MIND’S DUBIOUS FUNDRAISING ACTIVITY CHALLENGED

This website has exposed the way in which national Mind dupe businesses and the public into handing over cash on many occasions. It is all supposed to go to help people with poor mental health but as we know it simply shores up Mind's ever growing HQ and ridiculously overstaffed Cardiff office. The headcount in …

OPEN LETTER OF THANKS TO MIND CEO PAUL FARMER

Dear Paul Nobody could ever say that I'm nothing but fair and  give thanks and credit where due. So on this occasion my sincere gratitude and thanks are extended to yourself none other than Mind CEO Paul Farmer. Your actions  have made my days a lot more pleasant and less intrusive. You see every day …

MORE THREATS RECEIVED FROM MIND CEO PAUL FARMER

The latest threats by Paul Farmer against this news website are becoming more sinister and accusatory including linking comments made in the public interest with acts 'inciting abuse and violence against our most senior staff '  You can read the full transcript of the e mail sent below with editorial comments at the end:- Dear …

SO WHO SHOULD INVESTIGATE BULLYING & ABUSE AT MIND IF CHARITY COMMISSION WON’T?

A recent article in The Guardian has confirmed what many spectators have always thought - that there is little point in expecting the Charity Commission to investigate serious wrong doing at toxic charities like MIND. You can read the full article here Lack of public trust in the charity regulator has regularly featured in the national …

REVEALED – MIND’S LATEST THREATS AGAINST THIS WEBSITE

Yesterday the following e mail was sent to this website contact page from Paul Farmer CEO  MIND :-   Dear Andrew It has been brought to our attention that you have been naming and posting pictures of individual members of Mind staff on your blog. Their names have also appeared on social media in connection …

LOCAL MINDS ‘DUCKS IN A ROW’ FOR FARMER & MOSELEY TO WALK OVER -opinion piece

You would think that the huge impact on mental health of the growing Covid-19  crisis would reinvigorate the network of local MIND groups in England & Wales as the importance of their services in their communities would be more apparaent than ever. Unlike the rich and powerful National Mind ( and its local office in …

MIND’S LINKS TO THE NEWCASTLE SCHOOL AT CENTRE OF HISTORIC CHILD ABUSE CASE

I am always very grateful when readers of my blog contact me with their own experiences of working at MIND. Last week though I was contacted , not by a former employee, but by a man who claims to have grown up in a school operated by MIND in Newcastle. It was disturbing to read …

MIND EXPLOIT CORONAVIRUS CRISIS YET AGAIN – NOW IT’S ‘VIRTUAL FUNDRAISING’

Yes this is the latest scam and it may be April 1st but this is no 'April Fool'. At MIND's sprawling London HQ the huge fundraising team are going into overdrive to use the public reaction to the coronavirus crisis to get us to part with even more cash to support the charity which many …

MANAGEMENT MOCK SUICIDAL CALLERS AT MIND INFOLINE – LATEST SHOCK ALLEGATIONS

The latest revelations of managers mocking suicidal callers are made by former workers at Mind’s controversial Infoline call centre in the South Wales Valleys. They add further weight to increasing calls for the Charity Commission and Welsh Government to urgently step in to demand a full independent review of Mind given the mounting allegations of …

WOULD YOU BE CEO OF THIS LOCAL MIND FOR SAME SALARY AS AN ADMINISTRATOR AT MIND CYMRU ? – by the way Mind bullied out their previous CEO!

...Nobody in their right minds would - especially given the experience of the previous postholder at the hands of not fit for purpose charity MIND. And how can it be right that MIND will take money out of Wales to shore up its £56million empire when local Minds are scrabbling for funds to keep essential …