LATEST BLOGS
27 May 2026
Children and young people’s mental health: a crisis shaped by the world around them
Emily van de Venter and Jim McManus argue that framing the mental health crisis as a social media problem risks obscuring the bigger picture.
18 May 2026
A new mental health strategy: welcome, overdue, and only the beginning
Andy welcomes the Government’s commitment to a cross-government mental health strategy – and sets out what it will take to turn this long-overdue promise into real change.
17 April 2026
Sydenham Garden: a community resource for better mental health
Andy visits Sydenham Garden in South London and makes the case for better, longer-term funding for community green spaces that support people’s mental health.
LATEST PUBLICATIONS
21 May 2026
Supporting a whole-school approach to wellbeing
Our evaluation of myHappymind, a positive wellbeing programme designed for early years to year six.
11 May 2026
Stability beyond care
This briefing, commissioned by Citizens Advice, finds that welfare advice in inpatient and community mental health is essential to effective care and recovery.
27 April 2026
A manifesto for mentally healthier councils, 2026
If there are elections in in your local area, you can support mental health in your community by asking council candidates to endorse our framework for a mentally healthier council.
LATEST NEWS
29 May 2026
Centre for Mental Health and leading mental health organisations raise concerns on EHRC Code of Practice
The publication of the Code brings deep concerns that trans and non-binary people’s lives will be negatively affected by its implementation.
28 May 2026
Act now to turn around young people’s mental health and job prospects
Our response to Alan Milburn’s interim report on young people and work report, published today.
22 May 2026
The EHRC Code of Practice published by the Government brings deep concerns
We fear the new Code will simply create more confusion and complexity, and could cause harm to trans and non-binary people.