MhIST – Mental Health Independent Support Team working with our communities to give the best mental health support we can since 1992.

We provide a safe and friendly place where you can work at your own pace to start your journey towards positive mental wellbeing.

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Learn the Skills

Your world may have fallen apart because of Covid 19 you may be feeling lost and hopeless. This project will help to reconnect you to people in a similar position, to learn the skills that you need to get back to normal and feel like you are living again. Read More

New service!

Have you been made redundant due to covid? Are you unemployed and struggling to find work?… Read More

Lockdown hair growing

MhIST would like to give thanks to Peter McClements who raised £426.24 for MhIST by growing his hair for 5 months during lockdown. The money raised will go towards ensuring that MhIST continues delivering mental health support for people who need it in Bolton free at the point of delivery. Read More

Development of a mobile video-game for adult wellbeing.

Over the years MhIST has developed an extremely productive and successful collaboration with the University of Bolton. During the recent Covid lockdowns MhIST has been able to continue helping people who experience difficulties with their mental health by delivering advocacy, counselling, and self-help in virtual and face to face formats. Read More

Kellie and Ailsa’s no-alcohol-athon.

Want to join us in supporting a good cause? We are raising money for MHIST (MENTAL HEALTH INDEPENDENT SUPPORT TEAM) by refraining from drinking alcohol for the whole of August and considering I’m a landlady and Ailsa is one of my most regular regulars it’s not going to be easy… Read More

Bolton Mental Health Wellbeing Booklet

Public Health, Greater Manchester Combined Authority and Bolton NHS have put together a booklet to support households with advice on looking after your mental health and accessing support services during the lockdown and has plenty of tips on beating coronavirus anxiety. Download the booklet here: https://bit.ly/2XcgDxl… Read More

Talk Therapy during the Covid- 19 emergency and beyond.

We continue to support you. Like many organisations we are intent on continuing to offer our therapy support to people during the ongoing emergency. The current government guidance indicates that it is not appropriate to continue with face-to-face counselling and this has been paused. The MhIST buildings are all now… Read More