October 2015 - Richmond Fellowship | Mental Health Charity Making Recovery Reality

Mental health cafe scoops NHS award

October 23, 2015/in Awards, Mental health, Recovery, Social enterprise /by RF admin

A charity run café which aims to tackle mental health stigma in Blackpool has won a prestigious NHS award barely ten months since its doors opened.

Sparky’s, the pioneering social café run by Richmond Fellowship, the national charity making mental health recovery reality, took top prize for the NHS in the North West Excellence in Supply Awards 2015.

The award comes thanks to Sparky’s work in tackling mental health stigma and providing opportunities for people living with mental health problems to gain the confidence and skills to return to work through volunteering and apprenticeships.

Richmond Fellowship recruiting new Chair

October 22, 2015/in Corporate, Mental health, Recovery, Substance use /by RF admin

Richmond Fellowship is looking for an outstanding Chair to provide clear strategic leadership as part of our new group, Recovery Focus.

Recovery Focus is a new national group of charities providing a range of mental health and substance misuse support services across England. Our growth has been iterative and collaborative, and is ongoing, with a vision to create a group of like-minded organisations who add value to each other and to the people who use our services.

Richmond Fellowship joins Recovery Focus

October 21, 2015/in Corporate, Mental health, Recovery, Substance use /by RF admin

Richmond Fellowship has today joined Recovery Focus, a new national group of charities bringing together organisations with strong individual services, innovative approaches, flexible local presence and a wide range of expertise from around England.

The new group boasts a track record of more than 200 years of developing and running personalised services that work with people with mental health, substance misuse and other complex needs to achieve their ambitions.

Richmond Fellowship proves the voluntary sector can provide effective alternative place of safety for people in mental health crisis

October 12, 2015/in Corporate, Crisis, Mental health, Partnerships, Services /by RF admin

Richmond Fellowship’s pilot scheme to trial an alternative ‘place of safety’ to police custody for individuals in mental distress has been hailed a success by an independent evaluation.

Reducing the use of custody cells for vulnerable people in a mental health crisis detained under section 136 of the Mental Health Act is one of the Government’s key priorities.

Public campaign to tackle mental health stigma reaches Huddersfield

October 8, 2015/in World Mental Health Day /by RF admin

People accessing mental health services in Huddersfield are taking part in a campaign to tackle mental health stigma as part of world mental health day.

Richmond Fellowship, the national charity making mental health recovery reality, will be taking to the streets of Huddersfield and Dewsbury to raise awareness for people living with mental health problems.

Liverpool comedy event tackles mental health stigma

October 8, 2015/in Uncategorized /by RF admin

People living with mental health problems have been given the chance to take to the stage and talk about their experiences as part of an evening of comedy to raise awareness for World Mental Health day.

Richmond Fellowship, the national charity making mental health recovery reality, has teamed up with the organisers of the annual Liverpool Comedy Festival to run the event tackling mental health stigma.

Feeling Funny, an evening of comedy held in the city on Thursday 8^th October, is the culmination of a project where people living with mental health problems have undertaken work shops in writing and performing comedy.

Richmond Fellowship proves the voluntary sector can provide effective alternative place of safety for people in mental health crisis

Public campaign to tackle mental health stigma reaches Huddersfield

Liverpool comedy event tackles mental health stigma

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