Campaigning for change

Join the movement for a better life for people affected by severe mental illness.

Our current campaigns

  • Breaking Down the Wall - We want to break down the wall of discrimination faced by people with severe mental illness, brick by brick.

  • Opening Doors- We want everyone with severe mental illness to get good quality support for good mental and physical health.

  • We Care, We Count - We're making sure carers for people with severe mental illness get the support they need.

What you can do right now

Join the movement

Man shouting through a megaphoneSign up to Campaign by email!  You can help to challenge the discrimination faced by people affected by mental illness. Our campaigners make a real difference, by high-lighting mental health issues to decision-makers across England and Northern Ireland.

Breaking the Silence find out about our call for a civil rights movement in mental health.

Campaigns on the move Rethink campaigners have been busy all around the country. Read what they've been up to and see their work with politicians to move mental health up the political agenda.

Why campaign?

Through speaking out we can make a real difference for people affected by severe mental illness. Read about the impact campaigning has.

Our campaign successes

Cannabis and mental health information pack front coverRethink has a successful history of campaigning for the rights of people affected by severe mental illness. Find out more about our previous campaigns.

Find out about Rethink at Party Conferences 2008.

Time to Change

TTC Gordon Bown and group of volunteers on Jan 21st

On January 21st 2009 Prime Minister Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg and lots of other MPs pledged their support for an end to mental health discrimination. Find out who else is supporting Time to Change.

We're a step closer to ending mental health discrimination. But this is just the beginning, we need to keep the pressure up. There's a new Time to Change parliamentary petition. Email your MP now.