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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

EXCLUSIVE – SENIOR MIND EXECUTIVES KNEW FULL EXTENT OF MONMOUTHSHIRE BULLYING TWO YEARS AGO!

The news doesn't get any better for Mind during Mental Health Awareness Week as this news site can exclusively reveal that Mind Trustees in London knew the full extent of the bullying culture at Mind Monmouthshire two years ago but did not act. Yet this week Mind has claimed they are 'appalled at the behaviour' …