As a local mental health charity, South East and Central Essex Mind is one of 160 affiliated members of Mind, each being an independent charity run by local people, for local people and responsible for its own funding and the services it provides.

South East and Central Essex Mind has two offices, in Southchurch Road, Southend on Sea and Legg Street in Chelmsford. We employ 35 members of staff, who are supported by 20 volunteers.

This year we aim to increase the number of volunteers to 40.

Staff and volunteers

South East and Central Essex Mind is focused on the provision of high quality services which meet people needs, in a time and manner which suits them.

To achieve this, we recruit staff who are specialists in their fields and provide on-going training to them and our team of volunteers to ensure we can meet the needs of our service users.

• Ken Sanderson joined the organisation in November 2015 after spending the previous nine years as a consultant and CEO in the not for profit sector. An accountant by trade but spending most of his career managing change helping organisations adapt to deliver services to meet their clients’ needs better. Ken believes people “don’t care how much you know, until they know how much you care!”

• Rita Ringshall - Finance Manager Rita is responsible for managing the accounts and payroll systems, monthly reporting, providing financial data in support of funding applications and assisting in the setting up and financial monitoring of new projects and services. She is also responsible for adherence to Quality Management systems and IT Security and has worked with the organisation since 1996.

• Sarah Linzey – Operations Manager Sarah manages the Operational activities of South East and Central Essex Mind. This includes ensuring projects meet contractual criteria within budgets, providing line management and clinical supervision to Project Managers. She also develops new projects and facilitates service user involvement in the delivery of high quality mental health services.

• Jackie King joined the organisation in January 2015 and is responsible for Marketing and Fundraising. Her role includes organising fundraising events in the local community, encouraging community and corporate supporters to take part in events to raise funds for us, bid writing, grant applications and raising the profile of the organisation via social media and the website.

The Directors of South East and Central Essex Mind , work closely with the Senior Management Team setting the strategic direction for the organisation, drawing on an impressive range of skills and experience from the public, private and voluntary sectors. Special expertise includes financial and organisational management, strategic planning and personal experience of using mental services.

Chairman: Peter Payne

Vice Chairman: Lindsay White

Treasurer: Mike Bunclark

If you are interested in more information on our work, or you would like information on becoming a Director of South East and Central Essex Mind, please contact Anthony King to arrange an appointment.