12 Days of Charity

Food banks in our UK-wide network distributed 1.5 million food parcels to people facing hardship between 1 April and 30 September 2023 – an increase of 16% compared to the same period in 2022. Over the last six months, 320,000 people have had to turn to food banks in the Trussell Trust network for the first time.

Sixty-five percent of all the parcels provided between April and September this year were for families with children. More than half a million emergency parcels were distributed for children – an 11% increase compared to last year.

In England, 1 in 4 people will experience a mental health problem in any given year, and 1 in 6 people report experiencing a common mental health problem such as anxiety and depression, in any given week.

Wiltshire Mind is a small independent local charity supporting people in Wiltshire with their mental health and wellbeing. We provide services that are vitally important to the recovery of many people, who often cannot access services elsewhere. Our services are low-cost, enabling anyone to access our support. We provide adult and young people’s counselling, support groups and a wellbeing programme for local schools.

We rely on the generosity of our supporters, so thank you for your donation. Every pound raised makes a real difference, enabling us to continue to provide our much-needed services across Wiltshire.

Wiltshire Mind is based in Trowbridge, and we run our groups in as many locations as we can across the county. Our counselling is available online or face to face. For more details email: counselling@wiltshiremind.co.uk.

At Wiltshire Mind, we are responsible for our own fundraising, service delivery, governance and awareness. We receive no statutory or government funding so thank you to our communities who help raise the funds – we couldn’t do it without your help.