Centre for Mental Health welcomes new trustees to its Board
We’re delighted to welcome Peter Alleyne, Morgan Vine and Victoria Bleazard as our new trustees!
Author: Chiamaka Okafor
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Podcast: ZeZe Sohawon
Award-winning mental health activist ZeZe Sohawon joins Thea Joshi to talk better support for people at the intersection of autism and mental health, her own lived experience of being on a low-secure inpatient unit and the vision behind her new charity Emotion Dysregulation in Autism.
Ten-year plan needed to stop rise in mental ill health in England, say charities
Leading national organisations, representing thousands of people, have come together to call for a long-term mental health plan for England.
Taking on the Five Giants for Mental Health: what have we learned so far?
Andy brings together our Festival of Ideas series – events exploring poverty; racial injustice; children’s mental health; mental health services; and the climate crisis – and considers how we can move from ideas to action
Is it just me? Mental health in Muslim communities
Zainab draws upon her own lived experience as a Pakistani Muslim accessing mental health services, emphasising the mental health disparities that Muslim communities face in the UK and highlighting the need for faith-informed, culturally competent mental health care.
Fact sheet: Muslim mental health
This fact sheet, developed in partnership with the Woolf Institute, brings together the latest available evidence on Muslim mental health across the life course, highlighting the urgent need to tackle the stark inequalities in Muslims’ access to, experience of and outcomes from mental health services.
Podcast: How far have we come on the road to mental health equality?
Andy Bell joins us to share the changes that have been forged in mental health in the last 20 years, and the distance we have yet to travel to eradicate persisting inequalities.
Mental health in the midst of the climate crisis: our Festival of Ideas event
Frederico and Nick summarise the key takeaways from our fifth and final Festival of Ideas event which explored mental health and climate change
Briefing 61: Social needs among people living with mental health difficulties
How can mental health services better meet the social needs of people living with mental health difficulties?
The Balance Garden’s relocation to Markfield Park, Tottenham
With the support of Project Giving Back and under Wild City Studio’s leadership, Our Chelsea Flower Show “The Balance” Garden will be relocated to Markfield Park in Tottenham, providing a mental-health-boosting green space for the whole community to enjoy.