Our campaigns

1 in 5 young people have a mental health problem. And often, they can’t get support when they first need it. Services currently available through schools and the NHS simply can’t cope with the need.

That’s why we're calling on the UK government to fund a network of early support hubs for young people, where they can get mental health support, fast, without an appointment or referral. Hundreds of supporters like you wrote to their MPs and the Chancellor in support of the campaign.

The government listened and is planning to open a network of 50 hubs.

The Mental Health Act says how you can be detained (or sectioned) and receive mental health treatment against your will. Over the years we called on successive UK governments to update the Act and give people stronger rights and more say in their treatment.

Supporters wrote to their MPs, signed petitions, and shared their lived experience. And at our exhibition in the Houses of Parliament in Westminster, we displayed powerful artwork made by people who’ve been sectioned to show lawmakers why the changes are so important.

In 2025, the reforms finally became law, and they include clear improvements.

We know that there’s a direct connection between mental health and poverty. But the current benefits system doesn’t give people with mental health problems proper financial support. And governments frequently propose plans to reduce benefits even further.

In 2025, campaigners helped us prevent devastating cuts to our social security system by writing to their MPs tirelessly. Although we weren’t able to stop all the proposed cuts, pressure from campaigners made a huge difference. We’re still monitoring the ongoing review of PIP and feeding in evidence about the extra support people need when they’re experiencing a mental health problem.