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Bazaar is a digitised mental wellbeing programme that blends elements of CBT and mindfulness to help you to understand your mind, giving you the tools you need to support yourself now and in the future.

22/04/2022

Impact ⚡️

Please see below Maria’s experience as a Bazaar mentor up at Northumbria University 🎓👇

Being a Bazaar mentor was a valuable experience for myself and my mentee. I study Psychology and this program allowed me to gain relevant volunteering experience, which can be difficult to find. As well as this, the training was incredible and being surrounded by a supportive network of others passionate about the experience was a really helpful tool which enabled us all to excel. The fact that the commitment was only 8 weeks meant that it was easy to fit around my schedule and kept it very flexible for when my mentee was available as well thus making it very accessible.

The content of the program provided the two of us with a lot of new and different ways to practice mindfulness and including a different meditation followed by a recap at the end of each session allowed us to review what we found most and least useful.

Overall, the experience was one that I would definitely encourage taking part in either as a mentor or mentee as there is definitely a lot to be gained from both roles.

18/03/2022

Friday’s shared reading 📚

What’re your thoughts? 💭

Have a wonderful weekend everybody.❤️

16/03/2022

Impact ⚡️

A big congratulations to one of Bazaar mentors, Ellie. Your hard work, dedication, commitment and kindness does not go unnoticed.

Knowing that your support has had a genuine impact on a member’s life is a whole other feeling. ❤️

11/03/2022

This Friday’s shared reading. 📚

A Ritual to Each Other by William E. Stafford.

We were happy to share this at our workshop with the staff team at on Tuesday. 🙌🏼

Some may interpret this poem in a way about achieving a world in which relationships are healthy, balanced and beneficial. What do you think? 💭

We hope that everybody has a wonderful weekend. ❤️

09/03/2022

Problematic Thoughts 💭

When identifying problematic thoughts, ask yourself, is this a thought a fact or an opinion?

A fact is a statement that can be proven true or false.

An opinion is an expression of your own personal feelings/ emotions that cannot be proven.

‘I am not good enough.’ - is this a fact or an opinion? This problematic thought may feel factual to somebody thinking it, but if it cannot be proven true or false, and others think otherwise… it may actually be an opinion!

Don’t let you brain trick you… 🧠

07/03/2022

Team Building 💪🏼

The purpose of team building activities is to motivate people to work together, to develop strengths and to address any weaknesses.

Any team building is service should encourage collaboration rather than competition!

For better communication between employees, increased productivity, improved morale, mental health and creativity and increased confidence, be sure to incorporate team building into your workplace routines and practices.

03/03/2022

Culture 🎶 🧠

Bazaar has grown to become widely accessible in an environment surrounded by art, music and culture.

Feedback like this is exactly why we do what we do at Bazaar. 💪👇

‘Bazaar really helped me become self aware of my thoughts and the effect they were having on my mental health. I still regularly use the tools and skills Bazaar taught me years on and I am now achieving things I never thought I would have! Having a peer mentor with shared experiences really helped me open up in a comfortable environment that felt like I was just chatting with a friend. I'm so glad a mental health programme like this exists in the UK!’

23/02/2022

Habits are behaviours that have been repeated enough times to become automatic. To work on self-improvement, we must focus on our habits.

Swipe to see some of the different habits that are good for your Body, Mind and Soul. 😌🧘‍♂️🧠

Can you think of any habits you already have? A slight consistent change in our daily habits can guide our life to a very different destination. 💭

22/02/2022

Impact!⚡️

We are proud to work closely with , an organisation that empowers parent-carers with self-care tools and experiences that improve health and wellbeing.

See below some of the wonderful comments from Rachel Daley.

'Bazaar is an incredible programme of support for those suffering with low level mental health challenges. This structured but innovative programme is changing the face of early mental health intervention by providing real life examples of how to make small changes over a period of time that can have a huge positive impact on wellbeing.’

21/02/2022

Innovation!👨‍🎨

Lee Pennington is the founder of the Open Door Charity, one of Merseyside’s most dynamic and progressive independent charities. Bazaar plays a huge role in supporting young people with their mental health and wellbeing through the at its HQ

We asked Lee why he created the charity 💭

'I was never seeking to create ODC and it was never a life aim or anything. I fell in to the idea, naturally, trying to create somewhere that me or my friends would be willing to access and which spoke to our lives in a way other support options didn’t. Over the years we have pushed boundaries and challenged the norm, but from a position of positivity, colour, creativity and joy to create something which slots into the existing well-being offer in this area perfectly.'

Be sure to head over to to hear how the conversation around mental health has evolved over the last 10 years. 🎙

The podcast touches on Lee’s own experience with mental health, about how to work with the mainstream support systems rather than replacing them, breaking out of the mental health echo chamber and featuring on the BBC with Dr Alex George.

18/02/2022

This Friday’s shared reading by Wendy Cope📚🍊

We hope that you have a wonderful weekend. Be sure to check in with yourself, your friends, your family and anyone else you may encounter ❤️

17/02/2022

Community ⚡️

Yesterday we were proud to be speakers at the education centre in Bicester.

Raising awareness and sharing knowledge on how we can manage our mental health is so important, especially when it comes to encouraging others to speak up about how they are feeling.

Thank you to everybody who listened and took the time to engage in some wider conversation. 🙌🏼🧠

14/02/2022

Distraction Techniques!

A distraction technique is simply any activity that you engage in to redirect your mind from your current feelings.

It is important that we have a selection of tools and techniques that help us distract and focus our attention on something else when our thoughts are most bothersome.

Some examples include:
🧘🏿‍♀️ Mindfulness
🏋️ Physical Activity
🧠 Mental Work
⏱ Worry Time
👥 Socialising with Others
🎶 Listening to Music
🌿 Spending Time in Nature

What are your distraction techniques?💭

11/02/2022

This Friday’s shared reading 📚

This week we are sharing Adrienne Rich’s poem called turbulence kindly chosen by

Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments. 💭

We hope that you all have a wonderful weekend. ✨☺️

10/02/2022

Virtual reality is becoming of increasing importance in the world of therapeutic support and wellbeing. Alongside this, mindfulness has been growing significantly in popularity and in a research field for the past ten years. 👾

has teamed up with the innovative design outfit to produce an immersive mindfulness experience that helps you practice techniques in a relaxing and captivating way. Dazzle allows you to focus on the present moment, take time out from day-to-day stresses and strengthen your mind. 🧠

If you’re interested in finding out more about Dazzle, please get in touch 💭

09/02/2022

A big part of Bazaar is culture ⚡️

has kindly shared his experience with Bazaar. Be sure to click on the link in his bio to hear his new music out now!🎵🎸

'As a person who has struggled with their mental health, I see Bazaar as a vital and unique tool in giving people the skills and empowerment they need in order to improve their wellbeing.

Through being a mentor at the Open Door Centre, Bazaar allowed me to truly have an impact on peoples lives, whilst not needing any expertise other than the shared lived experience. I believe if I had accessed Bazaar and learnt the skills and tools it gives people when i was much younger, I would have been much better equipped to help myself at an earlier stage.

It makes me feel so happy that lots of young people are using Bazaar in order to learn these skills and improve their lives.’

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Bazaar blends elements of CBT and Mindfulness to help you to understand your mind, giving you the tools you need to support yourself now and in the future.