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Welcome
to our website. We hope your visit with us is a pleasant and helpful one.










  

    


Aims of the Group



1. To provide a safe,
caring and non-judgmental environment to enable self-help and give support to
sufferers of depression and other related mental health issues.



2. To challenge the stigma
of depression and related mental illness, and the disadvantage and
discrimination related to it.
 



    		
  





 



Here at Batley Self Help Depression Group (BSHDG)
we offer understanding, help and support, in a safe place for those in our
community who suffer from depression, low self esteem, stress, anxiety and other
emotional and mental health issues regardless of race, sex or religion.
 



Our services are available to anyone over
the age of eighteen who live in Kirklees and the surrounding areas, though enquiries
are welcome from all parts of
Yorkshire and beyond.



Depression can be very debilitating
and is often misunderstood by those who have not experienced it.   
The effects of depression can be difficult to cope with alone. It often causes
absence from work, breakdown of marriages and family life, and can lead to
suicide. 





Often sufferers have to live with the stigma of mental illness and with
discrimination, prejudice and disadvantage. Being in a safe environment without
prejudice our members can explore their feelings fully in the knowledge that “what’s
said in the room stays in the room”.




The staff at BSHDG are professionally
trained and also have personal experience of depression. Working within the Person Centred approach, we aim to empower  those who
are suffering from depression.  Enabling them to either overcome their
depression, or help them to live with it better.
 




 



Staff Team


Chief Executive Officer - Debbie Smales


Group Facilitators - Carol Short, Lynne
Jenkins, Sue Leadbeater, Julie Roome


Administrator - Gaina Macdonald


Finance Officer - Steve Armitage



 



For
more details of the services we offer click on the links at the top of the page.