Peer Support Has Transformed My Life 29 Jun 2020 Jane blogs about how working with women’s groups as part of the Women Side by Side programme has given her a new self-belief.
Mental Health Support for Women Must Not Be Overlooked in Wake of Pandemic 29 Jun 2020 Mind and Agenda are calling for investment in tailored mental health support for women, following a £1.8m Tampon Tax-funded pilot programme of women-only peer support.
Long-Term Rise in Self-Harm in Young Women is About More Than Social Media 26 May 2020 Charities warn of the risk the impacts of the pandemic pose to young women’s mental health as new research lays bare the connection between poverty and self-harm in young women.
Action Needed To Ensure Disadvantaged Women Are Not Ignored During Covid-19 2 Apr 2020 Today, more than 40 organisations have written to the Prime Minister to demand that the most disadvantaged women are not ignored by the Government during this pandemic.
Agenda Responds to New Rough Sleeping Figures 27 Feb 2020 Jemima Olchawski, Chief Executive of Agenda, responds to the government’s rough sleeping statistics for England.
Where Are The Invisible Girls? 16 Jan 2020 We need to shift to a more gendered understanding of ‘risk’ and ‘harm’ as it affects young people and wider society.
All Public Services Should Be Trauma-Informed 28 Nov 2019 New report published today by Centre for Mental Health and Agenda explores how trauma-informed approaches are being implemented by public services.
Taking Breaking Down the Barriers to Greater Manchester 14 Oct 2019 Jemima Olchawski and Donna Covey, Chief Executives at Agenda and AVA, discuss the need for the findings of our Breaking Down the Barriers report to be taken into account in policy and practice.
Urgent Change Needed For Mothers in Prison 9 Sep 2019 Jess Southgate, Policy Manager at Agenda, welcomes the government's 'The right to family life: children whose mothers are in prison' report and calls for urgent change is needed for mothers in the criminal justice system.
Suicide Rates Among Young Women and Girls Reaches Record Levels 3 Sep 2019 Responding to rising suicide rates among young women and girls, Jess Southgate, Policy Manager at Agenda, calls for investment in mental health support.
Mental Health Services Failing To Ask Women About Domestic Abuse 13 Aug 2019 Exclusive data shows many NHS mental health trusts fail to make enquiries about domestic violence and abuse. We call for the Domestic Abuse Bill to change this.
Domestic Abuse Survivors Three Times More Likely to Experience Serious Mental Illness 7 Jun 2019 Jemima Olchawski, Chief Executive of Agenda, responds to new study on female survivors of intimate partner violence and risk of serious mental illness.
