As you'll all know, we now have a new prime minister - see my video message to Boris Johnson here, and take a look at our manifesto prepared with the Mental Health Policy Group earlier this month. We are keen to make sure we do not see a roll back on the focus on mental health, we urge our friends to continue to hold their local councillors and MPs to account.
We have also published an important report about commissioning the voluntary sector with our friends at the Association of Mental Health Providers. We're advocating for a much more inclusive system that recognises the incredible work local organisations are doing for communities every day.
Finally, is your organisation an Equally Well signatory? If not, please do have a look at the campaign's work - reducing the mortality gap for people with serious mental illness is everyone’s business.
Have a good summer all, stay safe.
Sarah
Arm in arm The relationships between statutory and voluntary sector mental health organisations
Voluntary and community organisations provide essential support for people’s mental health that complements what statutory services can offer, but financial pressures are putting them under severe strain, according to our recent preliminary research on behalf of Association of Mental Health Providers. We highlighted that voluntary and community organisations face numerous barriers including reductions in local government funding, short-term and ‘more for less’ contracts, unpredictable and delayed decision-making, and the unintended consequences of national policies.
Towards Mental Health Equality The Mental Health Policy Group’s manifesto for the new Prime Minister
Centre for Mental Health is a member of the Mental Health Policy Group, a group of six organisations working together for better mental health policy in England. Prior to the new Prime Minister being announced, as a group we published a manifesto for the next Prime Minister. The document sets out our shared priorities for what we hope the new Prime Minister will do to bring equality for mental health closer.
Mental health and travel People with mental health difficulties deserve fair access to public transport, but current conditions in the system can make it too difficult for some to access, finds Roger Mackett
How can we be happy online? Louise Theodosiou and Bernadka Dubicka explore the opportunities technology provides to support wellbeing and how we can support young people to be happy online
Could you help us?
We're seeking evidence from people and organisations to share their knowledge, experience and understanding of mental health inequalities. We would like to hear about inequalities of all kinds in mental health: what causes them, what can prevent or mitigate them, and what would help to support action to reduce mental health inequality.
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