25 Nov 2022 / Influencing policies
High levels of inflation affect everyone as the price of necessities including food and energy increase. However, the impact is not felt equally. We know those already experiencing inequality, poverty and hardship are being hardest hit. And poverty is the single biggest driver of poor mental health in children.
9 Aug 2022 / Influencing policies
The Health and Social Care Select Committee has published its report on the impact of body image on mental and physical health.
21 Jun 2022 / Influencing policies
2 Sep 2021 / Influencing policies
The largest coalition of organisations to date on this issue has signed a joint open letter to the Prime Minster calling on him not to go ahead with the planned £20-a-week cut to Universal Credit and Working Tax Credit, due to come into effect on 6 October 2021.
29 Jun 2021 / Influencing policies
The Mental Health Foundation welcomes publication of the Mental Health Strategy 2021-2031 for Northern Ireland.
6 Oct 2020 / Influencing policies
Responding to the Bill that Dr Luke Evans, MP presented today in Parliament, Dr Antonis Kousoulis, Director for England and Wales at the Mental Health Foundation.
3 Aug 2020 / Influencing policies
On 16 July, the Mental Health Foundation was informed of a criminal ransomware cyber-attack on the servers of Blackbaud. Blackbaud is the company that hosts the Foundation’s supporter database known as Raiser’s Edge. A number of other charities and universities were targeted simultaneously
26 Jun 2020 / Influencing policies
Covid-19 has changed the world as we know it. The devastating loss of life, months of social isolation and widespread financial instability has brought despair to individuals, families and communities. The initial pandemic has created a new crisis for our nation’s mental health. If we do not take urgent cross-government action our nation’s mental health will pay a heavy price for years to come.
26 Jun 2020 / Influencing policies
The devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic demands an urgent renewal plan for the nation’s mental health to avoid crisis, according to an unprecedented coalition of over 50 charities which has written to the Prime Minister to call for a cross-government approach to put the nation’s mental health at the heart of its COVID-19 recovery plan.
22 Jun 2020 / Influencing policies
The Mental Health Foundation Scotland is urging the Scottish Government to prioritise the health and wellbeing of pupils when they return to school in August.
