How to hold a Winter cake sale & tea party!

Ever thought about holding a cake sale or tea party to support YPI Counselling? We’ve put together a step by step guide to help you plan your cosy Winter sale.

Mental Health Awareness Week 2022

YPI Counselling is celebrating Mental Health Awareness Week Basingstoke. This year the theme is Loneliness which affects millions of people across the UK. Monday 9 May 2022: Today marks the launch of Mental Health Awareness Week, the UK’s national week to raise awareness of mental health.   The week, which is hosted by the Mental Health Foundation, is in its 22nd year and runs from 9-15 […]

Children’s Mental Health Week

Children’s Mental Health Week is run by children’s mental health charity to focus on the importance of looking after our emotional wellbeing from an early age. This year’s theme is ‘GROWING TOGETHER’. Human beings change and grow – we do it all the time and in many different ways. Physical growth is easy to see as we grow from babies to children, teenagers to adults. […]

Footsteps Dance School Show

We’d like to thank Footsteps Dance School for raising £494.36 for us at their bi-annual show at the Haymarket last month. #WeAreYPI #MindMeHappy

Bemillion’s Bake Off for YPI

Thank you to @Bemillion and @sumillion for organising and taking part in a bake sale to raise funds for YPI. They raised an amazing £240 for YPI enough for one young person to complete counselling. Thank you to all staff for taking part it looks amazing. Please le us know if you think your company can get involved its amazing fun, builds teamwork and staff […]

BakedIn Cakes

We had the pleasure of visiting the local company Bakedin last week. What a fantastic idea and company. They kindly donated some lovely prizes for our competition(details to follow this week) The cake kits are amazing please take a look at there site. Its always great to have local support from a local company lest support them in return. @bakedincakes Bakedin | Home Baking Kits […]

Mental health charity’s warning as all pupils return to schools

Please take the time to look at our recent Basingstoke Gazette Interview with our CEO Samantha Hussey!

Love Amazon?

Raise donations for YPI Counselling whenever you shop on Amazon, by using Amazon Smile’s referral links on: http://smile.amazon.co.uk They have also enable you to do this on your Amazon App on Your Android or Apple Smartphone, by following these instructions! Just remember to re authenticate every 6 months in the new year!

Anna’s London Marathon 2020

Anna took part in the virtual London marathon raising some money for YPI Counselling. I know you have all been waiting for an update, so here goes: Anna finished before the elite men…. Its true, she did. We should add however that she began my race at 05.17 am in the pitch black and pouring rain, fuelled by lots of coffee and a good deal […]

Vicky’s London Marathon 2020

In support of YPI and to realise a lifelong ambition, Vicky ran the Virtual London Marathon last Sunday. The lows, starting at 0.3miles when Vicky soaked herself up to the knee in a ‘puddle’, failed to dampen highlights that included a loop around Hyde park’s beautiful Serpentine and saying ‘Hello’ to the giraffes at London Zoo. Tears (of joy and appreciation!) were thankfully concealed by […]