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No Health Without Mental Health: The First 100 Days and Beyond
The Mental Health Foundation is a member of the Mental Health Policy Group, alongside the Centre for Mental Health, Rethink, RCPsych, Mental Health Network, NHF Confederation, and Mind. As part of the Mental Health Policy Group, we have published ‘Improving England Mental Health: The First 100 Days and Beyond’ to advocate for a range of […]
Is Access To Work Doing Enough To Secure Disabled People Employment?
Despite rising employment figures of those with disabilities, we question whether the government’s Access To Work scheme is doing enough. A lot of coverage in the news recently has brought to light a number of issues with the government’s Access To Work scheme. Launched with the intention of opening up the world of employment to disabled […]
Employment lead, Keith Bates, heads to Malaysia for ‘Big Society’ discussions around learning disabilities
Our employment lead at the Foundation Keith Bates is currently in Malaysia as part of a research team with Prof Dan Goodley of Sheffield University and Dr Katherine Runswick Cole of Manchester Metropolitan University, researching the impact of the big society and austerity approaches on the lives of people with a learning disability. The trip was […]
Celebrating the World of Work
We are now half-way through our four year, Big Lottery funded project When I Grow Up developing employment for young people with learning disabilities. The project brings together schools, families and local employers to improve the chances of young people moving into work after leaving school or college. The programme works with schools and colleges in […]
For people with dementia (and everyone else) there needs to be such a thing as society
Nearly 2/3 of people with dementia who live on their own experience feelings of loneliness, according to a report by the Alzheimer’s Society. We need to do more to reduce the social isolation of people with dementia.
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