Partners

The Oxford Mindfulness Centre is proud to work with others working to make mindfulness widely available.

Action for Happiness aiming for a society where more people are leading happy, balanced and fulfilling lives and fewer people are leading unhappy lives where they feel trapped, unloved or unfulfilled.

Mindfulness in Schools Project “Mindfulness in Schools Project is a non-profit organisation whose aim is to encourage, support and research the teaching of secular mindfulness in schools”

Mindfulness for NGOs Alessandra Pigni is dedicated to “bringing the art of mindfulness-based stress reduction and burnout prevention training to aid workers and NGOs back home and in the field”

Mindfulness-based Childbirth and Parenting Mindfulness-Based Childbirth and Parenting Program (MBCP) was created by midwife Nancy Bardacke, CNM in California, USA.

Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. The home of Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (MBSR) as developed by Jon Kabat-Zinn.

Mindfulness Works Mindfulness training in the workplace from Michael Chaskalson and others.

Mindfulnet attempts to gather “everything you need to know about mindfulness in one place”.

Therapeutic Services and Professional Development for Health Professionals

Oxford Cognitive Therapy Centre is a specialist agency within Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, with a brief to provide specialist CBT training and services.

Oxford Mental Health NHS Trust. The OMC provides MBCT for people with depression and anxiety related conditions for the local health service.

St Andrew’s Healthcare – A Charity leading innovation in mental health. OMC provides MBCT teacher training for their health professionals.

UK Universities

University of Aberdeen Offers a Study in Mindfulness programme for professionals (PGCert, PGDip and MSc).

University of Bangor The Centre for Mindfulness Research and Practice is based in the School of Psychology and is committed to the promotion of wellbeing through the application of mindfulness-based approaches. This is achieved by training professionals in the application of mindfulness based approaches and researching applications of mindfulness. They also offer classes in mindfulness based stress reductions (MBSR) and mindfulness based cognitive therapy (MBCT) to specific populations and the general public both locally and further afield.

University of Exeter Offers a suite of postgraduate training programmes in Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapies and Approaches aimed at developing competence in established evidence-based applications, especially for the prevention of relapse in recurrent major depression, but also for other client groups in physical and mental healthcare settings. It also offers a series of workshops to support those with an interest in mindfulness-based applications to develop their knowledge and skills.

Other Charities

SANE built the Prince of Wales International Centre that the Oxford Mindfulness Centre occupies.

Mental Health Foundation is the UK’s leading mental health research, policy and service improvement charity and runs the Be Mindful Campaign to promote MBCT and MBSR.