Community
The things that happen when we belong: community, mental health, and what’s coming next
Mental Health Awareness Week (12-18 May 2025) focuses on ‘community’ – but what does that mean to you?
Is it a place, a particular group of friends, a common cause, or is it a feeling of simply belonging? Tell us what you think it means to you here.
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What does community mean to you?
9 May 2025 | 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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Welsh Government’s Mental Health Strategy: our response
We’re pleased to see the Welsh Government Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy move towards a greater focus on community resources, open-access support, and an understanding of the wider social and systemic factors that affect our mental health. …
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Community projects
We all need to connect with others, and to feel part of the world around us. Our community projects and wellbeing activities give people the chance to come together, learn new skills and hobbies and enjoy spending time with each other - whatever their confidence level.
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Events
We're part of a movement for social change, this is is where we publicise our own and fellow movement members' events and happenings - enjoy!
