The diagnosis of personality disorder can hide people’s experiences, and the distress that they are responding to. We’ve gathered people’s stories of receiving this diagnosis so that the truth behind the label can be heard. Read Megan’s story, and those of many others, here: buff.ly/k6SWnKa

Last year, homelessness in Wales reached record numbers, so more people needed the support of housing and homelessness services. Like Keith, who was in temporary accommodation and facing mental health struggles when he was referred to us. (1/3) @cymorthcymru.bsky.social

Thank you to @sarah4bridgend.bsky.social for her supportive words on the Hangout projects, which we run alongside @cavuhb.bsky.social, and for her recent visits to both spaces, where she discussed the benefits of open-access mental health support with our staff and the young people there. (1/3)

Huge thanks to @restraintreductionnetwork.org for inviting @jendaffin.bsky.social to speak at their conference last week, and to Jess Matthews for joining us there to share her story. The diagnosis of personality disorder can function as a restraint, limiting people’s power over their own lives.

Platfform will always welcome trans people, whether you're accessing support, or joining us as a colleagues or volunteer. Community is a mental health intervention – and that starts with a sense of belonging, and being welcomed for who you are by the people around you. #transgenderawarenessweek

Our trustee Chris brings 20 years of experience in the not-for profit and public sectors, including at senior leadership level. He shares why he values his trustee role at Platfform. Thank you for your care, insight and the support you bring Chris ❤ #TrusteesWeek #values #leadership #impact

Debbie Green has been volunteering as a trustee at Platfform for a while. This week she has reflected on what she enjoys about her role. Thank you for generously sharing your time and expertise to support our journey Debbie ❤️ #TrusteesWeek #values #impact #leadership

Excited to be at @welshnhsconfed.bsky.social annual conference today. Pop by our spot in the exhibition space and chat to David and Laurence about all things mental health 👋 #WelshConfed25

Our Trustees help set the path for how we want the Platfform team to be – our values of connectedness, compassion, curiosity, and bravery are how we support others, collaborate and work together. #TrusteeWeek #values #impact

"We want a person-centred, recovery-oriented, and rights-based mental health system in Wales which provides the highest standard of care for all." Don't miss out on the Wales Alliance for Mental Health Manifesto launch 👇 #MentalHealth #Wales @mindcymru.bsky.social @adferiad.org

Looking forward to some great conversations @welshnhsconfed.bsky.social next Friday! You can also join us for a breakout session on holistic approaches, hearing people's stories for practical change, and how we can have hope for the future of mental health. Info: buff.ly/l7oWuQE #WelshConfed25

We all want a bright future for mental health in Wales, and the community bonds that help us to thrive together. So what do we need to see from political leadership to make it happen? Join us for the launch of the Wales Alliance for Mental Health Manifesto, 12/11, online. Details: buff.ly/ZHz2waS

No Man's Land, a deeply moving performance by Kyle Stead, starts tonight at Park & Dare Theatre CF42 6NL, running until Sat 25 Oct. Tickets available from: buff.ly/opcv5Cn - Supported by Platfform - Written by Rachel Trezise - Directed by Matthew Holmquist - Photography by Kirsten McTernan

A Disorder 4 Everyone’s 2025 online festival (7/11) is nearly here! It’s always a key date in the calendar for anyone and everyone interested in system change, better approaches to mental health, and challenging the narratives that shame us. buff.ly/wH0P476

A Disorder for Everyone's festival offers a whole day of change-making talks, presentations and conversations - all challenging the culture of diagnosis and disorder. Have a look at the programme and book on the link below ⬇️ Please share! 🗓️Friday, 7 November 2025 📍9:00 - 17:00 ⌚Online

No Man's Land, a gripping performance by Kyle Stead, starts today at the Sherman Theatre & we're delighted to support this incredible drama alongside the Arts Council of Wales. Platfform will be in the foyer tomorrow evening, Wed 15 Oct. Tickets: www.shermantheatre.co.ukand www.rct-theatres.co.uk

We need to look for the things that unite us: common ground and shared experiences. People who engage with communities around them are more satisfied in life – so let’s extend that to as many people as we can. Join our mailing list to hear more our work: buff.ly/vXRDKb6 #worldmentalhealthday

On #WorldMentalHealthDay this is what The Wales Alliance for Mental Health & young people we work with are asking the next Welsh Government - it’s not just about the mental health system our Govt needs to end child poverty, address inequality & take a social justice approach to mental health

As part of the Wales Alliance for Mental Health, we're calling on the next Welsh government to prioritise mental health. And, working closely alongside young people, we've built a manifesto for their futures. WAMH manifesto: buff.ly/NnOlMAm YP Manifesto: buff.ly/uct4ZsF #worldmentalhealthday

Over a third of us in the UK struggle with our mental health, so readily available, open-access support is essential. Our Seibiant Sanctuary crisis support, and our Hangout drop-in for young people, are examples of this in action. Seibiant Sanctuary: buff.ly/tfLfUmQ The Hangout: buff.ly/efbl419

Tomorrow (Fri 10 Oct), as part of World Mental Health Day, come and find Mandy & Sarah at the Swansea Bay University Health Board’s free event - "Access to Services : Mental Health in Catastrophes and Emergencies" - at the National Waterfront Museum. 👉 buff.ly/Yxbq0jO 📨 [email protected].

Exciting- congratulations to everyone who has made as a finalist

We are delighted to be a finalist at the Social Business Wales Awards in the Social Enterprise of the Year Award category. We appreciate a recognition of the work our team deliver across the charity and social enterprise, demonstrating growth, sustainability, social impact, and leadership.

Our hearts are with the Jewish community in Manchester and across the UK in the wake of the horrific attack yesterday. We're also sending our deepest condolences to the victims' friends and families, and those injured. (1/3)

The Wonderfest is coming to the National Waterfront Museum in Swansea this Sunday 21/09, 12-4pm🤩 #Swansea #Wonderfest #Festival #YoungPeople #YouthMentalHealthDay

It was a pleasure to attend Wonderfest 2025 on Saturday, alongside Mind Our Future Gwent and Meic! 🎉 Over the Summer, we’ve been working with @platfform.org to teach young people the basics of video production 🎥

Community is a mental health intervention. Which is why we’re exploring trauma informed community development work here at @platfform.org The solutions to our mental health crisis are not within the NHS mental health systems gift to resolve. 💙

At our Isolation to Inclusion event this week, project leads of our community projects demonstrated the healing power of community-led responses to the challenges within our mental health system. Subscribe here for latest news bit.ly/46u9TgA or read about our community projects here buff.ly/1EjTXfg.

Part of how we find hope and healing when facing difficulties with our mental health is through having our experiences, our traumas, heard and understood.

The reasons suicide happens are complex, and to better understand and prevent suicide, we need to see the bigger picture. We need to understand how our society and circumstances contribute to experiences of overwhelm and distress. #WorldSuicidePreventionDay

Join us for a special event on Wed 17 Sept, 10am-2pm, at the Temple of Peace in Cardiff. Hear inspirational stories from those at the heart of Platfform’s projects. We look at challenges within our mental health system & the strength of community-led responses. Book on Eventbrite 👉 bit.ly/4fAhjmz

We are sad to hear about the sudden death of Hefin David MS. Our thoughts and condolences go to the family and friends. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Hugely insightful commentary from Dr. Breaux Torres on how traditional charity structures interact with our ability to meaningfully be anti-racist. We’re honoured to be cited as a charity taking a deep-rooted approach. We believe this is how you break the cycle of spiralling poor mental health.

Do you have experience of using digital psychological therapies? Your views and experiences are needed to help shape future digital mental health support offerings in Wales. Find out more and complete the survey: buff.ly/AhfgyP8 (via @improvementcymru.bsky.social )

We're building the team! Our person is a proactive team player, who has passion for working with people, experience of building credible working relationships and demonstrable skills in working with complex situations. ➡️ £35,700 per annum ❤️ Apply by 15th August #charityjobs #people #belonging

Thank you to Ben Price at @bbcwales.bsky.social for highlighting voices of young people in the online safety debate. Ada, 12 said: “While the internet can be bad, there are also lot of positives that help you grow and understand things."

The safeguards meant to protect minoritised ethnic communities from historically unequal treatment in the mental health system are currently still just a recommendation. That’s not enough. The Patient and Carer Race Equality Framework must be made law.

Wishing Seibiant Sanctuary Service Manager, Katie Mills, the best of luck tomorrow, Sat 19 July, as she embarks on the epic 50km Gower Peninsula Ultra Marathon to raise funds for mental health crisis sanctuary in Cardiff, open from 5pm-1am, 365 days. buff.ly/qXi7AoR. Good luck Katie! 🫶

📢 We're hiring! Following a grant from the UK National Lottery Community Fund, we're searching for three special people to join us as we launch our Hope and Healing project: - Practitioner Psychologist - Communities Lead - Campaigns & Comms Lead 👉 platfform.org ❤️ Apply by 5pm on Friday 29 July

We need to understand the experiences and circumstances that sit at the root of people's distress - not label them as 'disordered' for how they respond to that distress. The diagnosis of personality disorder does not help us understand what has happened to people. Read more: buff.ly/iPHMcOx

The diagnosis of personality disorder carries stigma, and suggests that there is something 'wrong' with someone's personality. It doesn't tell someone's story, or explain the root of their distress. We're collecting together people's stories so that they can be heard: buff.ly/TVrcpC2

When our society’s safety nets get cut, those who are already struggling get hit the hardest. Despite recent softening of proposed welfare cuts, the Welfare Reform Bill still has the potential to cause harm. These cuts won’t help our collective health, or our nation’s finances.

The majority of people given the diagnosis of 'personality disorder' have experienced trauma. But the diagnosis can stop these stories being heard. Instead, it suggests there is something 'disordered' about someone responding to their own distress. Read this story, and more, here: buff.ly/Jdud4u1

The next Welsh Gov. must deliver on the promising plans laid out in both the Mental health & wellbeing and Suicide & Self Harm strategies. Every person living in Wales will benefit from this happening. We make the calls below alongside our Wales Alliance for Mental Health colleagues.

We’re pleased to be working with Swansea Bay University Health Board, offering counselling as part of their bereavement project. Our joined-up work across Swansea, including schools, helps us reach more people with timely, compassionate support. sbuhb.nhs.wales/news/swansea...

We’re at gofod3 today! Looking forward to some great conversation and connection today - pop by our stand to chat mental health, community, wellbeing training and more ☺️

If you're on LinkedIn, get linked in (sorry) to our newsletter, the Platfform Post! In today's edition, we look back at a packed month full of hope - at Pride, with the @welshrefcouncil.bsky.social Nation of Sanctuary Awards, and Welsh Gov's new social housing bill. Sign up: buff.ly/irPPsyg

Platfform's Employment Team works hard all year round to support people back into work. Last year, the team supported 689 people in Gwent - either to find employment or volunteering opps, or by offering mental health & wellbeing support. 👉 Find out more: email [email protected] #EmpDay2025

What a weekend at Pride Cymru! Thanks to everyone who stopped by our stand in the welfare tent or who came and said hi to our team after the parade. A memorable celebration of love, community, and the sense of belonging that is so fundamental to good mental health.

Excited to be at Pride Cymru in Cardiff today, celebrating love, community, and the joy that comes from understanding ourselves and others. A sense of belonging is a big part of our collective mental health. You’ll also find us in the Welfare tent today & tomorrow. Have a fantastic weekend! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️