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Woman sitting alone in the house looking anxious

Natalie's story: learning to live with the peaks and troughs of anxiety

16th May 2023

Natalie has had anxiety since she was a child, but things really peaked over the pandemic when she grew too comfortable with her routine at home and struggled to adapt to the 'new normal'. She's learned to talk things through with friends and ask for support in situations she knows she'll find stressful
Leah who suffers with anxiety with her son Ronan

Leah's story: becoming the mum I always wanted to be

15th May 2023

Being a first-time parent can be a challenging experience in any circumstances. But for new mum, Leah, it was a catalyst for her anxiety becoming completely debilitating - until she reached out for support
MHAW and WIB banner

Mental Health Awareness Week 2023 - and Wear It Blue for us!

14th May 2023

It's Mental Health Awareness Week and this year's theme is anxiety. All this week, we'll be raising awareness and understanding of anxiety, sharing tips to help people cope – and we'll be asking our community to Wear It Blue for us to raise funds for our vital work
West Sussex Mind CEO Kerrin Page in front of a wall

Breaking down barriers to mental health support

10th May 2023

Meet our new CEO, Kerrin Page. In this Q&A interview, he outlines his priorities for the next year, reflects on what drives him and shares what he loves about working for West Sussex Mind
Nick Kidd and Alex

Celebrating our peer volunteers

9th May 2023

A first group of volunteers have completed our new peer volunteer training programme and some of them are now offering mental health support in our services. We recently brought our established peers together with the next group of trainees for a special celebration event in Worthing
Kerrin on the bench

Welcome to our new CEO

1st May 2023

Kerrin Page has taken over as CEO of West Sussex Mind after working as deputy CEO since 2015