Arts festival celebrates 20th year with Reflections theme : Arts festival celebrates 20th year with Reflections theme
25 Feb 2026 / Challenging mental health inequalities
This year the Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival celebrates its 20th year.
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Prevent exposure to relentless bad news harming our mental health : Prevent exposure to relentless bad news harming our mental health
9 Oct 2025 / Challenging mental health inequalities
On World Mental Health Day, Friday 10 October, the Mental Health Foundation warns that repeated exposure to distressing news, especially coverage of crises and conflicts, can take its toll on our mental health.
Newham youth mental health charity shows clear vision to win photography competition : Newham youth mental health charity shows clear vision to win photography competition
6 May 2025 / Challenging mental health inequalities
Announcing winners of the Mental Health Foundation's Positive Mental Health Image Library, Ashok's Vision International.
Disjointed and ultimately counterproductive – response to welfare system announcement : Disjointed and ultimately counterproductive – response to welfare system announcement
18 Mar 2025 / Challenging mental health inequalities
We share our views about the newly announced changes to the benefits system, including to universal credit and personal independence payment (PIP)
Our Power: Exhibition at the Gallery of Modern Art Glasgow : Our Power: Exhibition at the Gallery of Modern Art Glasgow
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.
10 million let down by mental health prevention plans : 10 million let down by mental health prevention plans
5 Sep 2024 / Challenging mental health inequalities
A new report published by the Mental Health Foundation has highlighted that an estimated 10 million people across England – almost 1 in 5 of the country’s population - are living in areas where local plans for improving the public’s mental health are insufficient.
New data shows cost-of-living is still harming Scots’ mental health : New data shows cost-of-living is still harming Scots’ mental health
11 Dec 2023 /
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.
Cost-of-living is still causing widespread mental distress in Northern Ireland : Cost-of-living is still causing widespread mental distress in Northern Ireland
29 Nov 2023 /
The Mental Health Foundation is issuing a stark warning about the mental health impacts of the cost-of-living crisis, as more than a third of adults in Northern Ireland felt anxious about their personal finances in the past month.
Cost-of-living causing widespread mental distress : Cost-of-living causing widespread mental distress
21 Nov 2023 /
In the week of the 2023 Autumn Statement and in light of new cost-of-living data, we're calling for the Government to ensure all its decisions benefit people’s mental health.
Fringe Award to be sponsored by Cornwell Charitable Trust : Fringe Award to be sponsored by Cornwell Charitable Trust
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.