Hafal has won Big Lottery funding to develop a groundbreaking new Recovery Centre offering in-patient support and treatment for people with a serious mental illness. The Lottery “Innovations” funding will enable Hafal to employ a Development Officer to take forward the initiative.
As 21 January – labelled the most depressing day of the year – hits us next week, the Big Lottery Fund (BIG) and Wales Council for Voluntary Action (WCVA) are calling on people throughout Wales to give Blue Monday a rosy glow by volunteering their time at a local community group or charity…
The UK Government has voted to cap annual rises in certain social security benefits and tax credits, including Employment and Support Allowance (ESA), for the next three years.
One in ten young people feel they cannot cope with day-to-day life, warns The Prince’s Trust Youth Index.
The Prince’s Trust Youth Index reveals that young people not in employment, education or training (NEETs) are more than twice as likely to feel unable to cope as their peers…
Assembly Member Bethan Jenkins has been banned from driving for 20 months after pleading guilty to drink-driving…
The new Mental Health Wales journal, a “Together for Mental Health” (TMH) special, is online.
Thousands of people in England could soon have the freedom to design their own NHS care as Care and Support Minister Norman Lamb announced the roll out of Personal Health Budgets in England today…
The Welsh Government is seeking the views of mental health service users as part of a review of access to psychological/talking therapy services across Wales.
AMs from all four parties have spoken of experiencing mental health problems in a series of highly personal blog posts.
If you care for someone with a mental illness the Welsh Government would like to hear from you.
