The importance of neighbourhood mental health
Neighbourhood Mental Health brings together mental health professionals, charities, community organisations and local people to create joined-up support that reflects the needs of the community.
Every community is different, and the challenges people face can vary from place to place. By working together, organisations can improve access to support and create lasting positive change.
It means people can:
- Access support closer to home
- Receive joined-up care from organisations working together
- Find the right support more easily and at the right time
Neighbourhood success
Our partnership in Tower Hamlets 325 people have received support across the borough
Our Peer Support Framework in Sheffield has received over 600 referrals
How we bring communities together
With decades of experience supporting people affected by mental illness, Rethink Mental Illness helps bring together organisations, services and communities to build stronger local systems of support.
Our work is deeply rooted in neighbourhoods and communities across England. We bring community organisations and people together to provide localised mental health support. And in doing so we strengthen the support people receive and create lasting change by tackling localised challenges that cannot be solved by working alone.
We work locally to make it easier for people to get the right support when they need it.
Our work in each neighbourhood is unique and tailored to the needs of that area, the community and local organisations providing support. We work to create joined-up systems of support so that people can access help more easily, no matter where they enter the network.
How we work
The benefits of neighbourhood mental health
150 voluntary sector organisations supported across out partnerships
£3 million-worth of grant funding distributed to local communities
40% reduction in the number of attendees at emergency departments through supporting local mental health systems
How you can work with us
Neighbourhoods we work with
Somerset - Open Mental Health
Open Mental Health is a Somerset alliance of local voluntary organisations, the NHS and social care. We are working in partnership to ensure that residents of Somerset get the support they need, when they need it.
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Sheffield - Synergy Mental Health Alliance
The Synergy project brings together Sheffield's voluntary, community, social enterprise, statutory and lived experience partners to create a more inclusive, collaborative and person-centred approach to mental health support.
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Coventry and Warwickshire - IPS service
This Individual Placement Support employment service, supports people experiencing severe mental illness into employment. It also offers job retention service for people in employment who are at risk due to their mental illness.
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