Publication • Supporting Mental Health in Communities During Covid-19: Bringing VCSE and Statutory Services Together
Dania Hanif
Published: April 3, 2020
The global coronavirus outbreak is putting the mental as well as physical health of people around the world under strain. For people with existing mental health difficulties, this may be especially pronounced, at a time when mental health services are stretched and coping with higher sickness absence due to the virus. Across the UK, voluntary…
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Publication • No Health Without Mental Health: A Call to Action
Dania Hanif
Published: February 2, 2011
The signatories to this statement recognise there is an urgent need for coordinated action, starting from the earliest years in life, that will improve the mental health and wellbeing of the population year on year, and the life chances and recovery rates of people who experience mental health problems. To this end we pledge to…
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Publication • Peer Support: Working with the VCSE Sector
Dania Hanif
Published: September 17, 2020
Association of Mental Health Providers, NSUN, and Mind have jointly produced a thought-piece outlining how voluntary, community and social enterprise sector (VCSE) organisations can meaningfully contribute to the provision of peer support in mental health; and offer practical examples of the diverse ways in which this is already happening. We argue that the knowledge, skills,…
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Publication • Race, Mental Health and Criminal Justice: Moving Forward
Dania Hanif
Published: August 31, 2017
A joint briefing, ‘Race, mental health and criminal justice: moving forward’, from social justice charity, Nacro, Clinks, Association of Mental Health Providers and Mental Health Foundation as partners in the Mental Health Consortia, and the Race Equality Foundation has found that voluntary sector practitioners and service users from Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds…
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