Join us to celebrate the local LGBTQ+ community!

We will be taking part in Southend Winter Pride to raise awareness of LGBTQ+ mental health and wellbeing and the local mental health services available.

We are looking for volunteers to help us man a stand for all or part of the day. If you are able to help us with this event, please do get in touch.

This is the perfect casual event if you are interested in volunteering with us but are unsure or nervous about bigger events. All are welcome to join us and no previous experience needed!

Join us at our annual Mental Elf fun run to raise funds for vital local mental health services!

We are in need of volunteers to help assist us with this event as our fundraising Elves walk, skip or run around Belfairs Wood in Leigh on Sea this December.

We will need a range of volunteers to marshal, man stalls and assist with the general running of the event.

Please get in touch in you are interested, no experience needed, just enthusiasm!

Fill out our short form via the link below and then let us know your role preferences here.

Join us at the annual Match For Mind, between Southend United and Solihull Moors.

The match, which is Blues’ closest home game to World Mental Health Day will be helping to raise awareness and vital funds for SECE Mind.

Our Trustee, Chris Phillips will also be hosting a 24 hr podcast to help boost funds.
You can donate to the fundraiser via their Match For Mind JustGiving page.

Volunteers will be needed before the match to help collect donations at the turnstiles and those that join us will be able to attend the match for free!

No experience needed but you must be 18+ or accompanied by an adult. If you are interested in helping us, please get in touch!

Join us at the Healthy Living Festival on Saturday 7 October!

In the run up to World Mental Health Day, our charity will be having a stand at the event to help raise mental health awareness and donations to help support our local services.

We will be in need of volunteers to help us set up, pack down and help man our stand for all or part of the day. If you would like to join us for this event (no experience needed!), please do get in touch.

Join us in helping raise mental health awareness in the community in the run up to World Mental Health Day on 10 October.
We will hosting an awareness stand in John Lewis in Chelmsford to help promote our local services and how to to access them, as well as collecting donations.

No experience needed. If you are able to give some time to support us, please get in touch!

Southend's free Feel Good Festival is back at Garon Park!

Explore 4 Feel Good Zones: Eat Well, Move More, Stay Safe and Be Social. There will be something for all of the family! Together we can bring the community together to celebrate the feel-good power of all things health and wellbeing.

Our charity will be having a stand at the event to help raise mental health awareness and donations to help support our local services.

We will be in need of volunteers to help us set up, pack down and help man our stand for all or part of the day. If you would like to join us for this event (no experience needed!), please do get in touch.

Join us to celebrate the local LGBTQ+ community!

We will be taking part in Southend Pride to raise awareness of LGBTQ+ mental health and wellbeing and the local mental health services available.

We are looking for volunteers to help us man a stand for all or part of the day. If you are able to help us with this event, please do get in touch.

Join us at the biggest LGBTQ+ community celebration in Essex!

We will be teaming up with the other local minds in the area to raise awareness of the local charities covering the Essex areas and the services available.

We will be manning an outdoor stand and are looking for volunteers to join us for all or part of the day. If you are able to help us with this event (no experience needed!), please do get in touch.

We are celebrating Volunteers Week with Chelmsford CVS with an exciting event running the length of Chelmsford High Street.

You’ll be able to see first-hand some of the wonderful ways in which charities support our city, and find out how you and your loved ones can access that help.

You’ll also have the chance to learn about all the different opportunities for you to get involved as a volunteer.

We are looking for volunteers to join us for all or part of the day and help us raise awareness of our charity. If you are able to help us with this event (no experience needed!), please do get in touch.

Hamlet Court Road is once again hosting it’s family-friendly, multi-cultural festival!

The free community event aims bring people together in art, song, dance, food and poetry.

Our charity will be having a stand at the event to help raise mental health awareness and donations to help support our local services.

We will be in need of volunteers to help us set up, pack down and help man our stand for all or part of the day. If you would like to join us for this event (no experience needed!), please do get in touch.

Join us to celebrate the local LGBTQ+ community!

We will be taking part in Southend Winter Pride to raise awareness of LGBTQ+ mental health and wellbeing and the local mental health services available.

We are looking for volunteers to help us man a stand for all or part of the day. If you are able to help us with this event, please do get in touch.

This is the perfect casual event if you are unsure or nervous, but still interested in volunteering with us. All are welcome to join us and no previous experience needed!

Join us in helping raise mental health awareness in the community during World Mental Health Day.
We will hosting an awareness stand in the Forum Library to help promote our local services and how to to access them.

No experience needed. If you are able to give some time to support us, please get in touch!

A chance to find out more about South East and Central Essex Mind, learn more about future plans and network with other organisations.

We will be in need of a few extra hands to help us run this event smoothly. Tasks will be helping to set up, manning an information stand and helping provide refreshments.

No experience needed. If you are able to give some time to support us, please get in touch!

Hamlet Court Road is once again hosting it’s family-friendly, multi-cultural festival!

The free community event aims bring people together in art, song, dance, food and poetry.

Our charity will be having a stand at the event to help raise mental health awareness and donations to help support our local services.

We will be in need of volunteers to help us set up, pack down and help man our stand for all or part of the day. If you would like to join us for this event (no experience needed!), please do get in touch.

Following the success of last year’s event, Southend's free Feel Good Festival is back at Garon Park for the second year running, only this time bigger and better!

Explore our 4 Feel Good Zones: Eat Well, Move More, Stay Safe and Be Social. There will be something for all of the family! Together we can bring the community together to celebrate the feel-good power of all things health and wellbeing.

Our charity will be having a stand at the event to help raise mental health awareness and donations to help support our local services.

We will be in need of volunteers to help us set up, pack down and help man our stand for all or part of the day. If you would like to join us for this event (no experience needed!), please do get in touch.

A community awareness event to raise our charity profile and say thank you for all our fundraisers’ hard work.

We will be running a tombola and a mental health information table so will be in need of a few extra hands to help us manage this event. This venue is accessible and indoors, with seating and refreshments provided.

No experience needed. If you are able to give some time to support us, please get in touch!

Southend United’s annual family fun day will once again take place in anticipation of the 2022/23 season on Sunday, July 31 at Boots and Laces Training Ground.

Supporters can come along to watch training, meet the coaching team and the first team players and enjoy a day out with all the usual activities including bouncy castles, charity stalls (including Shrimpers Trust tent), food, drink, ice-cream and also purchase a new home and away kit.

Event Timetable:
10:30am – Open to Public
11am – First Team training session – Main Pitch
12:30pm – Academy Foundation Phase Training Session – Main Session
13:30pm – Ladies Training Session – Main Pitch (1 Hour)
2:30pm – Legends Walking Football Game – Main Pitch (1 Hour)

Our charity will be having a stand at the event to help raise mental health awareness and we will be in need of volunteers to join us for all or part of the day - this will be a casual event and you will still have the chance to enjoy the event and watch the teams whilst also helping us.

If you are able to volunteer for this event (no experience needed!), please do get in touch.

A ‘charity live music event with an acoustic vibe’!

Billet Aid returns to the Crooked Billet with a great line up of local musicians helping us raise vital funds for local mental health services.

We will be in need of volunteers to join us for all or part of the day to help with a collection. If you are able to help us with this event (no experience needed!), please do get in touch.

Join us to celebrate the local LGBTQ+ community!

We will be taking part in Southend Pride to raise awareness of LGBTQ+ mental health and wellbeing and the local mental health services available.

We are looking for volunteers to help us man a stand for all or part of the day. If you are able to help us with this event, please do get in touch.

Join us at the biggest LGBTQ+ community celebration in Essex!

We will be teaming up with the other local minds in the area to raise awareness of the local charities covering the Essex areas and the services available.

We will be manning an outdoor stand and are looking for volunteers to join us for all or part of the day. If you are able to help us with this event (no experience needed!), please do get in touch.

Update: We now have enough volunteers for this event, thank you!
Would you like to volunteer for Southend Pride on 16 July instead? Take a look here

Adventure Island will be holding a music festival for Southend's best unsigned bands, musicicans, dance troupes, painters and creators. The event will be raising money for SECE Mind and Southend Hospital.

We are looking for volunteers to join us for all or part of the day and help us raise awareness of our charity and funds to support our local mental health services. If you are able to help us with this event (no experience needed!), please do get in touch.

We are celebrating Volunteers Week with Chelmsford CVS with an exciting event running the length of Chelmsford High Street.

You’ll be able to see first-hand some of the wonderful ways in which charities support our city, and find out how you and your loved ones can access that help.

You’ll also have the chance to learn about all the different opportunities for you to get involved as a volunteer.

We are looking for volunteers to join us for all or part of the day and help us raise awareness of our charity. If you are able to help us with this event (no experience needed!), please do get in touch.

A match to remember former Southend United captain Chris Barker is being held at Roots Hall on Saturday 28 May at 3pm. Barker tragically died by suicide at the start of 2020.

‘A Game For Barks’ will be a match between Barker’s former Southend side and a side made of his former team-mates from other clubs. All profits are kindly being donated to our charity.

We are looking for volunteers to help us collect donations before the start of the game.
If you are able to help us with this event (no experience needed!), please do get in touch.

The chance for students to learn about the local mental health and charity industries available to them as well as the importance and benefits of volunteering. A great opportunity for pupils and their parents to find out more about their careers of interest and gain information about local organisations.

We are looking for mental health professionals to join us for this afternoon as well as general volunteers to help promote our Children and Young People services.

An afternoon of dementia awareness at the Haven Community Hub. Find out more about what services are available to you and your loved ones locally, supporting people living with dementia, their families and carers.

We require event volunteers to help man this awareness stand.
If you are able to help us with this event (no experience needed!), please do get in touch.