15 Oct 2025 / Influencing policies
Ahead of the 2026 Scottish Parliament elections, we call on whichever party forms the next Scottish Government to make decisive efforts to end the country’s mental health emergency.
27 Mar 2025 / Families, children and young people
A new online tool, StressLESS, co-created by Mental Health Foundation and young people, will be launched today (Thursday 27 March). The resource is designed to support practitioners working with young people to ensure they have the tools to manage stress and support their wellbeing.
12 Dec 2024 / Challenging mental health inequalities
Our Power is a Mental Health Foundation project exploring the mental health impact of racism, particularly racial microaggressions, through creative peer support workshops.
11 Dec 2023 / Survey
The Mental Health Foundation in Scotland is issuing a stark warning about the mental health impacts of the ongoing cost-of-living crisis, with almost one third of Scottish adults (32%) reporting feeling anxious about their financial situation in the last month.
6 Jul 2023 / Challenging mental health inequalities
The Mental Health Foundation Fringe Award (aka the Mental Health Fringe Award) is to be supported by the Cornwell Charitable Trust until 2025, in memory of the arts journalist Tim Cornwell who died last year.
30 Jun 2023 / Influencing policies
The Mental Health Foundation responded to the Scottish Government’s Call for Evidence, part of a review of the National Outcomes, to highlight how these Outcomes can better support national mental health and wellbeing.
15 May 2023 / Mental Health Awareness Week
We published research today showing that almost six in ten adults in Scotland (58%) experienced anxiety that interfered with their daily lives in the previous two weeks.
27 Feb 2023 / Influencing policies
As the SNP leadership contest gets underway, we urge all candidates hoping to become First Minister of Scotland to make public mental health a priority during the current cost-of-living crisis and throughout the current parliament.
1 Dec 2022 / Research
The largest study on the mental health and well-being of college students in Scotland has revealed more than one-third (37%) experienced food insecurity in the previous 12 months, according to the report published by the Mental Health Foundation today.
3 Oct 2022 / Challenging mental health inequalities
Submissions are now open for our international film competition for 2023, which takes place as part of the Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival (SMHAF).
