According to new research for Carers Week, which begins today, more than 75% of unpaid carers in Wales are worried about cuts to services with almost half not knowing how they will cope “as the axe falls on some of the vital support they rely on”.

Three leading mental health charities in Wales are joining forces today to launch a new national programme, “Time to Change Wales”, which aims to challenge the stigma and discrimination surrounding mental health problems.

To increase awareness of mental health amongst Britain’s top footballers, players in the four main football divisions will be issued with The Footballers’ Guidebook at the start of next season.

A letter signed by Hafal Chief Executive, Bill Walden-Jones, on the “devastating” effects reform of the welfare system is having on the mental health of hundreds of thousands of people across Great Britain appeared in The Guardian this week.

Welsh mental health charity Hafal’s Merthyr project has won the prestigious NIACE Dysgu Cymru Community Group of the Year award.

HowTheLightGetsIn, the Hay-on-Wye based philosophy and music festival is to hold talks and debates on mental health and psychiatry at their event which takes place from May 26th – June 5th.

“Taking the Wheel”, a unique service user-led campaign which aims to empower people with a serious mental illness in Wales to take control of their lives and the services they receive was launched yesterday at a special Seminar in Builth Wells.

According to new research, mental health problems have overtaken disorders such as back pain as the main reason for incapacity benefit claims.

“Taking the Wheel”, a unique service user-led campaign which aims to empower people with a serious mental illness in Wales to take control of their lives and the services they receive will be launched at a special Seminar in Builth Wells on Thursday May 12th.