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The Mix and Mental Health Innovations come together to supercharge digital mental health support
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Hey everyone,
We have some exciting news to share with you all.
We are pleased to announce that The Mix will be merging with Mental Health Innovations, the charity that oversees Shout, the 24/7 mental health text service.
What exactly is a merger?
A merger is when two charities come together to form as one charity.
It has always been our ambition to expand the reach of mental health support we can give to young people across the UK via our digital products and services. This exciting new partnership gives us the opportunity to build on the millions of young people we support each year, no matter what they’re going through.
What does this mean for The Mix's services?
The Mix and Shout continue to be the UK’s leading digital support services and, together, we’ll provide a new ecosystem of free, 24/7 mental health support reaching millions more young people struggling with their wellbeing.
Our focus will be on early intervention as we continue to grow our online community and online resources and provide more volunteering opportunities for young people to help one another. Our existing counselling service and self-paced learning modules will be joined by the growth of an upcoming chatbot service and 1-2-1 peer support service.
With two of the leading organisations for young people now joining forces, the future has never looked brighter for the lives and wellbeing of each and every young person in the UK. With our combined expertise, knowledge and greater reach, we can continue to keep young people at the heart of everything we do and create an even more inclusive, compassionate and impactful service for anyone under the age of 25.
What does this mean for The Mix's support groups and discussion boards?
With our charities merging and more teams working together to focus on early intervention, you'll see some exciting improvements to our community spaces over the next little while. These improvements will focus on improving the quality of support from our services and accessibility which help more young people reach out for support as a form of early intervention.
When we look to make improvements, we'll open up opportunities to help us co-design our services and explore how we can improve them together. We'll be sure to keep you all updated and involved in our plans for the community
Where can I ask a question?
The Community Team and Chris, CEO of The Mix, are here to answer any questions you might have about the merger. Feel free to post your questions in this thread or use our anonymous form. We’ll be responding to the comments over the next few weeks.
If you’re feeling worried about this update or would like to leave feedback, please do also get in touch by commenting on this post, completing our feedback form, or sending us a DM.
You can also read our full press release over on our website for more information about this update.
- Aoife, Mike, Ella, & Gemma
[Posted updated on 19/08/24 to add an answer to the question about The Mix's community services]
We have some exciting news to share with you all.
We are pleased to announce that The Mix will be merging with Mental Health Innovations, the charity that oversees Shout, the 24/7 mental health text service.
What exactly is a merger?
A merger is when two charities come together to form as one charity.
It has always been our ambition to expand the reach of mental health support we can give to young people across the UK via our digital products and services. This exciting new partnership gives us the opportunity to build on the millions of young people we support each year, no matter what they’re going through.
What does this mean for The Mix's services?
The Mix and Shout continue to be the UK’s leading digital support services and, together, we’ll provide a new ecosystem of free, 24/7 mental health support reaching millions more young people struggling with their wellbeing.
Our focus will be on early intervention as we continue to grow our online community and online resources and provide more volunteering opportunities for young people to help one another. Our existing counselling service and self-paced learning modules will be joined by the growth of an upcoming chatbot service and 1-2-1 peer support service.
With two of the leading organisations for young people now joining forces, the future has never looked brighter for the lives and wellbeing of each and every young person in the UK. With our combined expertise, knowledge and greater reach, we can continue to keep young people at the heart of everything we do and create an even more inclusive, compassionate and impactful service for anyone under the age of 25.
What does this mean for The Mix's support groups and discussion boards?
With our charities merging and more teams working together to focus on early intervention, you'll see some exciting improvements to our community spaces over the next little while. These improvements will focus on improving the quality of support from our services and accessibility which help more young people reach out for support as a form of early intervention.
When we look to make improvements, we'll open up opportunities to help us co-design our services and explore how we can improve them together. We'll be sure to keep you all updated and involved in our plans for the community
Where can I ask a question?
The Community Team and Chris, CEO of The Mix, are here to answer any questions you might have about the merger. Feel free to post your questions in this thread or use our anonymous form. We’ll be responding to the comments over the next few weeks.
If you’re feeling worried about this update or would like to leave feedback, please do also get in touch by commenting on this post, completing our feedback form, or sending us a DM.
You can also read our full press release over on our website for more information about this update.
- Aoife, Mike, Ella, & Gemma
[Posted updated on 19/08/24 to add an answer to the question about The Mix's community services]
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Great question @Chloe234
We're planning everything to be the same for our support groups and discussion boards. We'll continue running everything as usual. Our new service will be the 1-2-1 peer support service and also improvements to our chatbot and e-learning courses.
You can read a bit more about our 1-2-1 peer support service over on our website here - https://www.themix.org.uk/news-and-research/news/what-is-peer-to-peer-the-mixs-new-service-launches-august-2024
Any other questions, do let us know
"The way that I have found the light in my life is through the expressive arts because I know that I will be accepted for the way I am." ~ Me
"I'm going to get strong again and see you soon. " ~ Anonymous
For now our discussion boards and support groups will stay the same as we focus on transitioning our helpline service to a new 1-2-1 peer support service.
To add a bit more to both your questions @Chloe234 and @Dancer, The Mix is moving into an early intervention space so we can help lots of young people as early as possible before they reach crisis. With our charities merging and more teams working together, you'll see some exciting improvements to our community spaces over the next little while. These improvements will focus on improving the quality of support from our services and accessibility which help more young people reach out for support as a form of early intervention.
When we look to make improvements, we'll open up opportunities to help us co-design our services and explore how we can improve them together. We'll be sure to keep you all updated and involved in our plans for the community
I look forward to seeing what the future holds. Also congrats on the merger.
I do have a smol question, will the familiar staff faces be staying ??
Wish to bully me…I’m used to it
Want to talk crap about me…go on then
Want to make me cry…feel free
Im glad, I may not visit often, and been many many years since i moderated here, but i do like checking in every so often :>