7 Oct 2026 / Public mental health
The Mental Health Foundation has announced the appointment of Helen Undy OBE as its new Chief Executive. Beginning her role in January 2027, Helen will lead delivery of the Foundation's ambitious new strategy, building on its long-standing mission to prevent poor mental health.
2 Sep 2026 / Prevention resources and tools / Public mental health
We've called on the Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, to Support Prevention First.
26 Aug 2026 / Online lives and digital well-being
We share our thoughts as Meta, the company which manages Facebook and Instagram, is reported to have reached a $16.7bn settlement in a US trial.
6 Aug 2026 / Prevention resources and tools
Our response to the news that up to 159 new NHS mental health centres will open across England from this autumn.
15 Jul 2026 / Online lives and digital well-being
Our response to the UK government's plans for ‘digital curfew’ measures for 16 and 17-year olds, meaning that their default settings will restrict social media use between midnight and 6.00 am. It has also announced plans to turn addictive features off by default.
9 Jul 2026 / Working lives
We respond to the publication of Sir Stephen Timms' interim review into Personal Independence Payments
15 Jun 2026 / Online lives and digital well-being
Following the Prime Minister’s announcement of a ban on social media and other online protections for under 16s, the Mental Health Foundation has responded.
10 Jun 2026 / Challenging mental health inequalities
The first of The Foundation Reports series - evaluating 15 years of 40,000 individuals’ data – reveals huge increase in levels of poor mental health, as the gap between financially comfortable and struggling, younger people and older people, and men and women, grows at a worrying rate.
28 May 2026 / Working lives
The UK government has published its interim Young People and Work Report (commonly referred to as the ‘Milburn Review’) which examined the challenges young people are experiencing with the UK’s job market. This is the Mental Health Foundation's response.
27 May 2026 / Online lives and digital well-being
We've published our response to the UK government's Growing Up in the Online World consultation
