27 January 2023
Mental Health First Aid Law Presented to Parliament
On 25th January, the UK parliament announced a proposal for a “Mental Health First Aid Law” which would make it mandatory for certain workplaces...
7 September 2022
World Suicide Prevention Day
Every year, we campaign to raise awareness of suicide prevention. What is World Suicide Prevention Day?Every year, organisations and communities around the world come...
7 September 2022
People are ‘Quiet Quitting’ and it Could Be Great for Mental Health
If you’ve been on TikTok in the past month or so, you might have heard of ‘quiet quitting’, something that’s rising in popularity among...
7 September 2022
Doomscrolling linked to poor physical and mental health, study finds
The tendency to be glued to bad news can spark a ‘vicious cycle’ that interferes with our lives, researcher says There’s no shortage of...
21 June 2022
GP surgeries to provide specialist mental health support
Thousands of new mental health experts will be on hand to support people in their local GP practice amid record demand for services, the...
21 June 2022
WHO highlights urgent need to transform mental health and mental health care
Report urges mental health decision makers and advocates to step up commitment and action to change attitudes, actions and approaches to mental health, its...
21 June 2022
Online Safety Bill: Protecting people online
As part of Samaritans’ campaign for a kinder, safer internet we want to protect anyone who’s being encouraged to harm themselves online. But what...
7 April 2022
Mental health problems cost the UK economy at least £118 billion per year – new research
We want the prevention of poor mental health to be at the centre of the UK’s approach to mental health. Our new report with...
7 April 2022
Online Safety Bill: the ins and outs
Samaritans has made strengthening the Online Safety Bill one of its key campaigns to ensure no one is left unprotected from harmful content under...
7 April 2022
Olympic champion Adam Peaty joins Mind in calling for more mental health support for nation’s sporting heroes
Olympic swimming champion Adam Peaty has joined the mental health charity Mind in calling for more mental health support for the nation’s sporting heroes....