1. MENTAL HEALTH CHARITIES: A thread. The frustrating thing about charities & govt funded orgs is they are gagged to remain neutral. The causes, triggers & worst stressors of mental health issues are social, environmental, political. Roof over head, disability benefit, etc >
2. Yet charities can’t comment. So all the resource and funding goes to orgs who structurally are prevented from helping where it is needed most - they can try to soothe the trauma a bit but not get anywhere near stopping it. This means that the only way to really do that is by >
3. not being a charity, because if that’s what you are, you become pretty useless when govt policies lead to thousands of deaths of people with mental health conditions and you want to organise a special day or coffee morning to chat about mental health. Some organisations like >
4. @Greenpeace seem to have managed to do it by having a charity and non-charity side so that they can carry on with their activism. It’s a shame that @MindCharity hasn’t taken the same approach. I wonder if it could look to organisations like @amnesty and Greenpeace to rethink >
5. their approach? Atm a hell of a lot of resource goes to big #MentalHealth charities that doesn’t make it to grassroots survivor/service user led groups, the ones who really are working to make change happen, save lives. Tiny but mighty: @StopSIMMH @RITB_ @MadCovid >
6. so if you are feeling generous & want to donate to a mental health cause, consider a service user led group. If you are a SU led group or organisation, think twice about the charity status and how you structure your organisation. Be smart, like Greenpeace #VivaLaLXPRevolution
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