Associate Director of Comms @CentreforMH. Talking about #mentalhealth, tea, food & friends. Following Jesus, grateful for hope. All views my own (obv)
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ALT Photo of young Black people smiling in a group as part of the Young Changemakers programme. Text: A Space to Be Me. Young Changemakers tackling racial inequalities in Black young people's mental health. Logos: Centre for Mental Health, UK Youth, The Diana Award
ALT Just living and coping: The cost-of-living crisis and the nation's mental health
ALT The cost-of-living crisis and the nation's mental health. Quote: "Resilience is at an all-time low and it is like having a circular firing squad of pressures around you and you don’t know when it is going to end... It is impossible to give yourself firm foundations at the moment and to give yourself a life worth living."
ALT A young Black girl wearing a red fleece and holding a school bag is smiling on her way to school with her parent. Text: A dual crisis: The hidden link between poverty and children’s mental health
ALT Illustration of a house which sits alongside a green space populated with trees, on a road with a bus driving along it. Text reads: All policies affect our mental health. Government should put every new policy through a mental health policy test
ALT Teal background. Text reads: We need to deepen our mental health awareness, not abandon it
ALT Image: Two sisters laughing on a walk together in a residential area of North East England. Text: Policies for better mental health. The case for a mental health policy test
ALT Illustration of a house which sits alongside a green space populated with trees, on a road with a bus driving along it. Text reads: All policies affect our mental health. Government should put every new policy through a mental health policy test
ALT Mustard-yellow background with Black Mental Health Manifesto logo. Text reads: For too long, the impact of racism and inequality on Black people's mental health has been ignored.
ALT Sky-blue background with Black Mental Health Manifesto logo and hashtag #ProtectBlackMentalHealth Text reads: Black people are over 3.5x more likely to be detained under the Mental Health Act.
ALT Image: Young white boy sitting on a couch, holding a smartphone in his hand, focusing on the device with a slight frown on his face. Text: Not in School: The mental health barriers to school attendance
ALT Graphic of classroom with 3 empty seats out of 15. Teacher stands in front of blackboard and text which reads: 1 in 5 children is persistently absent from school (GOV.UK, 2024). Alongside is a teal box with text which reads: Poor mental health and long waits for support are fuelling school absence. The Government must not ignore mental health in approaches to improve attendance.
