2022/23
Local Minds in numbers

1 April 2022 – 31 March 2023

2022/23 local Minds in numbers

43% - Wellbeing, Social Support and Empowerment
e.g. housing support and accommodation, drop in and day services, and peer support
35% - Therapy and Crisis Services
e.g. Supported self-help, counselling and bereavement support
12% - Information, Advice, Advocacy, and Training
e.g. mental health and money advice, advocacy, and public attitudes and discrimination training
10% - Children and Young People’s Services
e.g. school and community based support.

2022/23 local Minds in numbers

_{37, 806}

People supported

(29,867 in 2021/22)

_{+ 27%}

more people supported

compared to 2021/22

_{+ 8,000}

more people supported

compared to 2021/22

£336,306.60

Value of time donated by 363 volunteers, giving 22,140 hours

Value generated using Stats Wales' provisional guide on median gross hourly earnings for full time work (2022).

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Trustees gifted their time to support with setting strategy and ensuring its delivery

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paid staff in local Minds across Wales

393 in 2021/22

Infoline

1,985 Infoline calls logged as received from Wales through Mind's info, legal and welfare lines *.

34% (667) of callers were referred to a local Mind in Wales for further support as an outcome of their call (721, or 27% in 2021/22).

Top 3 reasons for calling:

General mental health information and advice – 10% (204)
Depression, anxiety and stress – 10% (198)
Anxiety or panic attacks – 9% (169)

*Note, data represents only calls where the caller has provided a location.

Local Mind services by type

Local Minds provided 29 types of service across 4 key service groups. Of the total people supported, they engaged in the following service groups:

How were services delivered?

Face to Face	77%
Online	17%
Phone	6%

One example of the type of Therapy and Crisis Services offered by local Minds includes Talking therapies and counselling:

The local Mind Network has provided one-to-one talking therapy to 6,200 people across Wales. Talking therapies are treatments which involve talking to a trained professional about your thoughts, feelings, and behaviour.

Talking therapy is provided to:

give a safe time and place to talk to someone who won't judge you.
help make sense of things and understand yourself better.
help resolve complicated feelings or find ways to live with them.
help recognise unhelpful patterns in the way you think or act, and find ways to change them (if you want to).

Talking therapy is delivered over one-hour sessions and typically lasts eight to ten sessions, per person.

The local Mind Network has delivered around 55,500 hours of therapy in this period.

For me, counselling was a lifesaver. I never used to talk to anyone. For years, I would keep things bottled up, then cry hysterically on my own to not inconvenience anyone. I would hide it so I wouldn’t have to confront my thoughts and fears.

John, Counselling beneficiary with Newport Mind

I wouldn’t be where I am now if it wasn’t for you.

Jane, Tenancy Support recipient with Caerphilly Borough Mind

An example of the type of wellbeing, social support and empowerment support on offer includes housing:

The local Mind Network provide a range of Housing Related Support Services across Wales, they include Supported Housing and Tenancy or Floating Support (support in your own home).

Working in partnership with Local Authority Supporting People Teams and Housing Associations, local Minds have provided these services to 2,270 people with mental health problems, many of whom have stepped out of supported accommodation and into a safe and secure home of their own.

The Supporting People Programme delivered through local Minds:

supports people to develop skills to flourish independently.
reduces demand on other services.
prevents or relieves homelessness wherever possible.