Category Archives: stigma

Big Lottery Fund gives £13m to 55 mental health charities

The money will help address the stigma that surrounds mental health and support people with their treatment, according to Nat Sloane, chair of Big Lottery Fund England

By David Ainsworth, Third Sector Online, 14 August 2012

Nat Sloane

The Big Lottery Fund has awarded £13m through its Reaching Communities programme to 55 charities in England to support people with mental health issues, along with their carers and families.

Awards ranged from just under £500,000 to the Hyndburn and Ribble Valley Outreach Team for a domestic violence advice service, down to about £38,000 to Action for Achievement for a community arts programme in Liverpool.

The £130m Reaching Communities programme offers grants of between £10,000 and £500,000 to organisations in England that help to build stronger communities and help people in need.

The importance of mental health is finally beginning to be recognised

Seeking some consensus on mental health

01 March 2012

The importance of mental health is finally beginning to be recognised – but we still have a long way to go, says Paul Jenkins, who will chair Public Service Events’ A New Approach to Mental Health conference

An issue that affects one in four of the population and costs society an estimated £101bn every year ought to be pretty prominent in the minds of the public and policy makers. But mental health has struggled to capture the attention and priority it deserves.

Disabled people must not be put at risk

Rights of disabled people may be at risk, says Human Rights Committee

 

01 March 2012

The Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) today publishes its Report on the implementation of the right of disabled people to independent living in the context of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) which was ratified by the UK in 2009.

 

 

The Report draws attention to a number of significant human rights issues, including:

  • the need for freestanding legislation to protect the right to independent living in UK law
  • the effect of current reforms to benefits and services on the ability of disabled people to enjoy independent living
  • the role played by the UNCRPD in policy development and decision making at all levels of government
  • the use of equality impact assessments
  • the effects of devolution on implementation of the UNCRPD
  • hate crime