Mental health

The last blog in the series of blog posts following World Mental Health Day on Saturday 10 October is from Paul Farmer, Chief Executive of Mind, the mental health charity. In this blog, Paul Farmer talks about the importance of tackling mental health stigma, the launch of the #smallthings campaign and the royal visit to Mind in Harrow.

This is the thrid blog in our series of blog posts following World Mental Health Day, which was held on Saturday 10 October. This blog post has been written by Angela Newton, Deputy Director, Service User Involvement Directorate at Together for Mental Wellbeing. In this post Angela explores how national mental health charity, Together for Mental Wellbeing, supports people to tackle the challenges they face and take steps towards living the lives they want to lead.

On Saturday 10 October, it was World Mental Health Day and we at National Voices are running a series of blogs from member organisations working in this area. The first in the series is from Rebecca Neale, Policy and Communications Officer at the Mental Health Providers Forum (MHPF). In this blog post, Rebecca writes about the work of the MHPF and the invaluable involvement of the voluntary and community sector in the provision of mental health care.