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Bringing Back Support Circle (July 2026)
Do you: find it difficult to be heard in Support Chat or on the discussion boards? prefer to get support in smaller groups where you get more attention? like supporting others? If you answered yes to any of those questions, we might have the perfect space for you! What is Support Circle? Based on feedback from the…
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Weekly Schedule w/c 27/07/26
Happy Monday Everyone! Here is this week's schedule which outlines all the different support activities we've got on this week. We'll aim to post these schedules every Monday. Disclaimer: These are also subject to change based on mod and supervisor availability. If we make any changes, this post will be updated ASAP.…
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Discussion Boards upgrade
Hi everyone, Just to let you know on Monday (27th July), our platform developers will be carrying out a system upgrade to the Discussion Boards. The update is designed to improve the overall performance of the platform, including reducing bugs and making the boards run more smoothly. We've worked closely with our…
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Vote for our new badge!
Hi everyone! - As some of you may know, in line with our existing policy we will be deleting posts that are older than 7 years old. This is all part of how we look after your data, and keep things safe and up to date. - Understandably, some of you who have been at The Mix for longer than 7 years raised some concerns that…
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Discussion Board Changes
Hello Community, We wanted to follow up on our previous update shared in January about upcoming changes to the Community, including the introduction of Pre-Moderation, Age Verification and opening hours for the Community Discussion Boards. These updates are about making sure the Community continues to be a safe and…
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Annual Survey 2026
At The Mix, we want to make our services as helpful as possible. To best achieve this, we run a survey every year to help us to understand how you all use our services, what you find useful from our services and how we can improve the services so that you all get the best experience. This years annual survey for 2026 is…
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Discussion Board update (2nd April)
Hi All, We had anticipated the boards being closed last night, but as you can see, the change didn’t take place as expected! Our IT team is working with the platform developers today to look into why the change over didn’t take effect. Our troubleshooting is often made harder due to differences in time zones (they are…
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Boards theme update
Hi all, Following our recent update, we’ll be upgrading the theme of our discussion boards throughout the day to enable pre-moderation. While this is happening, you may notice a few technical issues, but we'll be working with our platform providers to get everything running smoothly as quickly as possible. Thank you for…
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Community Updates 2026
We want to let you know about a couple of changes to the Community, where we will be introducing Pre Moderation and Age Verification. These updates are about making sure Community continues to be a safe space. Even though some parts are still being worked on we wanted to inform you as early as possible to give you the…
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Support Circle Sign Up (January 13th)
Would you like support from a small, structured group online? Do you like being there for others and hearing their stories? Well, we might have the perfect space for you! -- What: Support Circle is a structured online support group, where everyone takes it in turns to share while the rest of the group listens and provides…
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🛡️ Our new Confidentiality Policy (explained)
Greetings, weary travellers. 🧙♂️ This will be an info-packed post, so grab a drink and put some music on or something before settling in to read. It's information you do need to know! Before I get into it, some background context about The Mix's merger with MHI. A side-effect of this merger is that The Mix and Shout are…
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New Mix LifeSkills Courses Now Available
Hey folks, Just a quick message to let you know that this past week The Mix published two new LifeSkills courses on our website here: https://www.themix.org.uk/self-paced-learning/?dm_i=52KI,1G4JA,6C356J,5Y8Y5,1,0,0,0. These include new modules on Anger as well as Loneliness. Check them out if you wish!
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World Cup 2026 Sweepstake
It's 9 days until the 2026 World Cup! The first match is on Thursday 11th June 2026, so it's not long now!! ⚽️ - Here at The Mix, we've been wondering whether anyone would be interested in doing our very own light-hearted competition throughout the World Cup? You don't have to be interested in football or even follow it…
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Change Management Session (Monday 20th April 6:30pm-7:45pm)
Heya all, - As you know, the changes which were announced have finally come into place (thank you again for your patience with all of this). We have hosted a few change management sessions in the lead up to this taking place, but we want to run another one now that these changes have gone live, and give you all a space to…
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Mindful Art Workshop - 13/04/26
Hey everyone, how are you doing? For Stress Awareness Month, this April, we have put together a workshop to help you relax, unwind, and destress. - This Mindful Art workshop will teach you some activities that are really great for slowing anxious thoughts, processing emotions, and expressing yourself creatively. - All you…
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Posting not working
Seem To be able to post in this section and only this section - believe @eylah @AnonymousToe @toffuna101 and others are the same - think this has been ignored or misunderstood all day tho? @TheMix @Billie
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i can only post under community announcements
i logged on here to write a post about my mental health but the only category that shows up that i can post under is community announcements? does anyone know what's going on? ive tried refreshing the page and everything
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Help Us Decide When To Run Support Circle
Hello everyone! We noticed that support circle sign ups aren't too popular and we want to make sure that we are giving the community what you need and what suits you best. After speaking with the connectors we understand that having the option of joining other chats is important, so evenings where they clash might not be…
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Upcoming March Workshops - Rest and Friendships
Hey everyone, how are you doing? We are excited to announce that the Staff Team are going to trying out something new for you in March by hosting X2 interactive Workshops for you to come along to. The first will take place on Friday 20th March (timing tbc) and will be all about Making Connections Do you find it…
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Some Questions About Community!
Hey all! - We have noticed some things about engagement and other things regarding Community and its activities, and we posed some questions to the Community Connectors. They gave some great insight but also suggested it would be best to give others in the Community the chance to give their ideas. - There is a question in…
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Change Management Session
Hello everyone, We wanted to share an update about an upcoming change management session, where we’ll create space to talk through recent community updates and hear your thoughts directly. The session will be hosted by Owen from the Community Team and Anthony from the Youth Voice Team, and will take place on Thursday 29th…
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Some news from me
Hey Community, I wanted to share some news with you, which is that I’m going to be leaving the Community Team in January, and will be moving to another team here at The Mix/MHI. I’m super excited to get started in my new role, but as you can imagine it comes with a bunch of mixed feelings too! Leaving Community feels…
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New Years Quiz Today!
Heyya folks, Just a little reminder we're hosting a New Years Quiz today over on Chatwee 4pm-5pm which has been kindly put together by @Ech0 ! These quizzes are always so much fun and it'd be great to see as many of you there as possible! Make sure you get your thinking caps on. We'll open a chatroom at 4pm which you can…
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What Support Do You Want To See On Saturdays?
Hey everyone! For the last year or so we've been running Topic Threads every Saturday afternoon, with a Watch Party instead on the last Saturday of every month. These Topic Threads have centered around a range of themes, such as anxiety, grief, loneliness, or money, offering some focused time to explore a specific issue…
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Topic Threads Schedule: Every Saturday 🍀
Hello everyone, Lots of you have been sharing that you'd like more support here on the boards, and we absolutely hear you. We want to reassure you that we're still aiming for our vision of providing 7-day-a-week support, and we're working towards building the volunteer capacity that will allow us to offer that <3 In the…
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What Wintery Film / Show Should we Watch on Sat 29th Nov
Hey everyone, help us decide what film you'd like to watch together on the 29th November next Saturday 2-4pm! The Watch Party will take place via Chatwee - everyone is welcome, new comers and old-time members!
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Discussion boards upgrade!
Hey all, We wanted to let you know that the Discussion Boards will be undergoing an upgrade on Thursday (20th) afternoon 2-3pm. You'll still be able to access the boards, but you may notice some changes to the layout and overall appearance of the boards. This update is designed to make the Discussion boards easier to…
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LifeSkills: Share your experience
Hey Everyone! If anyone has taken part in a LifeSkill module and would like to share your experience, we would really appreciate it. Feel free to share down below, this would be so helpful.
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Help us decide what to do about Afternoon Chat tomorrow
Hello! Due to staffing tomorrow, we only have one person around between 1.30pm-2.00pm, which means we could either change the chat tomorrow to a General Chat, or push it back and keep it as a Support Chat, but we thought we would give you the option to choose which you'd prefer We'll make the decision and announce it at…
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Join the Connectors!!
Hey gang!! It's that time again where we get you all to join our Community Connectors ship! We have just had an incredible week of Halloween activities run by our wonderful Connectors, from quizzes to costume ideas to safety to navigating Halloween as an adult! We’re now onto planning our Wintery activities for Community…