This is a charity that I’ve been thinking about a lot
recently, mostly because I don’t think that they get enough recognition for
what they do.
They were originally founded in 1946 (yes that long ago!),
so they will be celebrating their 70th anniversary in only a couple
of years.
Now if you hadn’t guessed they are a mental health charity
and their motto is “for better mental health”. They provide a number of
services such as supported housing; floating support schemes, care homes and
drop-in centres. You can imagine how these services can have a huge impact on
the people involved.
The current campaigns that they have are:
Taking care of business – which includes dealing with stress
in the workplace
Another assault – exposing victimisation and harassment that
people with mental health problems experience
In the red: debt, poverty and mental health – exploring the
impact of debt
Our lives, our choices – exploring independent living
National Mind gets their funding from donations, sponsorships,
grants and the charity shops they operate. They also get some funding from the
British government.
Despite my views that they do not get enough recognition,
Mind is the largest mental health NGO in the world, I mean that’s enough to get
recognised!
Check out their website here.
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