Celebrating our 110th Anniversary

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Article published on: Thursday, 22 August 2024

We’ve been holding events to celebrate our milestone anniversary with the people we support and our volunteers. Check out the lovely photos (below) from these events.

On 11 September our colleagues will be celebrating with party at our Sun House premises in Chesham.

The celebrations culminate on 24 September, when we’re hosting an event for our partners, supporters, funders and senior colleagues in the NHS and voluntary sector at Old Town Hall, Wycombe Swan. Local dignitaries, including The Lord Lieutenant and the High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire will be in attendance.

Key speakers will be Dr Sarah Hughes, Chief Executive of national Mind, and Grant Macdonald, Chief Executive of Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust.

Attendees will also hear from people with lived experience of mental ill-health and volunteers in a series of three films that will premier at the event. Look out for photos in the next edition.

Below: In August, people supported by our Friends in Need service enjoyed picnics to celebrate our anniversary.

A group of people who use the Friends in Need Bracknell service, smiling and waving. Three sitting at the front and the rest standing behind. They are in an open, green space with trees behind them.

A group of people who use the Friends in Need Windsor, Ascot and Maidenhead service, smiling and waving. Three sitting at the front. two are kneeling at the front and the rest standing behind. They are in a green space with trees around them.

Below: Our volunteers had a party (with cake!) at Sun House on 17 August.

A woman in a pink dress is smiling while cutting a large cake with Bucks Mind's 110th anniversary logo featured. A group of people, Bucks Mind's volunteers, standing and sitting in the Sun House garden while enjoying refreshments and hearing a short speech from Stephen Robinson, Deputy Chief Executive at Buckinghamshire Mind/ Three volunteers, a man and two women, standing outside in front of an open window. They are smiling and holding coffee cups.

Below: People supported by our Mind the Gap, Fiends in Need Bucks and Wellbeing groups celebrated at events in July. Everyone really enjoyed the party games, including hook a duck, treasure hunt map and guess the number of table tennis balls in the tub. Fabulous food was prepared for the different events, including a buffet, roast dinner and fish & chips.

A group of people smiling, two standing and rest sitting in armchairs. They are in Bucks Mind's Sun House premises and are members of the Mind Gap Peer Support service. A group of people smiling and sitting in chairs in a semi-circle. They are in Bucks Mind's High Wycombe premises and are members of the Mind Gap Peer Support service.