Sainsbury Centre to become
Centre for Mental Health

1 July 2010

From this month, Sainsbury Centre will be changing its name to Centre for Mental Health, it was announced today.

The name change will take effect from 21 July. It follows the approval by the Gatsby Charitable Foundation for the Centre's plans to sustain its work beyond the conclusion of the core grant it received each year between 1985 and 2010.

Joint chief executive Dr Bob Grove said: "As we develop our work and find new funding sources for the future, we are changing our name. But our work, our values and our approach will stay the same. As Centre for Mental Health, we have a clear mission to improve the life chances of people with mental health problems in the UK, building on the 25 years of work we have done and looking ahead to the many challenges we still face.

"We have been extremely proud to have the name Sainsbury Centre since 1992 and to have enjoyed Gatsby's unswerving support for all of that time. Centre for Mental Health will continue to offer independent, authoritative and cutting edge research, analysis and development to improve the life chances of people with mental health problems. With our many partners and supporters we look forward to doing our part to realise a better future for people with mental health problems in which their lives are not constrained by ignorance, prejudice and low expectation."

From 21 July, our website will be www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk.

Our email addresses will also change to firstname.surname@centreformentalhealth.org.uk.

Centre for Mental Health

Centre for Mental Health will aim to help to create a society in which people with mental health problems enjoy equal chances in life to those without. We believe that people with mental health problems should not experience unfair barriers to a fulfilling life. We aim to find practical and effective ways of overcoming those barriers so that people with mental health problems can make their own lives better with good quality support from the services they need to achieve their aspirations.

Centre for Mental Health, like Sainsbury Centre, will have two major strategic objectives: improving the lives, mental health and wellbeing of offenders; and enhancing the lives of people with mental health problems through employment.