We Are Aware
We are a not-for-profit Community Interest Company based in North Somerset
We support over 100 individuals with long term mental health conditions directly through groups and activities
We raise awareness for mental health, suicide prevention and wellbeing through staging events, innovations and building partnerships with other organisations
We Are Aware Poetry Publication
Following the amazing feedback to the poetry shared from the We Are Aware community at our Making Waves Moving Voices event, and with the support of Clevedon Community Bookshop, we've now published We Are Aware: In Our Own Words.
A brilliant collection of thought-provoking, insightful, sometimes humorous, self-expression
Garden Space Project
A huge thank you to Kenn Lunch Break's kind donations and Scotch Horn Leisure Centre and North Somerset Council for giving the We Are Aware community an amazing garden space project.
It's an amazing space to get involved, weed, clear, plant, grow, fix, build, or just enjoy the scenery and ground in nature. Still plenty of clearing to do, but making progress!
If you or anyone you know is experiencing low mood; anxiety; struggling with their mental health and could benefit from joining an ever-growing mental health lived experience peer support community we have a variety of groups and activities across Clevedon, Nailsea, Backwell and Portishead. Drop us an email at admin@weareaware.info or contact us through our website for more information
224 YouthZone TalkingPoints 1-3
Benches number 7, 8 and 9 in the TalkingPoint family have recently been installed at the 224 Youth Zone in Bristol. This is the 19th OnSide youth hub and the first in the South West!
Great to see the benches in situ.
What We Are Aware Do....
We listen to those we support and provide them with the groups and activities they want and need.
These are individual people, with their own paths. We are only here to support them on these paths.
We believe in the untapped wealth of knowledge and experience in the peer community- the power to support each other and realise none of us have to be alone.
We became aware as the pandemic began that services retreated to Zoom, and many were left feeling isolated, abandoned and "kept at arm's length" by services.
We have worked through Covid and beyond, building an ever-growing mental health lived experience peer community as we go
There is so much more that can be done.
We want to do more, support more, and make more of a difference. This will always require more funding!
Building Partnerships
We enjoy working with other organisations. It is an opportunity to share skills; publicise each other's work; and demonstrate the value of connecting!
We like the opportunity to promote services that already exist and the good work they do
Involvement in the Community
We appreciate the importance of community involvement. Our events aim to be positive experiences to promote and provoke the conversations around mental health.
We want people to be involved. We want the community to be involved. It is the awareness to look out for each other which will help us all
Creative Innovations
We want to make our events positive. We hope to catch people's imagination and interest.
We want the mental health conversations to continue long after the event has ended.
We are also always looking for ideas with a legacy that will endure and continue to keep mental health talked about and supported
