Off The Record: Meeting young people where they're at
Thea Joshi sits down with Chantal and Jamie from Off The Record Croydon to discuss the work they do with young people who have experienced youth violence. They discuss the challenges facing the young ...
31 Tammi 202347min
Sarah Hughes: How working at the Centre has changed me
For our last episode of 2022, Sarah Hughes, outgoing chief executive of the Centre talks to Thea Joshi about her time at Centre for Mental Health. She reflects on the preconceptions she had about poli...
16 Joulu 202237min
Ed Davie: The cost of living crisis and mental health
Thea Joshi hears from Ed Davie, Policy & Public Affairs Lead, about the cost-of-living crisis and the toxic impact poverty has on mental health. He shares some of the evidence on the links between pov...
22 Marras 202236min
Young Changemakers: Reimagining mental health for racialised communities
Thea Joshi is joined by Ayanda Sibanda (Changemaker Coordinator at The Diana Award), Aaliyah Mulenga (one of our Young Changemakers) and Kadra Abdinasir (Associate Director for Children and Young Peop...
25 Loka 202231min
Juliet Snell: Reimagining support for children's mental health
Juliet Snell joins Thea Joshi to discuss how we can better support children's mental wellbeing. Drawing on our evaluation of a BBC Children in Need programme, Juliet talks about the rediscovering the ...
13 Loka 202236min
Steve Gilbert OBE: Rethinking the Mental Health Act
Thea chats with Steve Gilbert about his own experience of the Mental Health Act and how this shaped his work as Vice Chair of the Independent Review (led by Sir Simon Wessely). Steve discusses the wea...
31 Elo 202238min
Tom Pollard: Poverty, benefits and mental health
Thea speaks to independent policy expert Tom Pollard about the fundamental issue of poverty, mental health and the benefits system. They discuss his recent research on how using food banks impacts peo...
29 Kesä 202230min
Hope Virgo: Driving change in eating disorder care
Author and campaigner Hope Virgo joins Thea Joshi to discuss her experience of anorexia, her campaigning around BMI and menu calorie labelling, and how she is navigating pregnancy while in recovery fr...
30 Touko 202238min
