Leslie 'Les' Powers

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Dorset Mind is a pioneering mental health charity that educates, challenges stigma and inequality and promotes recovery from mental ill health. They do this by empowering individuals of all ages to understand the recovery process and by assisting them to develop resilience. Dorset Mind provide thirteen recovery and resilience-focused support groups across Dorset. They educate people about the signs and symptoms of mental ill health and support people to identify and develop new coping skills. The charity also run an accredited one-to-one befriending programme, designed to help people regain confidence and social skills. The content of Dorset Mind services and support groups are both preventative and restorative. Dorset Mind works in partnership with local decision makers and influential organisations to encourage social inclusion and improve mental health services to meet the rising demands of our community. They provide comprehensive lessons and assemblies in schools and worksh
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