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. On bumpy but exciting starts, relationships and complexity

    Ewan Hilton

    Chief Executive

    This is why we believe change urgently needs to happen - to bring about an evolution in how we understand and respond to mental health.

    Read the latest blog from Ewan, CEO at Platfform.

    26 January 2023
  4. The cost of living, and the cost of delay: why deeper change is needed now

    James Radcliffe

    'The energy price cap, while welcome, won’t address the fears of those dreading winter in a cold house. It won’t stop their savings being eaten away. And it won’t undo the damage done to our collective health’ - our Head of Policy explains the need for deeper change.

    04 October 2022
  5. Why it’s so important for 16 and 17-year-olds to vote

    James Radcliffe

    There are now less than five weeks to go until the Welsh Elections. They will be the first elections in Wales in which 16 and 17-year-olds will have the right to vote, and we will be encouraging everyone to vote.

    01 April 2021