Going away to university is often seen as the best stage of life. Full of opportunity, independence, and friendship. But for many, this time can become difficult, exacerbated by...
Blogs
Personal stories told by people with lived experience of mental health issues who want to raise awareness of mental health and end stigma. Please note that our blog platform is reserved for our clients, staff and volunteers. We are not accepting articles from professional bloggers.
March 1st is Self-Injury and Self-Harm Awareness Day (SIAD) – a great time to have an open, honest, and compassionate conversation about self-harm and self-injury. This topic can be...
The third Monday in January, called Blue Monday, is often referred to as “the most depressing day of the year” because it combines post-holiday blues, cold dark nights, and...
We have been fortunate in the past to have been chosen as the Charity of the Year by a number of organisations, big and small. Being the “chosen one”...
At MFT, we employ Lived Experience Practitioners whose roles are to use their personal experience of mental health to help others in similar situations feel seen, heard and understood....
For Movember, we’re sharing blogs written by men about men’s mental health as part of our Men’s Wellbeing Matters campaign, in order to break stigma and open up healthy...
For World Mental Health Day around the theme of “prioritising mental health in the workplace”, we’ve asked Annabelle, our Social Prescriber in Banstead, how we can all look after...
Every year, on 10 September, we come together for World Suicide Prevention Day – a day to remind ourselves and each other that there is always hope, even in...
Chris, an Investigations Officer in the Major Crime Team at Surrey Police, has chosen MFT to be the charity he supports when he runs a total of 156 miles...
[Photo description: Our Board of Trustees and Advisory Group working together around the same table in our Leatherhead office on how to embed Co-Production further into our organisation] For...