Jet Hairdressing Academy

Stacie – Director of Jet Hairdressing Academy’s Experience of Choosing Basildon Mind as our Charity of the Year

I heard about Basildon Mind when a member of our team found out from their therapist who spoke highly of you and the team. The explained the importance of the work you do and this resonated with our team and our learners so we got in touch to discuss you being our chosen charity for 2024.

I choose Basildon Mind because Mental health and wellbeing is a subject which not only effects our learners but also members of our team. We know the importance of having support out there and ensuring people know what is available to them.

Throughout the year we have had sessions held by members of the mind team for our team and our learners, we have hosted a mental health awareness week, we have a specialised hair treatment carries out in our salon to raise awareness, walk and talk sessions for our team and learners, inflatable fun run and we hosted our annual competition and awards night raising awareness and funds.

We choose these activities after we got good advice from the team at Basildon Mind and also aligned some of our usual activities to combine with the work that Basildon Mind do.

The activities have gone fantastically! We look forward to many more to come.

The benefits for Jet Hairdressing Academy include that we have been educated on the resources available and advised on how to support our leaners better. The support received from Stuart and the team at Basildon mind has been priceless, we feel we have become an even more supportive team.

We have raised an amazing £700 for Basildon Mind

Looking back over the year, the experience has been great and has been enjoyable for our whole team. We have all been inspired to do our bit and raise some awareness and funds.

We found the process of dealing with Basildon Mind fantastic – they do amazing work and we are very happy to be working with you all.

In fact, it’s gone so well that we plan to continue to engage with Basildon Mind next year as our chosen charity for 2025.

I would you say to other local businesses thinking about choosing a local charity as their charity of the year go for it – there are not many charities out their who’s work could impact so many members of your teams. It creates lots of teambuilding opportunities, and our team has grown closer because of this.