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Big Lottery funding awarded to scale up Young Mums' Project in 2015

17 December 2014,

Big Lottery Funding has been awarded to us to help grow the Young Mums' Project in March 2015, it was revealed today. The Young Mums' Project, which was piloted in 2012 and in partnership with Linden Children's Centre in Hackney,€“ focuses on supporting young parents with mental health issues...

Response to the Who benefits? The benefits assessment and death of Ms DE report

26 March 2014,

Isabella Goldie, Head of Scottish Programmes at the Mental Health Foundation responds to the Who benefits? The benefits assessment and death of Ms DE report, from the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland: "We welcome this report and its unprecedented investigation into suicide and the impact of...

More needs be done to reduce the number of young people on adult mental health wards

11 March 2014,

Figures released today show that more under 18s were admitted into NHS wards only eight months into the current financial year, already exceeding the annual figure for 2012-13. The figures, published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre, show that inpatient provision for young people...

Greater awareness and understanding of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 is needed

31 January 2014,

Emily Wooster, Policy Manager at the Mental Health Foundation comments on the CQC report Monitoring the Mental Health Act 2012/13 which examines how services in England exercise their powers and discharge their duties in relation to people who are detained in hospital under the Mental Health Act...

DoLS need to be understood in the wider context of the Mental Capacity Act

16 January 2014,

Toby Williamson, Head of Development and Later Life comments on the CQC report 'Monitoring the use of the Mental Capacity Act Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards': "We welcome the report and CQC's ongoing commitment to raising awareness of the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), and the Mental...

Victory for costume campaigners but work still to do

26 September 2013,

Chris O'Sullivan, Policy & Development Manager at the Mental Health Foundation: "The stocking of mental health-related Halloween costumes by UK retailers is unacceptable in 2013 and shows that much additional work is needed to address stigma and discrimination in mental health. It is astounding...

Self-Directed Support Capacity Building programme launches in Scotland

17 June 2013,

In Scotland, the Scottish Government has introduced self-directed Support as a vehicle for the personalisation of social care services, via the Social Care (Self-Directed Support) Act 2013. The legislation is part of a ten year plan to personalise social care services. The Foundation is working on...

New starter Dr Sarah Edmunds

31 January 2013,

We're delighted to announce that Dr Sarah Edmunds, Chartered psychologist with the British Psychological Society and a Sport and Exercise Psychologist has joined our Research team as Research and Development Manager. She has experience of research and teaching across several areas of exercise and...

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