Revival Support Groups & Mentoring
Everyone is welcome to join these friendly and welcoming groups. These free groups are there for you to drop in and unwind, talk about your worries, connect with others and most of all they are there so you know you are not alone.
Peer Support
MenTalk
MenTalk is a drop in for men where you can unwind, talk, listen and make local connections in a friendly supportive social space. We meet every Wednesday from 7-8pm at Revival Food & Mood, Whitstable. See our social media and events for more details and contact MenTalk Peer Support Group Whitstable (East Kent Mind)
Women’s Wellness
The group is a friendly, welcoming female space for of all ages to come together to chat, listen, share wellbeing journeys and support each other. We meet every Monday 5:30-6:45pm and Wednesday 10-11am in Revival Food & Mood, Whitstable.See our social media events on Facebook for details Women’s Wellness Peer Support Group (Revival)
Cuppa Club
Taking place every Tuesday between 9 and 10am, the Cuppa Club is a friendly social space to come and enjoy a chat and a cup of tea or coffee. So if you live alone, feel lonely, are new to the area, are recently retired or may be recently bereaved, or just love meeting new people the Cuppa Club is for you. Pop in to connect with others and take a step towards building new friendships. Free Tea, Coffee and biscuits.
Make Mend and Motivate
Make Mend and Motivate meets every Tuesday 10-12pm in the back cafe lounge at Revival. It is an informal support and social group where you can meet and make friendships whilst you create and make. You are welcome to bring your own project to work on, whether it be sewing, embroidery, knitting, or crochet, or work on a group project, there is always someone happy to help and support if you want to learn a new skill and we always welcome attendees to share their own skills. As with all our groups it is free to attend.
Walking for Wellbeing
Walking for wellbeing is open to all. It is a friendly relaxed group helping you to connect with nature, the community and your local area. You can walk and talk, walk and watch or just walk your way knowing you are not alone.
We meet in various locations within the Canterbury District and walk for about an hour from 10am every Sunday, details can be found on our Facebook events – Walking for Wellbeing Revival East Kent Mind.
menoPAUSE
menoPAUSE is a peer support group for women at all stages in their menopause. It is an informal group who meet to chat, listen and learn from each other, there are also special sessions were invited guests share their knowledge or experience of a particular issue of relevance to the group. You can BYO or tea & coffee is provided.
6:30-7:30pm the 3rd Friday of the month in the Revival back cafe lounge.
Creative Space
We are open in the back café lounge of Revival for creative wellbeing sessions on the last Thursday of every month 6-8pm. Groups include an art class with artist Jeulz, a wellbeing journaling group with Kelly from Rosey Lee’s therapies, or just bring a book and write to your hearts content in a warm and welcoming creative space. The only limit is your imagination.
Revival Lates: Late night Social space for young people (under 25s
11 to 16yrs – 3:30pm to 6:30pm
16 to 25yrs – 7pm to 9:00pm
A safe space for friends to meet, to have time away from home, school, college or work, with no obligation to buy and no pressure to leave. We have music, board games, comfy seating and will work with young people to develop how the space and time is used.
Mentoring
Revival works alongside East Kent Mind on a goal-oriented Mentoring service. This is a six month programme focusing on helping participants to improve their mental health and wellbeing.
The mentoring relationship is one of mutual trust and respect, mentors use their own lived experience and knowledge to support and empower mentees to engage and work towards positive mental health, identifying solutions and taking action that is right for them.
Working in this way can reassure mentees that they are not alone in how they are feeling and that they can move forward in connecting with others giving them a sense of belonging.
If you feel that this approach would be beneficial to you, you will be matched with one of our trained Mental Health Mentors who will provide 1-2-1 support to encourage you to value your strengths, build your self-esteem and confidence and help you to feel more hopeful about the future. Using the accredited Recovery Star model, along with weekly discussion, you will be able to see clear evidence of your progress, helping you to improve motivation, enhance your skills and gain empowerment and choice. For further information or to self-refer please contact: lynnehallowell@eastkentmind.org.uk
