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Largest survey of its kind reveals extent of university students’ struggles with thoughts of self-harm, loneliness and anxiety
1 min read |Last updated: 05/03/2019
The largest mental health survey ever conducted on UK university students, comprising of 37,654 respondents, found that almost 1 in 10 (9.4%) think about self-harming often or all the time.
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Christmas and Loneliness
1 min read |Last updated: 06/12/2023
Loneliness comes in many forms, particularly around Christmas. Whether or not someone celebrates the festive period, this time of year can be very hard for people living with mental illness, who might feel they need to live up to certain expectations. This can lead to feeling isolated and disconnected, even around their loved ones, resulting in their...
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Christmas and Loneliness: Real Stories
1 min read |Last updated: 06/12/2023
Christmas and Loneliness: Real Stories 92% of people we spoke to told us they find festive seasons to be stressful and triggering. In this video, we share with you just a handful of stories that were sent to us from people living with mental illness about their experience with loneliness at Christmas. Trigger warning for mentions of suicide
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The Hope Club
Services and Groups |Last updated: 09/10/2023
Our group offers carers of people who have experienced first episode psychosis the chance to come together in a safe, supportive, and welcoming space. Our group meets on zoom monthly to socialise, share experiences, and offer support and encouragement to one another in a non-judgmental space. This provides further opportunities to increase social and support networks and reduce isolation and loneliness. https://www.facebook.com/groups/3388469838061812
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East Lancs Activity Group
Services and Groups |Last updated: 20/06/2023
The East Lancs Activity Group runs a wide array of activities across Burnley for people living with mental illness. We believe that by providing sports and social activities we can help to improve the mental and physical wellbeing of members and reduce feelings of isolation and loneliness. Our group activities vary from going to the gym to visiting the local cinema to see the latest Hollywood blockbuster. We meet on the first Friday of each month to plan our activities for the following month, so all our members can help decide what we do. The group is entirely peer led, and is run by Greg and a group of volunteers who each have a personal experience of mental illness. An important part of what we do is providing peer support to each other and sharing our experiences with others facing similar challenges. If you’re interested in finding out more, please get in touch. We look forward to hearing from you. Meets in various locations across Burnley.
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Gloucestershire Mental Health Support and Advice
Services and Groups |Last updated: 17/04/2024
The Mental Health Support and Advice Service aims to improve individual mental health outcomes for Gloucestershire residents with a Serious Mental Illness and/or common mental health conditions. Through a personalised support approach, we seek to reduce the need to access primary and secondary mental health services.
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Christmas Donation
1 min read |Last updated: 06/12/2023
Christmas and Loneliness Please donate now to help provide what could be life-saving support for those impacted by serious mental illness and finding Christmas to be the loneliest time of year. Loneliness comes in many forms, particularly around Christmas. Whether or not someone celebrates the festive period, this time of year can be very hard for...
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Christmas thank you
1 min read |Last updated: 06/11/2023
Thank you so much! From all of us at Rethink Mental Illness, and from those that access our services, thank you so much for your generous gift. You will no doubt understand the urgency of this appeal through the stories we have shared from those that are seriously affected by a mental illness. Your support means those people can access the services...
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Rethink Mental Illness response to new Covid-19 national lockdown
1 min read |Last updated: 02/11/2020
The government announced another national lockdown in efforts to lessen the number of coronavirus cases on Saturday evening. Here's the response of our Deputy CEO, Brian Dow, on what impact the lockdown could have on the nation's mental health: “A weight of evidence has built to demonstrate the impact of lockdown on the nation’s mental health, with...
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“Because you can't be low at Christmas, right?!” – Alexandra’s story
Last updated: 06/12/2023
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About the campaign
Campaigns and policy |1 min read |Last updated: 20/06/2023
About the campaign Mental illness does not exist on its own. It is often driven or made worse by poor housing, money worries, unstable employment and loneliness. That is why there was a great deal of enthusiasm for the government’s promised 10-year Plan for Mental Health and Wellbeing. It was hoped the plan would deliver action across government...
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80% of people living with mental illness say current crisis has made their mental health worse.
1 min read |Last updated: 27/04/2020
Overwhelming majority of people living with mental illness say coronavirus pandemic has caused a deterioration in their mental health – first UK wide online peer support service launched in response Eighty percent (80%) of people living with mental illness who responded to a survey by charity Rethink Mental Illness said that coronavirus and the measures...
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