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Monday 9:30am - 4:30pm Tuesday 9:30am - 4:30pm Wednesday 9:30am - 4:30pm Thursday 9:30am - 4:30pm Friday 9:30am - 4:30pm Saturday 9:30am - 11:30am

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Lived Experience Library

Sharing people's stories of their lived experiences with disability, mental health and suicide.

The UK's first Mental Health and Disability Lived Experience Library, where every day people who have recovered from, or learned how to manage and thrive with, a mental illness or disability share their experiences via video and podcast. We have taken our knowledge and experience from successfully running peer support groups over the years, capturing the very essence of what made them so invaluable, namely the sharing of experiences, to create a unique library which is available to everyone. Through the sharing of lived experiences people will, see they aren't alone, obtain relevant information on specific conditions, learn lessons from others experiences and most importantly, be shown there's always Hope.

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Towcester
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Opening Hours

Monday	9:30am - 4:30pm
Tuesday	9:30am - 4:30pm
Wednesday	9:30am - 4:30pm
Thursday	9:30am - 4:30pm
Friday	9:30am - 4:30pm
Saturday	9:30am - 11:30am

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https://www.disabledadventurer.com/livedexperiencelibrary

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RACING MINDS CIC BECOMES - TALK MENTAL HEALTH

A Veteran who served 14 years in the British Army, Nick has had a rich yet tumultuous life.In 2012, after leaving the Army, Nick started his own Executive Chauffeuring business. During the ensuing years, he will be diagnosed with; Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Depression, Generalised Anxiety Disorder(GAD), Addiction to Prescribed Opiates/Morphine, 7 Pro-Lapse Discs leading to Chronic Pain, Fibromyalgia and Myofascial Pain Syndrome.

Nick’s chauffeur business became well known throughout Oxfordshire, becoming a £1/4M business within two years. He then suffered a mental breakdown and had a failed su***de attempt. Spending some therapeutic healing time with Combat Stress, Nick then made the life-changing decision to fight back.

Selling his chauffeuring business, Nick started again. This time, he felt refreshed, vibrant and determined to help others with mental health issues, so co-founded * 360 Wellbeing a mental health consultancy, along with his personal and business partner. Then from January 2020, Nick made the decision to stand down as Director of the company, due to continually declining health. Just as he was wrapping up the handover to his partner, Covid19 happened.

It was like a sign for what he was to do next, so after some planning, rearranging and alot of hard work, Nick’s Social Enterprise: Racing Minds CIC, which he had founded a while back, begun trading as Talk Mental Health. The aim? To Inspire, Educate and Empower individuals to better manage their own Mental Wellbeing, through Public Speaking, via his Podcast show; Let’s Talk Mental Health, Training and provision of projects which can assist both the Veteran and local Community.

The initial project created, was in direct response to Covid19 and Nick saw a way in which he could both assist our heroic KeyWorkers and individuals of the Veteran Community. It provides emotional and wellbeing support to those KeyWorkers, who have been impacted by Covid19, called - Veterans In Support, owing to the fact, the Volunteers working within the project are all from the Veteran Community. This enables Nick to provide individuals from the Veteran Community an opportunity, “To Give”, which is one of the five steps to Wellbeing, and also to provide Self-Management training included within the bespoke three day training package devised for the Volunteers, which would Empower them to better manage their own Mental Wellbeing!

If ever there was a time to realise your Purpose, Meaning and Identity, for Nick, this was it!

Notable Achievements:

· Served 14 years in the Army, deployed on several Operational Tours around the globe including Northern Ireland, Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan.

· 2014 – Started a Chauffeur company, creating a £1/4M business within two years

· 2017 – Studied CBT, NLP and Psychology

· 2017 – Co-Founded 360Wellbeing, a successful Mental Health Consultancy business

· Raised over £75,000 for charities by planning events such as Basrah's first half marathon in Iraq, and a non-stop 1,000-mile cycle ride through Europe for the 60th D-Day commemorations

· Received a Commendation from the Army, for going above and beyond whilst on Operational duties.

· Ran highly successful Mental Health campaigns in 2018 and 2019, reaching and positively impacting approximately 250,000 people through #Realmentalk and #Timetolisten

Notable Challenges:

· 2012 – Diagnosed with Degenerative Disease Disorder of the spine, resulting in seven pr*****ed discs

· 2016 – Mental breakdown, su***de attempt & Rehab. Diagnosed with PTSD

2020 - Diagnosed with Fibroyalgia and Myofascial Pain Syndrome. Nick is determined not to allow these challenges dictate his life and his ‘cheeky chappy’ persona reflects a friendly, humble guy whose speaking style is open, honest and powerful. His wealth of personal, practical and professional experiences over 20 years guarantees a direct impact on all those he works with, inspiring and empowering everyone he meets.