About this theme
This theme covers topics relating to community-based approaches to mental health. Many Fellows over the years have undertaken projects in this area including as part of our three-year programme developed in partnership with the Mental Health Foundation which ran in 2016-2018. Partnership stories
Drawing on her own experience of caring for her mum, and her work alongside unpaid carers every day, Fi Brown reflects on the “mental load” of caring – and what it means to protect carers’ mental health before crisis point is reached. With Scotland’s ‘Right to a Break’ marking a significant shift in care reform, she explores why a legal right must translate into breaks that are genuinely meaningful and restorative, with prevention at their core.
By Fi Brown, 2026
By Jo-Anne Weekes, 2023
Dr Fi Brown (CF 2024) recently delivered a webinar for the Chartered Institute of Horticulture’s Social and Therapeutic Horticulture.
By Fi Brown, 2026
Dr Fi Brown (CF 2024) has been appointed as chair of Transition Edinburgh South following a period of having been the organisation's shadow chair.
By Fi Brown, 2026
Patrick Vernon (CF 2018) received the Trailblazer Award from Unite the Union as part of its Black History Month celebrations.
By Patrick Vernon, 2026
By Kathy Adcock, 2024
Dr Erica McInnis (CF 2016) delivered a talk at TEDxTrafford, challenging dominant Western psychological frameworks and calling for a shift towards African-centred psychology rooted in culture, collective identity, spirituality, and lived experience.
By Erica McInnis, 2026
Through his Churchill Fellowship, Charlie Samuda explored how schools in the USA, Canada, and South Korea are responding to the adolescent mental health crisis. Visiting over 30 organisations and schools, he examined how independent guidance, curriculum design, counselling, and safety systems can help schools support students more effectively. He reflects on what England could learn from these approaches as pressures on schools continue to grow.
By Charlie Samuda, 2026
By Scarlett Roberts, 2024
By Matthew Peters, 2024
