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Changing Minds, Changing Lives

• Getting young people Doc Ready

  Published 12 September 2013

  Ben Matthews, Head of Communications at FutureGov, describes the impact of the launch of new mental health app, Doc Ready.
• The dilemma of old age becomes more prevalent than ever

  Published 08 August 2013

  Natalija Webb, Development and Later Life intern at the Mental Health Foundation, explains how the public can help in giving older people a better quality of life.
• Mindfull of young people’s mental health

  Published 29 July 2013

  Innovative mental health support services are on the increase, however more needs to be done to ensure young people can access help in whatever settings suit them best.
• Don’t call me crazy, call me mad!

  Published 22 July 2013

  A lot of my experiences were mad and made very little sense to me or people around me but part of me is just 'mad' and in a strange way I quite like that.
• Seven tips to avoid losing things

  Published 18 July 2013

  A dementia self-help group discusses 'losing things'.
• Footballers and mental health

  Published 17 July 2013

  The recent documentary about professional football players and suicide leaves no doubt about the intense pressures players face throughout their careers.
• Happy Birthday, NHS

  Published 05 July 2013

  A 65th birthday should be a time of celebration but public mental health must be taken more seriously and we should listen harder to people who experience mental health difficulties to learn what they want in the way of support.
• Something more to say

  Published 27 June 2013

  Catherine Jackson, Deputy Editor of Therapy Today journal reacts to the Rt Rev Richard Chartres' recent comments about the baby-boomer generation "absorbing" a disproportionate share of this country’s welfare spending.
• David Blunkett MP visits Right Here Sheffield

  Published 07 June 2013

  Callum Woodhead–McClaimens discusses David Blunkett MP's visit to the Right Here Project in Sheffield to discuss the need for early intervention support to protect young people’s mental health
• Sport changed my life for the better

  Published 15 May 2013

  Personal Trainer and ex-professional boxer Cathy Brown is the spokesperson for Mental Health Awareness Week and talks about how exercise and boxing are essential in managing her mental health.