9 June 2026
Podcast: Community-rooted solutions to tackling mental health inequalities
Andy Bell is joined by Danielle Bridge, Shoana Qureshi-Khan and Martin Bisp – three people leading voluntary, community and social enterprise sector organisations dedicated to tackling mental health inequalities.
1 June 2026
Mental health and sexual identity: a personal and political story
Sam marks Pride month with reflections on the connection between his mental health and his sexuality.
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.
1 April 2026
“Ever Trying”. Mental health and suicide prevention services in Sweden
Dr Chris Hanvey explores what the UK can learn from Sweden’s national strategy for mental health and suicide prevention, from psychiatric ambulances to specialist helplines.
26 March 2026
A troubling gap – By and for services for black and minoritised victim-survivors of violence against women and girls
Fleur Boya examines how mental health legislation and systems continue to leave survivors from Black and minoritised communities without the specialist support they need.
24 March 2026
A workforce for mental health in later life
Andy draws on a recent roundtable to make the case for a stronger, more specialist workforce to meet the mental health needs of older people.
16 March 2026
Media reporting is still reinforcing stigma around mental health
Lisa McNally examines how a recent BBC article on fit notes reinforced harmful mental health stigma – and calls on media to do better.
10 March 2026
Black mothers deserve more: why I founded the Motivational Mums Club
Chrissy Brown shares how her own lived experience of the system failing Black mothers drove her to build a movement.
5 March 2026
Behind the employment statistics: why early mental health support matters
Zori looks behind the headlines and explores how mental health support can help young people to overcome barriers to employment, education and training.
27 February 2026
The difference we make: A reflection on strategic lived experience leadership
Alee Buckley reflects on how lived experience leadership at a strategic level moves beyond consultation towards quietly reshaping mental health systems from within.