what’s new
Festive sale at Knowle
Our Festive Sale is at our horticulture project site in
Knowle with plants, herbs, and displays for winter plus
our cafe is open with festive treats!
Sat 7th December 10am - 4pm - see our location here
Counselling applications now
online
It’s now possible to apply for our counselling service via
our online form - click here to access it
You can, of course, still apply using our paper and
emailed versions of the application form. Contact us by
using our contact form or ring/email (details here)
New website launched!
As you can see, we have now got a shiny, brand new
website to go with our change of name from Solihull
Mind.
After nearly 40 years providing mental health services
in the borough as part of the national organisation
Mind, on the 22nd September the Solihull branch left
the organisation, and and are now operating as a new
independent charity known as ‘OASIS Mental Health
Support’.
We are happy to reassure people that as an
independent charity we will continue to focus on the
mental health needs of the local Solihull community,
delivering a range of services – from help in a crisis
through our information and advice line, counselling
service and nightly Crisis Café; practical support
through our specialist debt, benefit and housing
advisors; and through our support and social activities
such as our 7 day drop-in, organic horticulture/
conservation work, weekly football and art sessions,
plus woman only and LGBTQ+ groups, which together
help people improve and manage their mental health
issues.
Although we look back with fondness to our time
within the Mind federation - developing from a single
weekly drop-in in a local church hall to become an
organisation providing a wide range of mental health
support and advice services working with around 6,000
people a year across the borough – we are also looking
forward to our new beginnings as OASIS Mental Health
Support where we hope to continue to grow, and
develop new local mental health services as time goes
on.