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JOINT STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE CREATOR OF THE’ WORKPLACE BULLYING WALES’ WEBSITE & THE GROUP NOW CURATING THE CONTENT This website was established in 2017 by a former employee of national charity MIND following a period of systematic bullying and abuse and loss of job and livelihood. On discovering that he was far from alone …

FORMER MIND WORKER PAY OUT AMID CLAIMS SERVICE USERS CALLED ‘DRUGGY BUMS’

Credit : Mail on line A support worker from Mind, a charity previously championed by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, has received £115k in compensation after she revealed that colleagues had described charity service recipients as “druggy bums” and “wastes of space”.Catriona Robinson, who previously worked as an NHS nurse, told an employment tribunal …

YNYS MON & GWYNEDD MIND CEO ISSUES STATEMENT ON DISAFILIATION

This is the full statement released by Clare Bailey, CEO Ynys Mon & Gwynedd Mind on September 9th 2021. 'This is my personal statement on the article about the situation regarding MindCharity in Civil Society as it does not contain all facts. I also strongly refute Karen Mellanby’s statement. Karen has been a feature of …

YNYS MON & GWYNEDD MIND DISAFILIATED

Credit: Civil Society The local Mind in North Wales has been told it is no longer part of the federated network and must stop using the branding by 19 October. National Mind served the disaffiliation notice this summer when the two charities were unable to resolve issues, after a number of years in dispute. The local branch, …

MIND REJECT COMPLAINTS OVER CLOSURE OF ITS ONLINE SUPPORT COMMUNITY

Late last year this website reported that Mind was facing a backlash from mental health service users protesting against the controversial charity’s decision to close its on line support community Elefriends and replace it with the new Side-by-Side forum. Users claimed the new platform is substandard and was launched when not actually ready – some were left upset and even ill …

MORE GASLIGHTING FROM MIND CONCERNING WORKPLACE BULLYING

We are always grateful when readers of this website contact us with information that may be of use to others to read. Last week we were sent a link to the Facebook page of Mind Cwm Taf Morgannwg ( formerly Merthyr Mind) where someone asked them for help regarding a client who was the victim of bullying at …

LOCAL MINDS ‘LIKE TURKEYS AT CHRISTMAS’ -latest claims

2020 will go down in history as one of the most difficult for us all. It’s not been plain sailing for Mind either as more and more organisations and individuals are becoming aware of the sinister culture of corruption, abuse and bullying that runs through the veins of this mental health charity. So it will …

‘BEYOND DIRE!’ LATEST BLISTERING REVIEW OF MENTAL HEALTH CHARITY MIND BY FORMER STAFF

As staff at Mind Charity’s sprawling London HQ and area office in Cardiff ( aka Mind Cymru) await news on yet another restructure and job losses, a former member of staff has left yet another blistering review of working at the controversial mental health charity. There is even more irony with this review since the …

JOBS TO GO AT MIND AS A RESULT OF COVID

As the UK’s financial crisis deepens following the ongoing impact of COVID, it seems that Paul Farmer’s MIND empire is far from immune. The Charity sector depends on charity shops and big fundraising events to shore up its income and MIND is no different. The periods of lockdown in 2020 has forced Mind Charity shops to close …

‘AVOID! I COULDN’T WAIT TO GIVE MY NOTICE’- the damning evidence against MIND INFOLINE builds

We have exclusively revealed on this website the shocking conditions that staff at MIND charity's controversial Infoline have to endure on a daily basis. Poor pay, long hours, poor management practice are just a few of the claims made by former staff. One even compared working there to a Victorian Workhouse. THE HARSH TRUTH ABOUT …