Mental Fight Club
Founded in 2003, Mental Fight Club is a leading arts and health charity, with a proven track record in delivering innovative, high quality creative arts activities which are free to participants and accessible to all.
We run three projects, one of them being The Dragon Café, which was based at the Crypt, St George the Martyr in Borough. We are dedicated to being a pop up service where people are invited to start their week with us and feel inspired and revitalized to take up other local activities in the rest of their week. Due to Covid-19, we are currently open online every Monday offering workshops and activities that anyone can sign up to.
The Dragon Café uses the whole range of the arts including singing, dancing, writing, tai chi, chess in our menu of creative activities to support wellbeing and those on their journey of recovery with mental ill health.
We have partnered with a great number of artists and practitioners to deliver thousands of hours of creative activities for members of the community. Our approach has been referenced as an example of best practice in the co-production of services, bridging the transition between formal services and community integration.
Developing the charity's ongoing work and making sure we can be there for as many people as possible, for as long as possible, is a key priority for us at a time when the need for services such as ours is greater than ever. Especially as, 1 in 17 people infected with Covid-19 are likely to experience mental health issues for the first time.
How you can help
At this time the charity is fully engaged in a process of expanding the sessions we deliver, bringing in more artists, stage and screen activities with some of the industry’s leading practitioners and interactive Q&A sessions on writing for stage and screen.
We also seek to strengthen ties with local businesses and explore working together with businesses to better support local communities and those in the workplace with their mental wellbeing.
As a small charity we would welcome support in fundraising and donations.
Book onto our activities: https://www.dragoncafe.co.uk/this-week
Check out our projects: https://www.dragoncafe.co.uk/activitiesandprojects
The Dragon Café website: https://www.dragoncafe.co.uk
Mental Fight Club website: https://www.mentalfightclub.art
Contact us: info@mentalfightclub.art