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With their strong belief that art can help destigmatise mental illness, Brussels based arts organisation KAOS run artists' residencies in psychiatric hospitals, bringing together artists with and without mental health problems.

With a higher than average male suicide rate, Brighton & Hove Public Health first invested in a Men's Shed run by arts organisation, Fabrica, now vastly oversubscribed. Fabrica's Clare Hankinson shares their model.

Prime Ministers with action plans have delivered important changes from the repeal of section 28 under Blair to the introduction of same-sex marriage by Cameron. Here's why the next UK Government needs an action plan too.

RSI's work is revealing increasing problems and harms caused by ‘Prevent’, particularly around data collection, the independence of the recent review, and surveillance in schools. Read Jacob's blog to find out more.

Why don't we see more comedy in creative ageing?

How do arts and mental health organisations respond to the personal and artistic development needs and aspirations of participants? Here's a look at some examples, with the help of five brilliant organisations from the field.

Anne is a textile artist & tutor who started out her journey at North Tyneside Art Studio in the 1990s, and has since had a vibrant artistic career, by way of the Royal Shakespeare Company and the New Orleans Mardi Gras, and more.

Our Chair of Trustees, Lucy de Groot, reflects on the Baring Foundation's 2023.

How strategic litigation provides a new tool in a national charity’s arsenal towards tackling longstanding and deeply embedded injustice against Britain’s Romany Gypsy, Irish Traveller and nomadic communities.

There are relatively few examples of (good) film-making about mental health or participatory film-making for mental health: an area ripe for development?