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mhhp is delighted to announce that Brighter Futures has just won the new three year contract to continue delivering the Staffordshire Mental Health Helpline service.  This comes just seven months after the service was the first helpline in the country to be certified to the 'CCA and mhhp Standard [ ... ]

Comic Relief opened its UK Grants Programme to voluntary and community sector organisations across the UK this week. This will be the last funding cycle under the current programme, and groups will have to wait a year before it opens again. Constituted voluntary and community groups, charities, soc [ ... ]

CCA and mhhp are delighted to confirm that Rethink has successfully achieved the CCA and mhhp Standard for Helplines© certification.  This brings the total number of helplines to achieve this standard to seven since it was launched at the end of 2010 with other members working towards the award.  [ ... ]

The Mental Health Helplines Partnership (mhhp) brings together mental health helpline service providers with the aim of improving access, choice, quality and support for everyone affected by mental health problems.   As a Trustee this is an opportunity to be a key player in mhhp’s success, cont [ ... ]

The Mental Health Helplines Partnership (mhhp) brings together mental health helpline service providers with the aim of improving access, choice, quality and support for everyone affected by mental health problems.   As a Trustee, this is an opportunity to be a key player in mhhp’s success, con [ ... ]

There's still a chance to apply for our grants fund, which is open for applications until 2 pm on Friday 30 March. They are looking for projects that challenge attitudes and behaviour towards mental health by bringing people who don't have experience of mental health problems together with those w [ ... ]

mhhp member and charity Rethink Mental Illness has launched a range of tools to help mental health professionals tackle the physical health needs of the people they work with.  The tools have been developed as part of the ‘20 Years Too Soon’ campaign, which aims to raise awareness of the fact  [ ... ]

CCA and mhhp are delighted to confirm that two more helplines have successfully achieved the CCA and mhhp Standard for Helplines© certification. Well done Mindline Somerset and WAND! This brings the total number of helplines to achieve this standard to six since it was launched at the end of 2010 [ ... ]

People with long-term conditions, such as diabetes or heart disease, are two to three times more likely to experience mental health problems than the general population. However, a systemic failure to identify these problems and provide effective support is resulting in poorer outcomes for patients  [ ... ]