Our team will be taking a break over the holidays. You might see some scheduled content, but our account will not be monitored. If you're struggling at this time, these organisations can offer support. Or find a full list of helplines on our website: www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk/helplines-an...

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The Mental Health Act has just received Royal Assent. @andybell-centremh.bsky.social says "For too long, the law has lagged behind our understanding of what people need to protect their rights and dignity. It's vital that the new Act is implemented swiftly and equitably. 👇 shorturl.at/GORf3

The UK Benchmarking Network provides a UK wide snapshot of mental health services across all four nations, spanning community and inpatient care for children, adults, and older people. @andybell-centremh.bsky.social dives into the latest data 👇 www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk/mental-healt...

"Let’s drop the minimising headlines and build services, and a public conversation, that match the evidence and the lived reality." Our latest blog from @lisamcnally.bsky.social discusses the dangers of framing mental distress as mere “stress” 👇 www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk/life-being-s...

Today saw the launch of Youth Matters, the first national youth strategy in almost two decades, a ten year commitment to improving outcomes for young people. Find out more about what this means for mental health in our latest blog from our Associate Director of Policy Kadra Abdinasir bit.ly/492hq8N

Traumatic experiences are the norm among people in prison. Our new report Dealt an ACE evaluates the impact of Pact’s (the Prison Advice and Care Trust) project which supported young men in prison who have experienced childhood trauma.

The Government’s bill to modernise the Mental Health Act is now the brink of getting Royal Assent – going from being a bill, to being an Act of Parliament. But that is far from being the end of the story. @andybell-centremh.bsky.social explores what the changes will mean in practice👇 bit.ly/44MFLgo

Together with @cypmentalhealth.bsky.social, @mind.org.uk, @rethinkcharity.bsky.social and others we have written to equalities minister Bridget Phillipson MP urging her to safeguard the mental health of trans and non-binary people the across UK. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

NEW INTERVIEW Kadra Abdinasir is Associate Director for Policy @centreformh.bsky.social She speaks about highly punitive schools impact on young people’s mental health. So much important research and thoughtful insights + race, behaviourism, sanctions. Listen here: linktr.ee/yap.producti...

We welcome today’s announcement that the DHSC will launch a review to examine rising referrals for mental health, autism and ADHD services. We hope it will spur action so we see start to see a decline in prevalence and better outcomes for those who need support. Read more 👇https://bit.ly/449JN2h

Support Centre for Mental Health as you shop through Give as you Live Online. It's a free and easy way to raise money for us from your everyday shopping, all at no extra cost to you. Find out more and sign up 👇https://www.giveasyoulive.com/charity/centre-for-mental-health

We welcome today’s report from @commonshealth.bsky.social which rightly highlights the urgent pressures facing community mental health services. These services are the backbone of mental health care and must be strengthened. Read our response 👇 www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk/news/item/ce...

On #WorldAIDSDay, @davidwoodhead.bsky.social reflects on the collective memory and mental health legacy of the AIDs crisis of the 1980s and 90s. Read David's blog 👇https://www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk/echoes-of-survival-queer-reflections-on-getting-older-mental-health-and-world-aids-day/

New @england.nhs.uk data released today underlines the inequalities that create so much mental illness health in our society. Read our response from @andybell-centremh.bsky.social www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk/news/item/ad...

Ending the two child benefit cap is brilliant news but we are disappointed that mental health was absent from the Chancellor’s speech today. Read our response to the #Budget25👇 www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk/news/item/au...

“Am I Queer Enough?” @davidwoodhead.bsky.social reflects on visibility, ethics, and contradictions as a a middle-aged gay man in recovery and a mental health researcher. Read more in the journal from @durhamimh.bsky.social 👇 thepolyphony.org/2025/11/24/am-i-queer-enough/

We stand with @runnymedetrust.bsky.social as a coalition of racial justice, migrants’ rights and civil society organisations, calling for this divisive guidance to be revoked immediately. Read the full letter 👇https://www.runnymedetrust.org/news/open-letter-home-secretary-police-guidance

Young women are facing stark inequalities in mental health. They are twice as likely to have a mental health problem than young men. But when they need help they're too often let down by services that don’t meet their needs. This has to change. www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk/why-young-wo...

Young women are twice as likely to experience a mental health problem as young men, but they are being let down by mental health services which aren’t meeting their needs. www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk/news/item/yo...

Brilliant day with the @cypmentalhealth.bsky.social bringing together members on their 15th birthday to celebrate the progress made in the children’s mental health system in the last 15 years and create ideas together to make things better for children and young people for the future

The Windrush scandal was not only a political scandal of UK structural racism. It was the start of a mental health crisis. Professor Patrick Vernon describes the hidden, intergenerational health toll and calls for a covenant of care, justice & respect www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk/towards-a-wi...

The climate crisis is also a public health crisis, drastically impacting physical & mental health. And much of the news from COP30 is bleak. To build true climate resilience, protecting mental health is as vital as reducing emissions. Read more: www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk/climate-chan...

Yesterday we had a brilliant thought provoking day with some of our trustees and brap to explore the complexities and challenges of anti-racist work and how we can help drive forward anti-racist practice in mental health. www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk/about-us/ant...

The Government has announced an independent investigation into the rising number of young people not in education, training or employment, with a particular focus on the impact of mental health conditions and disability. Read the announcement www.gov.uk/government/n...

What started as a small idea to address the subtle but harmful effects of microaggressions has grown into a movement tackling microaggressions, racism & discrimination in education. Crown Agabi reflects and looks to the future of Not So Micro: www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk/not-so-micro...

New research from @healthequals.bsky.social finds that 15 million people in the UK live in homes with issues like damp, cold or mould. The impact on our mental health as well as our physical health can be devastating, causing respiratory symptoms, depression and anxiety.

"If we want to improve productivity, we have to make use of the resources that we already have by shifting focus towards preventing mental ill health and intervening earlier." Hear from Kadra Abdinasir our Associate Director of Policy in this piece👇 www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/20...

Black mothers face significantly higher risks and barriers to perinatal mental health support. We're at Parliament with the Motherhood group and Maternal Mental Health Alliance highlighting the urgent need for culturally competent, trauma-informed perinatal mental health care for Black mothers

The new NHS Medium Term Planning Framework will be used by ICBs to make decisions on how to use scarce resources but it offers little hope of the kind of transformational change and investment we need. 👇Read @andybell-centremh.bsky.social analysis www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk/what-does-th...

Webinar - Join us on Thurs 13 November to hear about Barnardo’s Inner Resilience and Development service. BIRD supports children and young people who arrive at emergency departments with mental health difficulties. Full details and registration here: www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk/webinar-brid...

A @barnardos.org.uk service which supports children and young people outside hospital improves their mental health and helps families understand their needs, our latest report finds. www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk/publications... #BridgingTheGap

Yesterday @dumpthescales.bsky.social as secretariat of the APPG on Eating Disorders launched an important report on the prevention of eating disorder deaths. This lays bare a system failing people and calls for urgent, coordinated action. Read the report here: www.dumpthescales.org/our-reports

We need to build a mental health workforce for the future, with new and different skills and ways of working alongside existing roles. A more diverse workforce, trained and supported, that can address inequalities and meet everyone’s needs equitably www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk/news/item/nh...

Mental health services are struggling to cope, leading to longer waiting lists, affecting quality of care, resulting in more people ending up in crisis. The Government must build a workforce to meet people's needs, and invest in approaches that work www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk/news/item/st...

Rates of mental health difficulties amongst children and young people have more than doubled in the last 10 years. If we're serious about reversing this trend then we need to understand and address the social and economic factors driving it www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk/turning-arou...

Last week saw the Parliamentary launch of the Black Mental Health Manifesto. Members of the Black Mental Health and Wellbeing Alliance, including our Associate Director of Policy Kadra Abdinasir, came together for a powerful event to demand radical change, to demand urgent action. www.bmhwa.co.uk

New analysis of Understanding Society data by @healthequals.bsky.social shows that the number of young people struggling with their mental health has more than doubled since 2009. Read more about the findings and hear from Kadra Abdinasir on the solutions 👇 healthequals.org.uk/data_insight...

Austerity, cuts to services, a cost of living crisis, financial & housing insecurity are some of the key drivers in the decline in our mental health. But there's hope. We also have the evidence of what's needed to turn it around. We need action, now. www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk/turning-arou...

We worked with @mind.org.uk to produce the annual The Big Mental Health Report, which brings together the latest evidence on the current state of mental health and mental health services in England and Wales. Read here👇 www.mind.org.uk/about-us/our...

The #MentalHealthBill is back in Parliament today. One of our key recommendations is that the Government place a statutory duty on all mental health providers to implement the Patient and Carer Race Equality Framework (PCREF). Read more 👇 metro.co.uk/2025/10/14/i...

Webinar – How @barnardos.org.uk Inner Resilience and Development (BIRD) service supports children and young people’s mental health and eases NHS pressure. Join us on Thursday 13 November for the launch of our evaluation of the BIRD service. www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk/webinar-brid...

Climate change isn’t just melting ice caps - it’s eroding our mental resilience. We must treat mental health as a core part of climate action, building communities that are both sustainable and emotionally resilient. Read more: www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk/climate-chan... #WorldMentalHealthDay

On #WorldMentalHealthDay we’re calling on governments to acknowledge and respond to the mental health impacts of catastrophic events. Mental health is a cornerstone of resilience, recovery, and justice in a world facing unprecedented global challenges. Read more: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Ahead of #WorldMentalHealthDay, our Associate Director of Policy Kadra Abdinasir talks to Emma Tracey and rapper and mental health advocate Shocka on the latest BBC Access All podcast about racial inequalities in the Mental Health Act www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... - from 22 mins in.

People living with severe mental illness in England are nearly 2.5 times more likely to die prematurely from cancer than those without mental illness. Find out why and what can be done to tackle these inequities in this Equally Well blog by @lisamcnally.bsky.social equallywell.co.uk/2025/09/22/u...

We're hiring! Brilliant opportunity to join our policy team and lead a new, high-profile programme of work. This is an exciting opportunity to shape the national conversation on mental health at a time of major political and policy developments. www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk/vacancy/poli...

⏰ Deadline approaching! This is an exciting opportunity to influence positive change at a time of significant policy and political developments. Closing date for applications is midnight, Sunday 5 October. Find out more here: www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk/vacancy/head...

“We know the evidence, we know what works, let’s take action”. That was the message from young experts by experience at the Labour Party conference this week, where we co-hosted a session as part of the #FutureMinds campaign with @cypmentalhealth.bsky.social YoungMinds and @cfyounglives.bsky.social

Marking the start of #BlackHistoryMonth with a key demand of the #TakeRacismSeriously campaign: decolonise the curriculum and teach Black history. Tackling racism in education is vital to reducing mental health inequalities. diana-award.org.uk/get-involved... @everydayracism.bsky.social & partners