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Campaigns at the Mental Health Foundation

As an independent charity, our campaigns aim to:

 

  • push mental health up the political and social agenda
  • raise awareness of mental health issues in the media 
  • work to influence civil servants and politicians at a national level

 

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As an independent charity, we campaign to engage with the public about mental health issues which affect us all. 

Be Mindful

In 2010, we've launched Be Mindful, a campaign to raise awareness about the benefits of mindfulness. Learn about the benefits of mindfulness meditation and how you can get involved. Find out more.

 

Research Mental Health

The Mental Health Foundation and the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London are working together with the help of scientists, academics, public figures - and you - to promote the importance of mental health research in the UK. Find out more.

 

Mental Health Action Week 

Our annual diary event to campaign on an issue that is related to the mental health of the general population


Mental Health Action Week 2009: Fear 

Find out more about this year's Mental Health Action Week

 

World Mental Health Day

An international annual activity which we use to campaign for better mental health 

 

For 2009, we would love you to be a part of our first ever Tea and Talk fundraising event. Find out more about Tea and Talk 2009. 

 

 

We have also had one off campaigns, such as:

 

  • Food and Mental Health - a campaign to change behaviour to increase the use of diet in the care, treatment and promotion of mental health

We also campaign with other charities to give ourselves a bigger voice, including:

 

  • Mental Health Alliance - a coalition of more than 70 organisations who campaigned for a better Mental Health Bill

 

  • Making Decisions Alliance - a consortium of nearly 40 organisations who campaigned for new legislation on mental capacity for England and Wales

 

  • Self Harm Inquiry - a campaign to develop better and more appropriate responses to young people who self-harm

 

  • We Need to Talk -  a campaign consisting of 5 leading mental health organisations calling for an increased investment in and wider access to psychological therapies on the NHS.

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