Last week was witness to a plethora of rich conversations led by the Mental Health Foundation about the intersection of body image and mental health. Hannah from our policy team reflects on how body image can impact people severely affected by mental illness and what we are doing about it ..read more

There are currently around 5000 people currently in rehab services with two thirds of them out of area and we think this is wrong ..read more

We asked some of our supporters what issues they felt that those of who live with mental illness still have to face and what they would like to see done to make real change happen ..read more

Suddenly, there was shock news that Oxfordshire County Council was withdrawing their proposal for the £1 million cuts “due to overwhelming public pressure ..read more

Shakira Akabusi has lived with OCD for much of her life. When she saw it was starting to cause her son to copy some of her compulsions she decided to take action ..read more

Last year Natasha O’Sullivan cycled over 900 miles from Land’s End to John O’Groats, raising £3,300 for Rethink Mental Illness in the process ..read more

In spite of great progress, there are still many myths and preconceptions about mental illness. Ten years ago Rethink Mental Illness together with Mind set up Time to Change, our anti-stigma campaign. In this blog, Jo Loughran, Director of Time to Change, looks at how Time to Change has captured the public's attention, and how we still need your help to challenge the public discussion on mental illness ..read more