Richmond Fellowship News
Below you’ll find all the latest news from Richmond Fellowship. For comment, interviews, case studies or information on our latest news, journalists can contact Richmond Fellowship’s Communications and Marketing team on communications@richmondfellowship.org.uk or phone 020 7697 3364.
We sign up as a supporter of the Mental Health Crisis Care Concordat
Today Richmond Fellowship signed up as a supporter of the Mental Health Crisis Care Concordat and pledged to play our part in improving care for people. The Mental Health Crisis Care Concordat is a national agreement between services and agencies involved in the care and support of people in crisis. It sets out how organisations will work […]
More than 90% of people using our services said they would recommend Richmond Fellowship to others
More than 90% of people using our services said they would recommend Richmond Fellowship to others – that’s the findings of our latest service user satisfaction survey. This is the third time we’ve organised the survey and the feedback we’re getting is helping us to continually improve our services. A summary of the results called Listening and Learning has now […]
Volunteering with wildlife helps turn lives around
Volunteers from Richmond Fellowship’s services in Dorset have taken part in conservation tasks with Dorset Wildlife Trust, to help aid their recovery from mental health problems. A group of service users from our Dorset community-based scheme worked on an area of land recently acquired by The Erica Trust, as an extension to the ‘Happy Bottom’ nature reserve in […]
Guildford Daisyfest chance for us to showcase our art
Guildford Daisyfest gave us a chance to showcase the talents of our artists. The event earlier this month was an opportunity for our community arts scheme Art Matters to show new work and run workshops. The team showcased ‘Heads Up’ – ‘Who are you looking at?’, an art response to the media’s obsession with ‘perfect’ looks and […]
Richmond Fellowship named as part of visionary new mental health system in Bristol
Richmond Fellowship has been named as the new provider for specialist employment and wellbeing services as part of an innovative new integrated mental health system in Bristol. Subject to a 10 day cooling off period, the contract will be formally agreed with Bristol Clinical Commissioning Group. This follows a rigorous three year tendering process. A broad range of integrated services […]
Bereavement and suicide themes at special session of the Swindon Employers Network
Swindon Mindful Employers Network, which is managed by RF, is staging a one-off awareness session on the subjects of bereavement and suicide. This special event will be chaired by the former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey of Clifton, who was also formerly vice patron of Richmond Fellowship. He said: “I’m pleased to return to the […]
