Chester mental health charity Platform For Life announces new CEO
Chester mental health charity Platform For Life announces new CEO Chester-based mental health charity Platform for Life has announced the appointment of Philippa Davies as the charity’s new CEO. Platform For Life offers free counselling, art and play therapy,…
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Tags: Blacon, chester, childhood adversity, childhood vulnerability, community, Counselling, early intervention in mental health care, focus on families, Life challenges and poor mental health, Mental health
Local leadership guru welcomed as charity ambassador
Chester mental health champion, Platform for Life, has welcomed local businessman, Chris Larsen, in the role of charity ambassador. Established in 2017, Platform for Life provides adults, children and young people in low-income families with a range of free,…
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Tags: Blacon, chester, childhood adversity, childhood vulnerability, community, Counselling, early intervention in mental health care, focus on families, Life challenges and poor mental health, Mental health
Time for a different approach to mental health care?
We can’t fail to be aware of the mental health crisis in the UK at the moment- in any given year 10% of children under the age of 16 and 25% of adults will experience mental health problems. Our newspapers…
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Tags: alternative approaches to mental health care, early intervention in mental health care, Mental health, mental health preventative care, mental support in schools
Poor mental health: there’s a lot of it about!
A medical or social problem? What causes the common mental health problems? You’d think you might hear more about this in the media. The vast majority of spending on mental health goes to the medical profession, so let’s start there…
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Tags: childhood adversity, childhood vulnerability, focus on families, Life challenges and poor mental health, Mental health, mental health epidemic, supportive environment
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