Together's services in Reading are delighted to share some incredible feedback received on the #LivedExperience of individuals who were supported with their #MentalHealth between Sept 24 & June 25 🙌. Read more about the results @TogetherBerks received at

CW: discussion of suicidal thoughts. Comedian Paul Foot shares open #LivedExperience on struggling with his #MentalHealth including #Anxiety & #Depression explaining a recent realisation helped him find joy & how an assault when he was a child impacted him

Article highlights study that has shown young people in coastal towns are 3 times more likely to struggle with their #MentalHealth with #LivedExperience from people that live in the areas pointing to issues like over-emphasis on tourism & closing shops

Article looks at impact on the #MentalHealth of children who have Special Educational Needs & Disabilities when their parents & guardians have struggled to find available specialist placements that provide the right support with #LivedExperience from both

On 2nd July our York Road Accommodation Service celebrated its 70th Anniversary with a celebration day for people who use the service, staff & professionals. 😀It was a day of positivity & connection where residents shared #MentalHealth #LivedExperience

We're thrilled that fundraiser Ellie Millar is taking on a 10 day trek in the Sumatran Jungle in Indonesia & chose to take donations for us because #MentalHealth is important to her & she has her own #LivedExperience. Read about the challenge & donate at

For #Pride2025 Together staff joined the parade & Fleur Smith, Support Worker at our Lawn Court Accommodation Service blogs about inspiration from the day & representing a #MentalHealth charity & #LivedExperience of being part of the LGBTQIA+ community

Piece looks at impact of deprivation in coastal towns & how negative media coverage effects young people's #MentalHealth with #LivedExperience from 4 people on how it makes them feel & how local arts house @HouseWingz & creativity it encourages has helped

Article features #LivedExperience from Karis on struggling with #PostnatalDepression & also with intrusive thoughts from #ObsessiveCompulsiveDisorder describing how it impacted her #MentalHealth & looking to raise awareness to help other parents to cope

Writer Fran Boait considers how #MentalHealth & #Wellbeing can be considered within workforces drawing on her own #LivedExperience of coping with depression & explaining how rather than overdiagnosis, housing insecurity or financial concerns impact people

Article looks at initiative set up in Essex by Peter Reeves encouraging Black men to share #LivedExperience with peers in groups to discuss their #MentalHealth to combat figures that show Black men are 3 times more likely to be sectioned than white men

Article has unguarded #LivedExperience from Tawana Musvaburi on struggling with her #MentalHealth after becoming a mother with an unexpected pregnancy & enduring postpartum depression & intrusive thoughts explaining how family & taking time helped her cope

Report looks at how people in the Borders in Scotland have been using wool from alpacas to knit with #LivedExperience on how the mindful activity boosts #MentalHealth & #Wellbeing plus there's some lovely footage of the alpacas themselves which is super 😀

Enthralling article featuring the work of artist Sam Cox & his huge project to doodle his house but also sharing #LivedExperience of struggling with his #MentalHealth experiencing #Psychosis & being sectioned with insights from him & his family on coping

Article features #LivedExperience by Caroline Butterwick on having felt lonely & isolated but then attending an open mic poetry night that helped her connect with her community & benefitted her #MentalHealth & #Wellbeing eventually sharing her own poetry

Article features open & detailed #LivedExperience from Andrew Griffiths on receiving an #Autism diagnosis later in life & the impact on his #MentalHealth & #Wellbeing prior to that explaining gaining that helped him & take on a new hobby of bodybuilding

Piece looks at a new study where #LivedExperience shows a higher prevalence of issues with #MentalHealth for people with autoimmune diseases like arthritis, psoriasis & others showing the effects of #PhysicalWellbeing, with women particularly impacted

Article looks at devastating impact on #MentalHealth of imprisonment for public protection (IIP) sentences focussing on Thomas White who developed psychosis with #LivedExperience from his family & shocking figures on the rates of suicide for people on them

Article looks at a study led by NHS Born in Bradford to consider the impact that living in an area with high air pollution & limited access to green spaces has on the #MentalHealth & #PhysicalWellbeing of people showing medical prescriptions increased

Actor Kimberley Nixon shares #LivedExperience of receiving #Autism & #ADHD diagnoses later in life & how that impacted her #MentalHealth explaining the relief she felt. She also describes coping with perinatal OCD when her child was born & how that felt