Tag Archives: 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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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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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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