Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival 2025 : Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival 2025
Led by the Mental Health Foundation, the Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival is one of the world's leading arts events dedicated to mental health.
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Advice for older people during coronavirus outbreak : Advice for older people during coronavirus outbreak
/ Mental health in later life
Most of us haven't experienced anything like the coronavirus pandemic in our lifetimes. So it's not surprising if you feel scared, exhausted, vulnerable or simply fed-up.
Tackling digital exclusion in older people : Tackling digital exclusion in older people
/ Mental health in later life
In this blog we are going to discuss the issue of digital exclusion in older people and set out what we are doing about it.
Creating Communities Project : Creating Communities Project
/ Mental health in later life
The Creating Communities Project began in April 2019 and aims to increase social connections and good mental health among people living in later life housing schemes in Hackney.
Reclaiming our heritage : Reclaiming our heritage
In 2007, the Mental Health Foundation held the first ever Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival (SMHAF). Since then, it has grown to be the largest and oldest mental health festival in the world and as such it has become a significant part of the Scottish cultural landscape.
TV and later life : TV and later life
/ Mental health in later life
In this blog, Jolie Goodman takes us through why TV is important to some people in later life and how it can help with feelings of isolation and loneliness.
Standing Together Cymru: deepening social connections : Standing Together Cymru: deepening social connections
/ Mental health in later life
We are delighted to be launching the Standing Together Cymru project in Newport this March.
Nicola Sturgeon talks to us about the Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival : Nicola Sturgeon talks to us about the Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival
Mental Health Foundation volunteer Shirley Hellyar spoke to First Minister Nicola Sturgeon about mental health discrimination and what can be done to reduce stigma around mental ill-health.
Why is co-production important in later life? : Why is co-production important in later life?
/ Mental health in later life
What is co-production? There are many definitions. For the Social Care Institute of Excellence (SCIE), co-production is about developing more equal partnerships between people who use services, carers and professionals.
Telling the tales of the Rotherhithe Babes : Telling the tales of the Rotherhithe Babes
/ 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.