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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 ...
Amongst its recent campaigns Rethink has urged the government to look at the mental health risks of cannabis, rather than "fiddle with its legal status".Cannabis was downgraded from a Class B to a Class C drug in 2004, making most cases of possession non-arrestable.
CALM was initially a Department of Health pilot project launched in late 1997 in Manchester with the help of Tony Wilson, and then rolled out to Merseyside in 2000. [3] It was a helpline targeted specifically at young men who were unlikely to contact mainstream services and who were at greater risk of suicide. [4]
The Government said it is investing an extra £2.3 billion per year into mental health services by 2024, which will deliver an additional 27,000 mental health professionals and give two million ...
Also in 2018, WHOLE announced two new arms to the #IAMWHOLE campaign: a Music 4 Mental Health event in London and a podcast, WHOLE TRUTH. Music 4 Mental Health was an event taking place at the Roundhouse in London, featuring performances from Ed Sheeran, Anne-Marie, Ella Eyre, James Arthur, Olly Murs and others.
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". [4]
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.
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.