Health & Wellbeing Community & Social Justice 2026
Mid and North Powys Mind

Mid and North Powys Mind Annual Report 2024–2025

Mid and North Powys Mind is a Powys-based Welsh mental health charity supporting 1,440 people across a large rural county through 9,411 sessions of support in 2024/25. Services span one-to-one mental health support, youth work, perinatal Mums Matter, an In-Work Support Service (Welsh Government funded), SilverCloud CBT, counselling, bereavement support, walk and talk groups, physical activity, arts and a wellbeing drop-in centre. The year's landmark achievement was purchasing The Dance Centre in Llandrindod Wells as a permanent home — co-located with two partner wellbeing charities — funded through Powys County Council, Welsh Government and Arts Council Wales grants. The charity also won a Silver Diverse Cymru Award. Total income was £1.36 million.

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One-to-One Support (301 people, 1,051 sessions, up to 10 sessions, SWEMWBS from 16.5 to 21.4); Training (402 attendances, 135 people, 26 courses); Mums Matter (82 on courses, 38 one-to-one, 12 monthly peer groups, 23 volunteers, BBC Children in Need funded Youth Café); In-Work Support Service (222 people, counselling, CBT, EMDR, physiotherapy, Welsh Government funded); Blended Online SilverCloud CBT (41 people, 147 sessions); Wellbeing Centre drop-in (116 people, craft/yoga/talks); Community Groups in Builth Wells and Knighton; Art and Craft Groups; Walk and Talk groups (Llandrindod, Newtown, Welshpool); Tai Chi; Physical Activity programme (121 people — yoga, C25K, kayaking, netball, badminton, tennis, axe throwing); Bereavement Support (20 volunteers including new CYP volunteers); Counselling (48 people, 6-9 month wait list) Custom geography from upload: Mid and North Powys, UK (Llandrindod Wells, Newtown, Builth Wells, Knighton, Welshpool)

📊Key Metrics

1,440 people supported; 9,411 sessions of support delivered; 99% rated the service 4 or 5 out of 5 Key Metric 1
301 people supported through one-to-one service (1,051 sessions); 231 children and young people supported through youth service; 286 people supported through In-Work Support Service Key Metric 2
£1,358,690 total income; surplus of £16,808; Silver Diverse Cymru Award; purchase and redevelopment of The Dance Centre in Llandrindod Wells completed Key Metric 3

✅Key Outcomes

  • 97% felt listened to and heard; 85% felt more connected to others; 88% moved towards the life they wanted to live; 85% had improved mental health and resilience; Youth Service: 94% felt mental health had improved
  • Silver Diverse Cymru Award won; Dance Centre (new permanent home) purchased using Powys County Council, Welsh Government and Arts Council Wales funding — co-located with Impelo and Breathe Studios; Youth Café launched with BBC Children in Need funding at Lakeside Café, Llandrindod
  • 59% of In-Work Support clients maintained employment; In-Work Support average wellbeing improvement SWEMWBS 16.5 to 21.4; 100% of Wellbeing Centre attendees felt their mental health had improved and felt more connected; Mums Matter raised £4,050 through community fundraising for peer support groups

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Wales

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