MENTAL HEALTH SWIMS

Since 2019 we have grown to have over 100 locations across the UK and beyond. Our mission is to create safe and welcoming spaces for people who live with mental health issues and are looking to make connections in their local community through swimming... We have a unique offering because we are led by lived experience; all our volunteers and our team have lived experience of mental health challenges either personally or through supporting someone close to them... One of our aims is for mental health issues to be talked about more openly. We want to build empathy and understanding around mental health within communities so that people never feel alienated or alone. In our journey so far, we have recruited fantastic hosts who have put in a lot of hard work and created something truly special in their local communities. We create welcoming spaces based on a peer support model where participants can show up as they are and share as little or as much as they like about their experiences,..

Also known as: Mental Health Swims CIC

Primary location: United Kingdom