The Life Support Group

https://www.instagram.com/mentalhealthmattersbolton/  Hi My name is Andrea Taylor-Burke. I run a non-profitable group in Little Lever Bolton for people with mental health issues. It's called The Life Support Group. It welcomes anybody who is struggling with any kind of life problem from depression to anxiety to people who are being bullied or feel unworthy or are just fed up with day to day life. This is a project I feel very passionate about having struggled with depression for 17years now. Feeling like your alone is hard and this group offers the support and friendship of people who suffer the same and understand what your going through. We have been running now since August 2017, the group is doing well and has helped numerous people and continues to do so. No one in the group has any professional qualifications to help the members only life experience which does help a lot, however we can guide the members to the right channels if they need professional help for example the Samaritans or other organisations. Our aim is to help people who are suffering alone. We hope that we can reach out to people who are sat at home feeling depressed and not knowing where to turn. Having somewhere to go has been a lifeline to so many of our members. The change in people who attend has been amazing. A lot of people who suffer just need to know they matter and their not alone. We want to raise funds to open a 24/7 drop in centre for the people of  Bolton  and all the surrounding areas in Greater Manchester. This Centre would be a safe place for people to come to have support in problems they are facing. The difference between our service and others is that ours would be run by people who have struggled with mental illness in the past and who fully understand how challenging life can be.  The Centre would host lots of activities to engage the service users, and would be a place where people could come take off their mask and not be judged for it.  This is such a big ask we know but over 7 million people suffer with depression in the UK. The NHS struggle to provide help to people unless they reach breaking point. We want to be the place you can come before you reach that point, a place where you will matter and not just be a number. We want a Life Support Centre in every town..... and you can help us do this. Your support means the world to us..... please donate any small amount you can..... every penny will help us help the people who need it! Thank you for showing you care..... xxxx