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Piece looks at the impact that being in care can have on young people & how that effects their #MentalHealth with #LivedExperience on how getting support can be difficult, that moving between placements is hard & that support to foster families is needed bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Article looks at boxing classes set up by former champion Ewan Welsh that help participants with their #PhysicalWellbeing with #LivedExperience of positive effect on their #MentalHealth & #Wellbeing encouraging them to share confidence & deal with vices bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

CW: Descriptions of domestic abuse Insightful piece by Elita Karim on recovering after suffering domestic abuse with #LivedExperience on the impact on her #MentalHealth & dealing with feelings of guilt & blame as well as offering advice to others to cope stylist.co.uk/health/women/i…

Article considers proposed changes to legislation that would ask NHS staff to restrain & detain people experiencing a #MentalHealth crisis & criticism from social care, medical & ambulance groups about the risks involved & also impacts the therapeutic role theguardian.com/society/2025/m…

CW: Discussion of suicide Adele Zeynep Walton shares #LivedExperience of coping with the tragic loss of her sister who took her own life after struggling with her #MentalHealth & finding dangerous online forums that prey on vulnerable people were involved theguardian.com/technology/202…

The Independent Sentencing Review Report was published last week gov.uk/government/pub… - Our Head of London Operations Matina Marougka worked on the report representing the #MentalHealth #LivedExperience of people in #CiminalJustice & blogged about it at together-uk.org/what-we-do/new…

Article looks at good example of valuing #LivedExperience to inform service design by Sussex Partnership CAMHS Team who are speaking with young people who experienced the #MentalHealth system to improve that for others like our own ethos of #ServiceUserLeadership bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Thoughtful piece by writer Will Rees on his #LivedExperience of health anxiety & hypochondria describing the way tat would impact his #MentalHealth & interactions with medical professionals & his own thoughts & how online searches can increase worries theguardian.com/society/2025/j…

We’re supporting ADASS’s new campaign #CareCantWait, raising awareness of good quality adult #socialcare & building the case for improvement & investment so that care & support can work for all of us, when we need it. For more info go to adass.org.uk/care-cant-wait

Great initiative in West Bromwich where a barber shop is being used as a safe space for people to share #LivedExperience on their #MentalHealth with support from two experts from Melanin Moods who provide specialist support to black & brown communities bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

NIHCSS, TogetherMentalHealth SMI Health Check,Service User & Lived Experience Engagement team, joined Norfolk & Waveney Mental Health Summit. We had engaging workshop on how to come together and work in a way that benefits people who use the service #MentalWellbeing #MentalHealthMatters

NHS psychotherapist & author Moya Sarner shares considered & thoughtful #LivedExperience on the value of therapy to support #MentalHealth reflecting as someone who received therapy & now provides that to others explaining it can be both simple & complex theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…

For #VolunteersWeek 2025 we're saying thank you to all of our amazing #volunteers. All of our different volunteer roles across Together contribute to #MentalHealth support we provide often using their own #LivedExperience & we're sharing feedback from them together-uk.org/what-we-do/new…

Student Elsie Thwaites shares eloquent & personal #LivedExperience around being a trans teenager describing how they think about their body & their skin exploring the impact on their #MentalHealth & how it feels to be "terrified of what you want to be" theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

We're thrilled to share that Together's Berkshire West Breathing Space, commissioned by NHS BOB ICB, has officially been shortlisted for the HSJ Awards for the #MentalHealth Safety Improvement Award. Well done to all the team there & good luck! 👏🏆 together-uk.org/what-we-do/new…

Author Matt Cain shares personal & unguarded #LivedExperience around receiving diagnoses of #Autism & #ADHD later in life considering the impact on his #MentalHealth of masking his behaviours & coping with discrimination relating to his sexuality & class theguardian.com/society/2025/j…

Personal & open account from Minreet Kaur on becoming a unpaid carer for her mother when she received a diagnosis of an incurable form of blood cancer with #LivedExperience of the need she feels to do that & the impact on her #MentalHealth & #Wellbeing stylist.co.uk/health/mental-…