10/10/2022
Our mental health is influenced by our circumstances – having safe housing, fair work, being able to afford to buy food and pay the bills, and having supportive networks and communities all contribute.
To genuinely help people experiencing challenges with their mental health, we need to understand that mental health is not an individual endeavour, but a societal one.
Change is needed on a political and societal level. We need kinder politics, built on empathy and understanding of the challenges that many people face. We need nurturing communities in which people feel that they belong and are valued.
We will continue to campaign and work with others, pushing to work with the Welsh and UK government to raise awareness of the social determinants of mental health and the hidden effects of social inequality, emphasising and creating the conditions needed for people to thrive.
Find out about our approaches to mental health, and why we’re saying that our public health systems need to change: http://platfform.org/
