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Designs in Mind is a unique design studio in Shropshire where adults living with mental health challenges work together on ambitious, experimental art and design projects.

The new Civil Society Covenant is a very good foundation that now needs to be made to work and then built upon, says David Cutler, Foundation Director.

With no mention of creative health or social prescribing in the 170 page new NHS 10 Year Plan, England urgently needs Government engagement and a more strategic approach to creative health, says David Cutler.

Carla Clarke chooses her key developments in terms of the law, social justice and human rights in England over the past five years and looks ahead to the next five.

An inspiring evening of singing in Stockton-on-Tees prompts David Cutler, Director of the Baring Foundation, to explore the singing and choir projects we are funding through our Arts and Mental Health programme.

Boys' mental health has been in the headlines, but are boys engaging equally in the creative mental health sector?

The Art House Sheffield is striving to become self-sustaining and independent from grant income. Its Strategic Director, Ben Clowes, describes their journey so far.

Jen Ang, director of Lawmanity and founder of JustRight Scotland, chooses her five key developments in terms of the law, social justice and human rights in Scotland over the past five years and looks ahead to the next five.

The Foundation's Communications and Research Manager discovers arts and mental health in Melbourne, visiting the Dax Centre and the Australian National Veterans Art Museum.

Portugal Prints, hosted by Mind in Brent, Wandsworth and Westminster, sadly closed this week after nearly half a century as an arts studio for people living with complex mental health in London. The staff team explains what made it special.