What does community mean to you?

Ewan Hilton

Chief Executive

Ewan Hilton, CEO, Platfform | We need to understand that community means very different things to people. It can be the place where you live, the places where you hang out online, it can be other people like you that you identify with.

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  1. Turning the tide in Wales: reflections on the Welsh Government’s Mental Health Strategy

    Platfform

    For Mental Health and Social Change

    It’s time for real change in Wales; for us to hear the voices of activists, people with lived experience of poor mental health, and staff within the system who have seen things not working. For their tireless campaigning to be reflected and enshrined in Government intent – and for that intent to turn into tangible action.

    12 May 2025
  2. A storm to weather: why I’m still fighting for homelessness funding

    Oliver Townsend

    Head of Connections and Change

    Oliver Townsend has been part of campaigns to protect housing support funding for almost a decade. Now, as many in the sector are warning things are harder than they've ever seen, he reflects on whether we can hold onto hope.

    12 December 2023
  3. My Experiences of Personality Disorder Diagnosis

    Sabrina Oakley

    “I feel that I cannot win. I feel I have no agency. My trauma is belittled. Mental health professionals have labelled me as manipulative, demonstrative, childlike, badly behaved, more difficult than others,  and less deserving of care.” …

    06 December 2023
  4. At breaking point: if funding is cut, homelessness services will close

    Platfform

    For Mental Health and Social Change

    You may have seen us and other charities and organisations campaigning around the Housing Support Grant. If the Welsh Government has to reduce this funding in the December budget, the consequences for homelessness services…

    01 December 2023