As Solent Mind celebrated it’s 60^th anniversary, the latest figures showed that almost 55,000 people across Hampshire received support from the local branch of Mind in 2021-22. This works out as around 1 in 25 people in the county accessing support from the local charity.

With the demand for mental health services increasing since the Covid-19 pandemic, it has been a period of rapid growth for the charity which has it’s head office in Southampton.

“The breadth and depth of our services has grown, as we support people from across Hampshire, Southampton and Portsmouth. From the furthest point of the rural New Forest, or the diversity of busy Shirley or Southsea, our teams seek to reflect and serve our communities,” said Solent Mind CEO Sally Arscott.

“We champion the growing awareness of mental health and welcome the reduction in stigma to accessing support, but there is much more to do. Our task is to reach out to everyone, and ensure that anyone who needs our help, is able to access it.”

Some standout numbers from the report include:

• 54,886 people supported by Solent Mind in 2021-22, up nearly 15,000 on the previous year.
• 6,152 people access support from their network of wellbeing centres.
• 3,957 people received crisis support from the Lighthouse in Southampton and the Harbour in Portsmouth
• Workplace Wellbeing Training was provided to more than 75 local organisations

You can see the full Annual Report 2021-22 here and find out how to access Solent Mind’s services.