23rd Oct 2024 / Research
New research from the Mental Health Foundation and SIPHER Consortium shows up to 100,000 mental health appointments could be freed up through Universal Credit top-ups for households caring for children.
18th Sep 2024 / Challenging mental health inequalities
On 18 September, The Telegraph published an article by Annabel Denham titled “The mental health con is bankrupting Britain”. Read our letter to the editor in response.
5th Sep 2024 / Challenging mental health inequalities
A new report published by the Mental Health Foundation has highlighted that an estimated 10 million people across England – almost 1 in 5 of the country’s population - are living in areas where local plans for improving the public’s mental health are insufficient.
27th Aug 2024 / Challenging mental health inequalities
Our statement on the Scottish Government’s disappointing decision to scrap its commitment to implement the long-anticipated free bus travel pilot scheme for people seeking asylum in Scotland.
25th Jun 2024 / Influencing policies
Our submission details what we welcome so far in the Welsh Government's draft strategy and what needs to improve in order for it to fulfil its ambition.
11th Dec 2023 / Survey
The Mental Health Foundation in Scotland is issuing a stark warning about the mental health impacts of the ongoing cost-of-living crisis, with almost one third of Scottish adults (32%) reporting feeling anxious about their financial situation in the last month.
29th Nov 2023 / Survey
The Mental Health Foundation is issuing a stark warning about the mental health impacts of the cost-of-living crisis, as more than a third of adults in Northern Ireland felt anxious about their personal finances in the past month.
21st Nov 2023 / Survey
In the week of the 2023 Autumn Statement and in light of new cost-of-living data, we're calling for the Government to ensure all its decisions benefit people’s mental health.
6th Jul 2023 / Challenging mental health inequalities
The Mental Health Foundation Fringe Award (aka the Mental Health Fringe Award) is to be supported by the Cornwell Charitable Trust until 2025, in memory of the arts journalist Tim Cornwell who died last year.
30th Jun 2023 / Influencing policies
The Mental Health Foundation responded to the Scottish Government’s Call for Evidence, part of a review of the National Outcomes, to highlight how these Outcomes can better support national mental health and wellbeing.