Thriving communities support good mental health, but poverty, inequality, and underinvestment have eroded them. We urge government action to rebuild communities and prevent mental ill-health through systemic change.
For Parental Mental Health Day on 30 January, Gillian Meens shares her experiences of finding a community with other parents after the birth of her children.
The theme we've chosen for Mental Health Awareness Week 2025 is Community. Find out why we chose this theme, and how community is important for our mental health.
During May we celebrated Mental Health Awareness Week in Northern Ireland with a wealth of community events.
/ Prevention resources and tools
My name is Kira Philpott and I’ve been playing rugby at Llandaff North RFC for 4 years. The girls at the club have been monumental in my rugby journey and allow me to feel part of a strong family unit and support me both on and off the field.
/ Challenging mental health inequalities
Today, the Foundation, in partnership with Thrive LDN, launches the Londoners Said report, distilling over 1000 conversations about what would better support people in the capital to live happier, healthier lives.
/ Mental health in later life
It has been more than a year now since I first met with the Rotherhithe Babes, a group of southeast London cockney women in their late 80s and early 90s, sitting across from one another, reminiscing about the time Eileen had dressed up as a 'washer woman' to jump on top of Theresa's husband and embarrass him.
