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For nearly fifty years we have been the voice of people severely affected by mental illness. Every year thousands of people see our media coverage, read our blogs and share the stories that matter to them. Take a look around our news and stories archive and be inspired today.

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Our Mental Illness Moments of the Decade

The past decade has been a memorable one for the charity and the mental health sector. Take a look back at some of our highlights.

Relive the past decade

Meet our 2019 Award Winners

Our annual Pringle and Janey awards recognise people and groups who have made a real difference to people severely affected by mental illness during the previous year and is just one of the highlights of our yearly member's event.

Find our who won

Section 117 After-care & Personal Health Budgets

From the 2 December you can get a personal budget if you have been detained under the Mental Health Act. Find out more about these changes and what you are entitled to.

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Tell your story

Do you have lived experience of mental illness or care for someone who does? We aim to amplify the voice of people who experience mental illness and are looking for people to share their story via social media, our fundraising appeals and in the media.

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Our Service Workers' Top Moments of 2019

Our services help keep people living with mental illness safe and well in the community and prevent their needs from escalating. We asked our colleagues in services, who work day-in-day-out to improve the lives of people affected by mental illness, for their highlights of the year.

How to manage your mental illness over Christmas

Christmas isn't always easy, particularly for those of us experiencing mental illness. Here are some top tips from our supporters on dealing with the holiday.

Virgin Trains & Rethink Mental Illness: a truly brilliant partnership

Virgin Trains staff supported our work at Rethink Mental Illness from April 2017 to the end of their rail franchise in December 2019. Our Head of Corporate Partnerships, James Fletcher, looks back at our partnership:

Psychosis report

Report by Rethink has shown that less that one in three people would be able to identify the symptoms of psychosis.

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Supporters

Learn who our celebrity supporters and ambassadors are, and how they’re helping us improve the lives of everyone severely affected by mental illness.

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Top moments of 2019 in Rethink Mental Illness services

23/12/2019

We asked our colleagues in services, who work day-in-day-out to improve the lives of people affected by mental illness, for their highlights of the year.

20/12/2019

Christmas isn't always easy, particularly for those of us experiencing mental illness. Here's some top tips from our supporters on dealing with the holiday.

20/12/2019

The past decade has been a memorable one for the charity, here are our top moments.

06/12/2019

Virgin Trains staff supported our work at Rethink Mental Illness from April 2017 to the end of their rail franchise in December 2019. Our Head of Corporate Partnerships looks back at our partnership.

17/05/2019

Our great friend and all-round great guy, Carl Burkitt, tells us about his experience of self-harm and how he learned to treat himself with compassion and understanding.

17/05/2019

If you meet someone, when is the right time to disclose your illness? We asked mental health campaigner Ellie about when she first tackles that tricky conversation.

09/10/2019

According to the World Health Organisation, someone loses their life to suicide every 40 seconds. To highlight this harrowing fact, the theme for this year’s World Mental Health Day is ‘suicide prevention’. In this special blog, Simon Gray shares his first-hand experience of suicide and the collective responsibility and role we can have in preventing it.

10/10/2019

World Mental Health Day 2019 is focused on preventing suicide – which remains a global public health emergency, causing 800,000 deaths every year worldwide. Here, Luciana Berger, MP for Liverpool Wavertree, calls on government and local authorities to set a target of reducing the number of suicides to zero, so every family is spared of the anguish and heartache caused by suicide.