/ Prevention resources and tools
We are proud to represent 70 years of innovation in mental health. And it seems that the times have never been more welcoming to positive change. To achieve this change, we need to all join the mission that makes most sense: preventing mental health problems.
Blog article asking the question; "What place or space helps with your mental health?"
/ Families, children and young people
Now is a particularly exciting time to be joining the Foundation because of its commitment to prevention and the leadership role it continues to play in this field. Most importantly, effective prevention avoids the considerable distress that mental ill-health causes children and their families and ensures that young people can plan for their future with hope, not fear.
/ Mental Health Awareness Week
Here is a BIG question that keeps me awake at night: what is the single greatest thing we could do to prevent mental health problems?
/ Families, children and young people
This year, in partnership with NHS Health Scotland, we sponsored Scotland’s first ‘Mental Health and wellbeing’ award at YouthLink Scotland’s National Youth Work Awards 2018 to recognise the power of youth work when it comes to helping young people to stay mentally well.
/ Influencing policies
2017 was a year that reframed the UK's political landscape. The triggering of Article 50 set the wheels in motion to exit the European Union, and the Conservatives lost their majority in the general election in May.
/ Influencing policies
There is much to welcome in the Children and Young People’s Green Paper. It's direct commitment to help prevent mental health problems emerging represents a shift in focus looking upstream to tackle the determinants of these problems at their root.
/ Challenging mental health inequalities
Raising awareness of any health issue is the crucial first step towards ensuring that people take action to improve their health and reduce the risk of becoming ill.
/ Mental Health Awareness Week
This week, let’s raise more than awareness: let’s raise our expectations. I want our next government to be as ambitious about preventing mental health problems as we are.
/ Influencing policies
We are calling for robust political discussion of mental health during the election campaign, followed by a commitment by the next Scottish Government to a cross-departmental approach to mental health policy - not just a technical, mental illness-focused mental health strategy.
