To celebrate Mental Health Awareness Week 2025 around the theme of “communities”, we’ve been very lucky to get two wonderful videos from Advisory Group members, Alison and Isabella, who have shared why being part of a supportive community, like the one we offer at MFT, is important for mental health.
If you’ve missed the videos on social media, you can still watch them here:
Alison’s video:
Isabella’s video:
Delivery and Strategy Lead: Co-Production and Community Engagement (Leatherhead)
Megan joined MFT in January 2025 and looks after the development of our strategic priority for MFT to live and breathe co-production. She also facilitates our Advisory Group, and champions those with lived experience of mental health challenges to improve the way mental health support is developed, reviewed, and delivered.
Megan first learnt about co-production as a Lived Experience Advisor with the Independent Mental Health Network based at Surrey Coalition of Disabled People, contributing her own lived experience to mental health projects in Surrey and North East Hampshire after graduating university.
She has since worked on a range of development projects for Surrey’s mental health and wellbeing support, immersing community engagement and lived experience into research and decision-making. Additionally, she is an alumna for The King’s Fund after completing their Advanced Organisational Development Practitioner programme.
To maintain her wellbeing, Megan is an avid reader, journals, and practices Yoga.
