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Conquering Snowdon from home during lockdown
We're continually blown away by the innovative and exciting ways our fundraisers choose to support Rethink Mental Illness. This is especially true in these trying times. In the incredible case of Kathryn and Matt, their fundraiser involved the enormous task of running 88,250 steps indoors over 24 hours.
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A brother's view
Understanding and support for people living with mental health conditions has improved a lot since our foundation in 1972 - but the growth in that support has been significantly slower for families caring for someone who lives with severe mental illness. In this blog, Andrew discusses the huge challenges his parents faced when caring for his younger brother John who was diagnosed with schizophrenia in 1987.
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Supported Housing: A Success Story
Beth has a diagnosis of unspecified nonorganic psychosis. She joined a Rethink Mental Illness Supported Housing service for support in feeling more independent in her finances and work. Here’s one of our frontline Supported Housing workers explaining the journey she went on whilst at the service.
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Fifty years ago, our mission was born
This Spring marked the 50th anniversary of a newspaper article that changed the way society talks about mental illness and led to the creation of Rethink Mental Illness. We caught up with our CEO Mark Winstanley to ask him about the changes we have seen and what challenges lie ahead.
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