to Covid-19, hosted by Adam Dawson and Laurie Rackind.

Louise Kermode answered questions from the online audience on how we adapted services during the pandemic, the future of Jami services and social enterprise.

Kooth Student launch In June, we expanded our student Mental Health support with the launch of a dedicated online counselling and emotional wellbeing platform.

Streetwise (a collaboration between Maccabi GB and CST offering young Jewish people a variety of personal development and personal safety programmes to support their physical and emotional wellbeing) and Jami produced a series of talks on Mental Health focusing on children and parents and carers.

September Qwell launch Since September 2020, adults throughout our community have been able to access free, safe, online mental health and wellbeing support via Qwell.

Shout In collaboration with Shout, we launched a dedicated Jami keyword on Shout’s 24/7 crisis text line, available to anyone struggling to cope or needing immediate help.

October Young Jami Honey Cake Bake Over 200 tickets were sold for the virtual cross communal honey bake challenge led by Chef Yossi Elad, founder of the Palomar (London) and Machneyuda (Jerusalem).

November Mitzvah Day 15th November This Mitzvah Day Jami encouraged people to make calls of kindness to friends and family that they hadn’t been in contact with for a while.

Students from Yavneh College also made Chanukah cards for Jami service users whilst Head Room Café partnered with the Mayor of Barnet to bring smiles to the door of the community through delivery of plants.

Volunteer Awards 26th November The annual Volunteers’ Celebration event was held online, in recognition and appreciation of the incredible impact of our Jami Volunteers.

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Our funds 2019/20 Where our income came from:* Jewish Care Contribution1 (including Donated Services)

27%

Trusts & Major Gifts

20%

General Donations

4%

Legacies

17%

Appeals

4%

Events

11%

Community Fundraising

1%

Rental Income

7%

Mental Health Services

2%

Social Enterprise

7%

Total**

£2,925,121

* This chart displays unaudited data and consolidates Jami’s charitable and social enterprise activities ** C apital income is not included in the breakdown above. For the period under review, £110,500 was received which has been allocated towards the capital building project at Leila’s House, Finchley 1T he Jewish Care contribution represents the amount defined in the Association Agreement of 2013 between Jami and Jewish Care which resulted in a consolidated single mental health resource for the community

What we spent:* 52%

Mental Health Services Fundraising Costs

9%

Fundraising Events

7%

Marketing & Awareness Raising

2%

Support Services

3%

Property Costs

9%

Other Support Costs

5%

Social Enterprise

Total

13%

ÂŁ2,712,816

* This chart displays unaudited data and consolidates Jami’s charitable and social enterprise activities

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Young Jami We are very excited to be going into our fourth year and are looking to continue to “bring light to mental health” for the younger generation throughout 2021 and beyond.

133%

increase in referrals for people under 25 struggling with their mental health over the last 3 months

Now, more than perhaps ever before, the challenges presented by mental health issues are at the forefront of our community and wider society. This is particularly true amongst our young people; 74% of those aged 16-25 reported a deterioration in their overall mental state since the beginning of the pandemic, and early reports suggest that the long term impact of this period will have the greatest effect on the mental and physical health of young people.

Young Jami has risen to the challenge of operating in the new normal. We continue to work hard to support young people and young professionals through this difficult time, raising awareness and funds to contribute towards vital mental health support.

This year saw us launch a series of physical health events - as the link between good physical and mental health becomes increasingly well established. These events, consisting of a range of weekly workouts, nutrition advice and wellbeing tips from Jewish personal trainers to help people stay in tip top shape, were particularly key during those early lockdown days.

In October, in the first event of its kind, we collaborated with Young Jewish Care, Young Norwood, Young UJIA and Young Gift to put on an inaugural cross communal young professionals event. A tastebud-tingling evening consisting of a virtual honey cake bake, run by the founder of the famous Palomar kitchen, sold over 200 tickets and raised £11,000 for the charities. Hopefully this is just the first of many collaborative events with the other wonderful young committees in our community.

Finally, as we entered a second lockdown but with the excitement of Chanukah looming, we created a set of special edition Chanukah-themed wellbeing boxes, with a selection of edible treats, homely goodies and mental health boosting ideas for each of the 8 nights, which were sent to loved ones to help them celebrate the festival.

We are grateful for the opportunity to work for such an amazing charity that focuses on such a worthy cause, and want to thank Jami for all the support they have given us in creating and operating a young committee. Young people are the future of our community and being able to encourage a more open conversation about mental health will help to put our community in a stronger place for the future. We are delighted to be a part of that journey.

Thank you for your on-going support.

The Young Jami Committee

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Acknowledgments The generosity of our supporters is vital to the organisation’s success. Jami would like to thank all the individuals, trusts and foundations whose generous support enables us to deliver our vital services to so many.

Life President

Chief Executive

Dr Martin Aaron Lionel Curry Alan Lazarus MBE

Laurie Rackind

Life Patrons Marcia Feldman BEM Marilyn Lazarus MBE Michael Mitzman John Spector

Trustees Tessa Arnold Richard Benson OBE Michael Blane Dr Ellie Cannon Adam Dawson (Chair) Ross Fabian (Treasurer) Michael Glass Jose Grayson Raymond Harris Jamie Hutchinson Dr Suzanne Joels Gideon Kay Sue Mandelbaum Richard Miron Howard Morgan Danny Somekh Warren Taylor

Clinical Governance & Professional Advisory Group Lucille Balcombe Dr Ken Bledin Suzanne Clinton-Davis Rebecca Corney Jose Grayson Dr Suzanne Joels (Chair) Dr Louise Morganstein Dr Jonathan Ornstein Jennye Seres Dr Debbie Spain Dr Fiona Taylor Nicolas Werner

Patrons Leo Baeck Housing Association Karen Ackerman & Warren Taylor Jonathan Bergwerk Benecare Foundation The Bluston Charitable Settlement Peggy & Paul Brett Caroline & Raymond Esdaile Talia & Daniel Ezra Judy & David Green

Alison & Avi Goldberg Susan & Neville Kahn Leanne & Winston Newman The Kennedy Leigh Charitable Trust Sarah & Jacob Levy QC Gemma & Simon Lyons Maurice Wohl Charitable Foundation Sue Mandelbaum & John Gerszt The Vernon May & Joyce Cohen Charitable Trust Brian & Jill Moss Charitable Trust Caroline Marcus & Marc Gordon Susie & Adam Olins Pears Foundation Sara & Paul Phillips Natalie Rose The Rosemarie Nathanson Charitable Trust Cecil Rosen Foundation Jo Rosenfelder & Richard Bolchover Rosetrees Trust K.C. Shasha Charitable Trust Sobell Foundation Joe Sucharewicz Tangent Charitable Trust Corinne & David Tapnack Laura & Barry Townsley The Charles Wolfson Charitable Trust The Wolfson Family Charitable Trust The Wolfson Jewish Education Fund The Worth Charitable Trust

A huge thank you to Jennye Seres and the brochure committee for their relentless work on the brochure.

Thank you also to everyone who has helped make this event happen: Creative Clinic, Head Room CafĂŠ, Mediaspaces, Uptown Events, Rachel Riley, VC Communications, Verity, Walnut Tree and all our staff, trustees and volunteers.

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Struggling to cope is more normal than you think Uncertainty and isolation can cause any of us to experience feelings of distress or anxiety. For people already struggling with their mental health, this next phase of restrictions may be overwhelming. Whatever you are going through, you don’t have to face it alone.

Jami is the mental health service for the Jewish Community. If you need support or are supporting someone who needs help, visit jamiuk.org/get-support or call 020 8458 2223

For free, safe and confidential online counselling and emotional wellbeing services for adults, contact Jami Qwell at qwell.io/jami

Kooth Student provides free, safe and anonymous online counselling and support to students at student.kooth.com/jami

If you’re struggling to cope or need immediate help, contact Shout’s 24/7 crisis text service. Text Jami to 85258

Join our online programme of events to support your mental health and wellbeing.

Connect with the community, support each other and have some fun!

Visit headroomcafe.org/whats-on

For help and support visit jamiuk.org | Telephone 020 8458 2223 | Email info@jamiuk.org

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The impact of the pandemic MHAS falls annually on Shabbat “Bo”, the weekly Torah portion which tells about the Plague of Darkness, which has resonance with mental illness.

For more information about MHAS, to view our events and to register for the toolkit, please visit jamiuk.org/mhas

Jami’s MHAS programme of events: Friday 22nd January 3.15pm United Synagogue MHAS dedicated Kabbalat Shabbat with Rabbi Daniel Epstein Saturday 23rd January 8-9.30pm Mental Health Awareness through a Covid-19 Lens - Looking after ourselves, our families and our communities (Interactive Head Room Education session) Sunday 24th January 8-9.15pm MHAS Community Conversations (Interactive Head Room Education session) Monday 25th January 7-8pm Getting through lockdown: taking care of myself and my friends (interactive Head Room Education session) for ages 14-16 Tuesday 26th January 8-8.30pm Supporting our children during these difficult times - Samantha Simmonds in conversation with Dr Ellie Cannon Thursday 28th January 8-8.30pm Monty, Mental Health and Mazal – Zaki Cooper in conversation with cricket legend Monty Panesar Thursday 28th January 8.30-8.45pm Cake is my Super Power with Ilana Epstein of Ta’am – Judaism on a Plate

To find out more information and register for the events please go to jamiuk.org/events or email Laura.Bahar@jamiuk.org

Mental Health First Aid Courses We run a variety of accredited courses.

If you would like to commission a Mental Health First Aid or Suicide First Aid course please get in touch at headroom@jamiuk.org

MHFA Adult Refresher For those who have trained on MHFA Adult Two Day or One Day Course in the past 3 years.

Join us to refresh your knowledge on Mental Health First Aid. This half day course will update your knowledge of mental health and keep your awareness of mental health support options fresh. The course will also provide opportunities to practice applying the Mental Health First Aid action plan you learned on your initial course.

MHFA Youth One Day

one day session

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Mar 2021 Wednesday

9.30am – 1.00pm

Online via Zoom

Cost: £25 per person

one day session Tuesdays, 6.30 – 9.30pm

We are accredited providers of Youth Mental Health First Aid. This internationally recognised training course is the gold standard equipping you to provide a ‘first aid response’ to adolescents in distress.

In recent months there has been an increase in concern around young people’s mental health in our community. If you are a parent, teacher or youth worker and want to learn more about a variety of mental health problems, treatments currently in use and increase your confidence in supporting young people, then this is the course for you.

Suicide First Aid This course gives participants the knowledge and tools to understand that suicide is one of the most preventable deaths and that some basic skills can help someone stay safe from their thoughts and stay alive.

If participants wish to become accredited through City and Guilds (6 NQF credits at level 4) they have the option of completing a unit-assessed assignment which will cost a further £85 alongside the course fee.

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May 2021

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May 2021

Martin B. Cohen Centre, Edgware Cost: £50

one day session

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May 2021 Sunday

9.30am – 4.30pm

Cost: £50 per person

Martin B. Cohen Centre, Edgware

Head Room Café Wellbeing Programme Over the past few months we have been finding ways to continue building our community, supporting each other and having some fun. Our online café is a space for connection, mutual support and creativity. Make yourself a cuppa and join in as much as you like, everyone is welcome.

Mondays

Tuesdays

Wednesdays

Peer Support Group 11AM-12PM

Kind Co-working 11AM-1PM

Creativity4All 2-3PM

Share your experiences and hear from others in a non-judgmental, friendly space. We begin with short guided meditations followed by a sharing circle, then reflect on some of the themes and offer mutual support.

Struggling to work alone? Drop by our meeting with any projects you are working on – an essay, job application, creative work or even your ironing! Optional check in and activities to boost your focus - with Sarit Gafan.

Join us to explore your creativity.

Using any art supplies you have, draw, write, paint or make a collage.

Everyone is welcome, whatever your experience, however you are feeling.

For the latest information please check our website headroomcafe.org

Thursdays

Fridays

Kind Co-working 11AM-1PM

Peer Support Group 2-3PM

Struggling to work alone? Drop by our meeting with any projects you are working on – an essay, job application, creative work or even your ironing! Optional check in and activities to boost your focus - with Sarit Gafan.

Share your experiences and hear from others in a non-judgmental, friendly space. We begin with short guided meditations followed by a sharing circle, then reflect on some of the themes and offer mutual support.

and follow us on Facebook and Instagram @headroomcafe Please join us and help spread the word!

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As always we are delighted to continue to support our charity in any way we can. Jami has grown so much over the last 31 years and has become the Jewish community’s dedicated mental health service.

Although many people may not have realised it, the stress brought about by the pandemic has caused an increase in mental illness in the Jewish community. This in turn has created a greater demand for Jami’s services and at a time when our five hub day centres have had to be closed, necessitating the implementation of alternative support services.

Only with your financial assistance will Jami be able to continue its essential work in our community.

Thank you for your understanding and support and with our very best wishes to Jami for its continual success in helping those so much in need.

Jean and Martin Aaron

The Lauffer Family is proud to support the amazing work of Jami and wishes tonight’s virtual event every success.

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WE ARE DELIGHTED TO SUPPORT JAMI HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

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Wishing Jami every success, Family Summers

Thank you to all at Jami for all the amazing work that you do.

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So happy to support this worthwhile cause The Epstein Families (Hendon)

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Judy and Gordon Smith wish Jami a very successful event at a time when their work is needed more than ever.

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Wishing this amazing charity every success.

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