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Work, volunteering, and mental illness

Advice and information |1 min read |Last updated: 14/10/2025

This section explains your options for finding work or volunteering opportunities. These things can be important for your mental health.

Primary and community mental health services to be improved with £1m investment

1 min read |Last updated: 14/05/2021

£1million will be invested in to primary and community mental health services in Sheffield over the next three years.The national charity, Rethink Mental Illness, has selected Sheffield to be one of four national sites in England to develop new models of delivering mental health care with voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSEs). The funding...

Rethink Mental Illness welcomes government advice to support the nation’s mental health

1 min read |Last updated: 09/10/2023

Rethink Mental Illness welcomes government advice to support the nation’s mental health during the coronavirus outbreak and calls for the mental health sector to mobilise to tackle growing crisis In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, Public Health England has issued guidance on looking after your mental health, with £5 million provided to charities...

Charities call for an independent inquiry into welfare related deaths

1 min read |Last updated: 11/03/2020

21 leading charities and mental health organisations, including Mind, Liberty and the Trussell Trust are backing a campaign by Rethink Mental Illness calling for an independent inquiry into the deaths of vulnerable people who rely on support from the welfare system. The charity has also written to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions expressing...

Somerset to be a trailblazer for mental health care

1 min read |Last updated: 21/01/2020

Somerset to be a trailblazer for mental health care as new alliance prepares to deliver innovative new approach. A new alliance of charities has been formed to develop a bold new community-based mental health support service for Somerset residents. The shared ambition for the Somerset Mental Health Alliance is to ensure that people living with mental...

Sheffield Community Mental Health Unit

Last updated: 03/07/2024

Rethink Mental Illness response to Amanda Pritchard stepping down

1 min read |Last updated: 25/02/2025

Today, 25 Feb, Amanda Pritchard has announced that she is to step down from her role as the head of NHS England. In response to this news, Mark Winstanley, CEO of Rethink Mental Illness, said: “We are enormously sad to see Amanda Pritchard step down from her role and wish her every success. Despite an unprecedented series of challenges she managed to...

Progress update May 2021

1 min read |Last updated: 19/06/2024

Becoming an anti-racist organisation: progress update May 2021 Our mission is a better quality of life for everyone severely affected by mental illness. One result of the racial inequality in society is that people from Black, Asian, and minority ethnic backgrounds can experience different rates of mental illness than the majority white population....

Somerset Open Mental Health

Last updated: 26/02/2024

Westminster Hall debate briefing - Social Care reform

Campaigns and policy |1 min read |Last updated: 20/06/2023

Westminster Hall debate briefing - Social Care reform Mental health social care is a vital and overlooked aspect of the social care in the UK. Without investment in local authority budgets the enormous benefits it brings to people severely affected by mental illness across the county could be lost. We ask that you raise the profile on mental health...

The importance of EDI in mental health outcomes

Last updated: 08/10/2025

Becoming an anti-racist organisation - progress update May 2021

1 min read |Last updated: 21/05/2021

Our mission is a better quality of life for everyone severely affected by mental illness. One result of the racial inequality in society is that people from Black, Asian, and minority ethnic backgrounds can experience different rates of mental illness than the majority white population. Things like fear, stigma and lack of culturally sensitive treatment...

Charity warns government must act to stop ongoing harm on 40th anniversary of Mental Health Act

1 min read |Last updated: 09/05/2023

The government must urgently enact the new bill to reform the Mental Health Act to prevent ongoing harm to people living with mental illness, Rethink Mental Illness has said on the 40th anniversary of the legislation. The Mental Health Act 1983 is the legislation which allows for people to be detained and treated without their consent when they are...

Recognition for our work tackling racial inequality

1 min read |Last updated: 24/07/2023

Rethink Mental Illness has received formal recognition from a panel of independent judges for its work tackling racial inequality. The charity has been awarded bronze status by Race Equality Matters, the first stage in a series of awards recognising meaningful action to drive race equality within organisations. The judging panel, made up of people from...

Social Media Policy Statement

1 min read |Last updated: 02/02/2024

Social Media Policy Statement - May 2022 Rethink Mental Illness stands against misinformation, hatred and racism in all its forms. We oppose the use of social media to spread hate, and like many organisations, are concerned at the perceived unwillingness of social media networks to put in place consistent and comprehensive measures to remove such content. Consequently,...

New analysis of NHS data on mental health waiting times

1 min read |Last updated: 21/02/2025

People are eight times more likely to wait over 18 months for mental health treatment than physical health treatment, NHS data reveals New analysis of NHS data by Rethink Mental Illness suggests eight times as many people are still waiting for mental health treatment after 18 months compared to physical health care. Charity calls on the government...

We respond to Commission for Healthier Working Lives report

1 min read |Last updated: 10/03/2025

There have been rising levels of people out of work due to poor health, and in particular mental ill-health, in recent years. The Health Foundation's Commission for Healthier Working Lives has today published itsfinal report, which focuses on the urgent changes needed by government and businesses to support people before they leave the workforce. The...

Our history

1 min read |Last updated: 29/01/2025

Our history Rethink Mental Illness was formed over 50 years ago by a group of inspiring people who were caring for a loved one living with schizophrenia.The experiences and knowledge of carers and people living with mental illness have been vital in helping our organisation improve the lives of thousands of people every year. Together, we’ve developed...

Parliamentary Briefing - Social care announcements Sept 2021

Campaigns and policy |1 min read |Last updated: 20/06/2023

Parliamentary Briefing: The Future of Adult Social Care – Mental Health Overview We are pleased that the government has begun to rise to the significant challenges facing the social care sector. However, what has been announced so far does not represent the detailed vision for reforming social care that is so desperately needed. The government’s latest...

New polling reveals scale of public support for suspending benefit sanctions during the pandemic

1 min read |Last updated: 19/11/2020

New online research for Rethink Mental Illness shows a majority of 6 in 10 UK adults (59%) support their call for the government to suspend sanctions on claimants of Universal Credit for the next six months. Only 13% of UK adults opposed the move. The YouGov polling revealed that more than twice as many UK adults who voted Conservative in 2019 (49%)...

Expert discussion: The challenges in mental health research

Last updated: 15/10/2024

Lived Experience Advisory Board

1 min read |Last updated: 03/07/2024

Rethink Mental Illness Lived Experience Advisory Board Our Lived Experience Advisory Board (LEAB) is a diverse, supportive, inclusive forum for people who have lived experience of mental ill health, are passionate about supporting mental health and want to help us make a difference in mental health policy and services. Established in 2017, LEAB is...

New poll shows nearly a third of all UK adults would not be comfortable sharing a diagnosis with a friend

1 min read |Last updated: 25/09/2024

New campaign urges people to rethink mental illness stigma A new initiative is encouraging more people to rethink their preconceptions and stigma towards people severely affected by mental illness*, as a new poll reveals nearly a third of all UK adults (30%) would not be comfortable sharing a diagnosis of severe mental illness with a friend. Click here...

Community Mental Health Framework research

1 min read |Last updated: 20/06/2023

Getting started: lessons from the first year of implementing the Community Mental Health Framework Rethink Mental Illness's new report explores key learning from the first full year of implementation of NHS England's Community Mental Health Framework. We believe that the creation of the Framework, and more recently the introduction of Integrated Care...

People and governance

1 min read |Last updated: 24/09/2025

Our people and governance The people who work for us are passionate about supporting people severely affected by mental illness. Their dedication helps the charity to deliver the services, coordinate the groups, and provide advice and training. They keep the charity in the public eye to raise awareness of mental health issues and many of our staff have...

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