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.
The Advocacy Project (Granby Community Mental Health Group)
Beyond the Cuckoos Nest
Chinese Mental Health Association
Enfield Mental Health Users Group
Flintshire Mental Health Advocacy Services
Friend (Weston-super-Mare) Ltd
Highland Community Care Forum (for Highland User Group)
Sound Minds
A.B.C. Together
Camden Mental Health Consortium
Cardiff Mind Ltd
Council of Disabled People, Warwickshire & Coventry
Dartford and Gravesham Advocacy Network
Dumbarton & District Mental Health Forum
East Suffolk Advocacy Network
Eden Mind
Fife Mental Health Survivors Group (The Today Group)
Giving Experience Meaning
Hafal
Having a Voice on Change (HAVOC)
Herefordshire MIND
Life and Living
Lifecraft
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
The Mental Health Advocacy Scheme
Mental Health Matters (Bridgend County Borough)
Mental Health Media Council
Merthyr and the Valleys Mind
MIND - National Association for Mental Health (Head Office)
Oxfordshire Mental Health Matters
Potteries Housing Association / Brighter Futures Housing Association
Redbridge Concern for Mental Health
Rethink - severe mental illness (National Schizophrenia Fellowship)
Service User Network Swindon (SUNS)
Service Users Reaching Forward (SURF)
Solihull Mind
South Cheshire Community Council
South Tees Advocacy in Mental Health Project (STAMP)
South Staffordshire Network for Mental Health
Southwest Network of User Groups (SNUG)
Speak Up Somerset
Stirling Users Network
Survivors of Depression in Transition
Together Working for Wellbeing (formerly Maca)
Together Working for Wellbeing (formerly Maca)
United Kingdom Advocacy Network (UKAN)
Users Support Service
The Wellbeing Project
West Dorset Mental Health Forum
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: East Midlands
Organisation name: Users Support Service
Amount: £5,000
Duration: 12 months
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: Camden Mental Health Consortium
Amount: £5,000
Duration: 12 months
Region: London
Organisation name: Loud and Clear Mental Health Advocacy
Amount: £92,505
Duration: 3 years
Region: North East
Organisation name: South Tees Advocacy in Mental Health Project (STAMP)
Amount: £5,000
Duration: 12 months
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: North West
Organisation name: South Cheshire Community Council
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: Scotland
Organisation name: Dumbarton & District Mental Health Forum
Amount: £4,525
Duration: 12 months
Region: Scotland
Organisation name: Having a Voice on Change (HAVOC)
Amount: £4,200
Duration: 12 months
Region: Scotland
Organisation name: Fife Mental Health Survivors Group (The Today Group)
Amount: £5,000
Duration: 12 months
Region: South East
Organisation name: Dartford and Gravesham 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: West Dorset Mental Health Forum
Amount: £4,992
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: United Kingdom Advocacy Network (UKAN)
Amount: £4,900
Duration: 12 months
Region: Yorkshire and Humberside
Organisation name: Beyond the Cuckoos Nest
Amount: £5,000
Duration: 12 months
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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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