lee knifton

Director Mental Health Foundation Scotland, Wales & Northern Ireland ... and academic at Strathclyde University.

[Mental Health Foundation @mentalhealth]

Thank you to @ScotGovFM @JohnSwinney for supporting #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek. Pictured alongside our own leaders in Scotland Lee and Julie.

[Mental Health Foundation @mentalhealth]

Given links between poverty and poor mental health, we welcome @scotgov #ScottishBudget commitments to winter fuel payments, public services funding, free bus travel for asylum seekers, and scrapping the two-child benefit cap but need increased funding for Mental Health Strategy.

[lee knifton @lee_knifton]

Heading off this and onto Bluesky, https://t.co/ongUB8bpKO

[Third Force News @ThirdForceNews]

TFN is @scvotweet's magazine for the #VoluntarySector

“It’s often called a crisis but actually it’s a scandal”
This month we examine cuts to mental health budgets with @lee_knifton of @mentalhealth, Jason Schroeder of @ScottishMSA and others

Read it here https://t.co/dgSqlvI36o

[Mental Health Foundation @mentalhealth]

New research in partnership with the @UniWestScotland, @UniStrathclyde, and the @PovertyAlliance reveals poverty stigma is linked to greater levels of anxiety and depression. Read our new report: https://t.co/WmV9npUjtZ

[Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival @MH_arts]

📢 Our annual writing competition is open for
entries!

✍️We're seeking new writing that addresses mental health in all its diversity and explores our theme of ‘In/Visible’.

ℹ️ Find out more and submit your writing by Monday 19 August.

https://t.co/nmL786Hb7C

[Mental Health Foundation @mentalhealth]

Many thanks to the First Minister @JohnSwinney, Minister for Mental Health @MareeToddMSP and all of Scotland's party leaders and so many MSPs for joining us to celebrate #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek. Thanks to @PaulJSweeney for sponsoring the event.

[lee knifton @lee_knifton]

@MonicaLennon7 @MHFScot @ScottishLabour @PaulJSweeney Many thanks Monica

[lee knifton @lee_knifton]

@Douglas4Moray @mentalhealth Many thanks for your support this week

[Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival @MH_arts]

Amazing opportunity from our friends at @weareherescot for BPOC creative and cultural professionals in Scotland.

Find out more and apply to their Creator's Fund+ by Monday 3 June. ⬇️

[lee knifton @lee_knifton]

@jackiebmsp @mentalhealth Thank you Jackie

[lee knifton @lee_knifton]

@Sandeshgulhane @MHFScot @mentalhealth @ramblersscot Great advice

[lee knifton @lee_knifton]

@PaulJSweeney @MHFScot Fantastic, and thanks for this

[Mental Health Foundation @mentalhealth]

We are alarmed by reports in @guardian about Government plans to start detaining people now in advance of flights to Rwanda in 3 months' time.

❗ There is no version of the government’s Rwanda plan which could ever be compatible with a compassionate or mentally healthy society.

[lee knifton @lee_knifton]

@markrowland77 Amazing run Mark

[CAPS @capsadvocacy]

Our colleague Azra had a great day in the Policy Influencing Workshop from @VOXSCOTLAND at the @JohnSmithCentre last week. Lots of new skills to help amplify the voices of people with lived experience of mental health issues!

[Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival @MH_arts]

We're excited to announce that SMHAF will return from 10 – 27 October 2024.

Our theme for this year is ‘In/Visible’ - we're excited for the diverse, inspiring and illuminating ways that artists and communities explore it.

Find out how to get involved: https://t.co/sYjGOxQWZZ

[StrathHealthPolicy @StrathHealthPol]

📢New CHP Blog by @MayaLjubojevic 📢 What is a "thriving city"? CHP PhD student Maya went to Balbriggan, Ireland, to find out more about how Thriving City Initiatives might help improve mental health & wellbeing in diverse urban settings https://t.co/DP4NKFWUMO

[lee knifton @lee_knifton]

@ProfKatSmith @HealthFdn @emma_econ @Strath_FAI @StrathHealthPol Brilliant news

[StrathHealthPolicy @StrathHealthPol]

NEWS 🚨 Read about CHP PhD student Khutso Dunbar's efforts to highlight the persistence of ethnic inequalities during the cost of living crisis https://t.co/7oGCRwiq1c