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The campaign was fronted by a number of celebrities, including political strategist Alastair Campbell, presenter Davina McCall, [5] singers Shojon, Frankie Sandford, and boxer Ricky Hatton. [6] In 2014, the campaign supported the "Laughing for a Change" project run by actress Janice Connolly , which aimed to promote awareness of mental health ...
Mind is a mental health charity in England and Wales. It was founded in 1946 as the National Association for Mental Health (NAMH).. Mind offers information and advice to people with mental health problems and lobbies government and local authorities on their behalf.
The mental health problems of the group are usually a core or exacerbating factor. Routinely, they fall through the gaps of existing mental health service provision, as their mental health problems are not considered sufficiently "severe" to warrant care from statutory services; but they are frequently excluded from mainstream services in the ...
Rethink Mental Illness works with partner charities Change Mental Health (in Scotland), MindWise (in Northern Ireland) and Adferiad Recovery (in Wales) as Mental Health UK, [21] a charity registered in 2016, which "brings together the heritage and experience of four charities from across the country who have been supporting people with their ...
Pages in category "Mental health organisations in the United Kingdom" The following 72 pages are in this category, out of 72 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
In 2021 children with mental health needs faced very long delays before receiving treatment. 51% waited under four weeks, 29% waited four to twelve weeks, 20% waited over twelve weeks. Some children with mental health problems had to go to A&E because a crisis developed while they were waiting.
Chilvers said "that although 23% of ill health is attributable to mental illness, 5.5% of research funding is on mental health" and that "for every £1 the UK government spends on research, the public gives a third of a penny to mental health research compared with £2.75 in cancer and £1.35 in cardiovascular disease".
Big Give's Kind2Mind is an annual match-funding drive in support of charities that address, prevent, research, treat and campaign for mental health issues. In the 2024 appeal, £2.4 million was raised for 160 charities, including the Edinburgh Children's Hospital Charity and The Passage.