About the Issue
All too often people with mental health problems find themselves excluded from jobs, family support, proper health care and community life. This frequently leads to unemployment, poverty, family breakdown and deteriorating health. The stigma attached to using mental health services prevents a huge number of people seeking the support they need to recover from their mental health problems, and they often feel alone in coping with their situation.
Projects
Here is the work that Comic Relief is currently supporting through the Mental Health programme. To find out more, please click on the organisation's name in the list below.
A.B.C. Together
Advance Brighter Futures Wrexham
Augment (Scotland)Ltd
Bath Mind
Bristol Mind
Cardiff Mind Ltd
Chinese Mental Health Association
Council of Disabled People, Warwickshire & Coventry
Invicta Advocacy Network
East Suffolk Advocacy Network
Eden Mind
Enfield Mental Health Users Group
Flintshire Mental Health Advocacy Services
Friend (Weston-super-Mare) Ltd
Giving Experience Meaning
Hafal
Harmless
Havant and East Hants Mind
Health Advocacy and Resource Project
Herefordshire MIND
Highland Community Care Forum (for Highland User Group - HUG)
Highland Community Care Forum (for Highland User Group)
Inner Visions
Lambeth Mental Health & Disabled People's Action Group
Life and Living
Lifecraft
Links
Loud and Clear Mental Health Advocacy
Manchester Advocacy Service
Manor Gardens Welfare Trust - Community Kitchens Project (also known as Manor Gardens Centre)
MDF The Bipolar Organisation (formerly the Manic Depression Fellowship)
Mental Health Action Group
Mental Health Action Group
Mental Health Matters (Bridgend County Borough)
Mental Health Media Council
Mental Health Media Council
Mental Health Media Council
Merthyr and the Valleys Mind
Migrant and Refugee Communities Forum
MIND - National Association for Mental Health (Head Office)
MIND - National Association for Mental Health (Head Office)
MIND - National Association for Mental Health (Head Office)
OCD Action
Oldham Open User Forum
Omega Community Living (OCL)
Oxfordshire Crisis House Project
Oxfordshire Mental Health Matters
Potteries Housing Association / Brighter Futures Housing Association
Rag Tag n Textile Collective
Redbridge Concern for Mental Health
Rethink - severe mental illness (National Schizophrenia Fellowship)
Reunion Volunteer Group
Rural Community Link Project (Restormel Association for Mental Health)
Rushcliffe Support Group
Saheliya
Service User Network Swindon (SUNS)
Service Users Reaching Forward (SURF)
Shropshire Independent Advocacy Scheme Ltd
Solihull Mind
Sound Minds
South Cumbria Mental Health User and Carer Forum
South Manchester User Group
South Staffordshire Network for Mental Health
South Warwickshire User Forum
Southwest Network of User Groups (SNUG)
Speak Up Somerset
Stepping Out Theatre
Stirling Users Network
Stockton User Representative Group for Empowerment
Survivors of Depression in Transition
The Advocacy Project (Granby Community Mental Health Group)
The Galloway Eco-Health project
The Mental Health Advocacy Scheme
The Panel of Reference
The Wellbeing Project
Together Working for Wellbeing (formerly Maca)
Together Working for Wellbeing (formerly Maca)
Voices of Experience (Mental Health Foundation)
West Wales Action for Mental Health
Witness Against Abuse by Health & Care Workers (formerly POPAN)
York & District Mind
Select one of the projects or the left for more information...
Region: Eastern
Organisation name: East Suffolk Advocacy Network
Amount: £95,668
Duration: 3 years
Region: England
Organisation name: Witness Against Abuse by Health & Care Workers (formerly POPAN)
Amount: £95,000
Duration: 3 years
Region: England
Organisation name: MDF The Bipolar Organisation (formerly the Manic Depression Fellowship)
Amount: £99,476
Duration: 3 years
Region: England
Organisation name: Mental Health Media Council
Amount: £125,000
Duration: 3 years
Region: England
Organisation name: MIND - National Association for Mental Health (Head Office)
Amount: £125,000
Duration: 2 years
Region: England
Organisation name: Together Working for Wellbeing (formerly Maca)
Amount: £499,450
Duration: 5 Years
Region: England|N.Ireland
Organisation name: Rethink - severe mental illness (National Schizophrenia Fellowship)
Amount: £127,934
Duration: 3 years
Region: London
Organisation name: Manor Gardens Welfare Trust - Community Kitchens Project (also known as Manor Gardens Centre)
Amount: £48,582
Duration: 2 years
Region: London
Organisation name: Chinese Mental Health Association
Amount: £88,770
Duration: 3 years
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Region: London
Organisation name: Sound Minds
Amount: £88,095
Duration: 3 years
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Region: London
Organisation name: Enfield Mental Health Users Group
Amount: £5,000
Duration: 12 months
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Region: London
Organisation name: Life and Living
Amount: £4,545
Duration: 12 months
Region: London
Organisation name: Loud and Clear Mental Health Advocacy
Amount: £92,505
Duration: 3 years
Region: North East
Organisation name: Service Users Reaching Forward (SURF)
Amount: £4,929
Duration: 3 years
Region: North West
Organisation name: The Advocacy Project (Granby Community Mental Health Group)
Amount: £50,190
Duration: 3 years
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Region: North West
Organisation name: A.B.C. Together
Amount: £5,000
Duration: 12 months
Region: North West
Organisation name: Manchester Advocacy Service
Amount: £4,704
Duration: 12 months
Region: North West
Organisation name: Giving Experience Meaning
Amount: £5,000
Duration: 12 months
Region: Scotland
Organisation name: Highland Community Care Forum (for Highland User Group)
Amount: £75,000
Duration: 3 years
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Region: Scotland
Organisation name: Stirling Users Network
Amount: £5,000
Duration: 12 months
Region: South East
Organisation name: Invicta Advocacy Network
Amount: £53,890
Duration: 3 years
Region: South East
Organisation name: Oxfordshire Mental Health Matters
Amount: £103,619
Duration: 3 years
Region: South East
Organisation name: Together Working for Wellbeing (formerly Maca)
Amount: £5,000
Duration: 12 months
Region: South West
Organisation name: Speak Up Somerset
Amount: £5,000
Duration: 12 months
Region: South West
Organisation name: Friend (Weston-super-Mare) Ltd
Amount: £95,716
Duration: 3 years
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Region: South West
Organisation name: Southwest Network of User Groups (SNUG)
Amount: £5,000
Duration: 12 months
Region: South West
Organisation name: Service User Network Swindon (SUNS)
Amount: £5,000
Duration: 12 months
Region: Wales
Organisation name: Hafal
Amount: £151,990
Duration: 3 years
Region: Wales
Organisation name: Merthyr and the Valleys Mind
Amount: £75,825
Duration: 3 years
Region: Wales
Organisation name: Flintshire Mental Health Advocacy Services
Amount: £99,795
Duration: 3 years
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Region: West Midlands
Organisation name: Herefordshire MIND
Amount: £90,000
Duration: 3 years
Region: West Midlands
Organisation name: Solihull Mind
Amount: £99,970
Duration: 3 years
Region: West Midlands
Organisation name: South Staffordshire Network for Mental Health
Amount: £5,000
Duration: 12 months
Region: West Midlands
Organisation name: Council of Disabled People, Warwickshire & Coventry
Amount: £107,972
Duration: 3 years
Region: West Midlands
Organisation name: Potteries Housing Association / Brighter Futures Housing Association
Amount: £89,017
Duration: 3 years
Region: Yorkshire and Humberside
Organisation name: Survivors of Depression in Transition
Amount: £5,000
Duration: 12 months
Region: Yorkshire and Humberside
Organisation name: York & District Mind
Amount: £63,250
Duration: 3 years
Region: Yorkshire and Humberside
Organisation name: Mental Health Action Group
Amount: £5,000
Duration: 12 months
Region: North West
Organisation name: Eden Mind
Amount: £243,627
Duration: 3 years
Region: South Wales
Organisation name: Mental Health Matters (Bridgend County Borough)
Amount: £105,000
Duration: 3 years
Region: Eastern
Organisation name: Lifecraft
Amount: £104,661
Duration: 3 years
Region: North Wales
Organisation name: The Mental Health Advocacy Scheme
Amount: £96,774
Duration: 3 years
Region: Eastern
Organisation name: Redbridge Concern for Mental Health
Amount: £93,692
Duration: 3 years
Region: North West
Organisation name: The Wellbeing Project
Amount: £92,200
Duration: 3 years
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Region: North Wales
Organisation name: West Wales Action for Mental Health
Amount: £89,965
Duration: 3 years
Region: South Wales
Organisation name: Cardiff Mind Ltd
Amount: £75,917
Duration: 3 years
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Region: East Midlands
Organisation name: Harmless
Amount: £5,000
Duration: 12 months
Region: South East
Organisation name: Havant and East Hants Mind
Amount: £114,020
Duration: 3 years
Region: Wales
Organisation name: Mental Health Media Council
Amount: £50,000
Duration: 12 months
Region: Wales
Organisation name: Mental Health Media Council
Amount: £14,960
Duration: 12 months
Region: UK
Organisation name: OCD Action
Amount: £5,000
Duration: 12 months
Region: North West
Organisation name: Oldham Open User Forum
Amount: £5,000
Duration: 12 months
Region: London
Organisation name: Omega Community Living (OCL)
Amount: £5,000
Duration: 12 months
Region: South East
Organisation name: Oxfordshire Crisis House Project
Amount: £2,500
Duration: 12 months
Region: Scotland
Organisation name: Rag Tag n Textile Collective
Amount: £87,335
Duration: 3 years
Region: East Midlands
Organisation name: Rushcliffe Support Group
Amount: £5,000
Duration: 12 months
Region: Scotland
Organisation name: Saheliya
Amount: £105,898
Duration: 3 years
Region: West Midlands
Organisation name: Shropshire Independent Advocacy Scheme Ltd
Amount: £121,222
Duration: 3 years
Region: North West
Organisation name: South Manchester User Group
Amount: £5,000
Duration: 12 months
Region: West Midlands
Organisation name: South Warwickshire User Forum
Amount: £99,458
Duration: 3 years
Region: Scotland
Organisation name: The Galloway Eco-Health project
Amount: £4,608
Duration: 12 months
Region: Scotland
Organisation name: The Panel of Reference
Amount: £5,000
Duration: 12 months
Region: Scotland
Organisation name: Voices of Experience (Mental Health Foundation)
Amount: £240,003
Duration: 4 years
Region: Wales
Organisation name: Advance Brighter Futures Wrexham
Amount: £5000
Region: Scotland
Organisation name: Augment (Scotland)Ltd
Amount: £5000
Region: South West
Organisation name: Bath Mind
Amount: £59672
Region: South West
Organisation name: Bristol Mind
Amount: £120000
Region: North West
Organisation name: Health Advocacy and Resource Project
Amount: £90000
Region: Scotland
Organisation name: Highland Community Care Forum (for Highland User Group - HUG)
Amount: £8372
Region: South East
Organisation name: Inner Visions
Amount: £5000
Region: London
Organisation name: Lambeth Mental Health & Disabled People's Action Group
Amount: £5000
Region: London
Organisation name: Links
Amount: £5000
Region: Yorkshire and Humberside
Organisation name: Mental Health Action Group
Amount: £89969
Region: London
Organisation name: Migrant and Refugee Communities Forum
Amount: £76440
Region: England
Organisation name: MIND - National Association for Mental Health (Head Office)
Amount: £5000
Region: England
Organisation name: MIND - National Association for Mental Health (Head Office)
Amount: £750000
Region: East Midlands
Organisation name: Reunion Volunteer Group
Amount: £5000
Region: South West
Organisation name: Rural Community Link Project (Restormel Association for Mental Health)
Amount: £99900
Region: North West
Organisation name: South Cumbria Mental Health User and Carer Forum
Amount: £5000
Region: South West
Organisation name: Stepping Out Theatre
Amount: £5000
Region: North East
Organisation name: Stockton User Representative Group for Empowerment
Amount: £3920
