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Positive stories, useful developments and people making a difference in mental health.

Bath Spa University earns Mental Health Charter Award for whole-university approach
Bath Spa has been recognised through the University Mental Health Charter for work embedding mental health and wellbeing across university life.
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Former boxing champion takes on 1,800-mile cycle-and-swim challenge for suicide prevention
Darren Barker is travelling from Edinburgh to Morocco by bike and open-water swim to raise money for CALM in memory of Ricky Hatton.

Norfolk set for new walk-in mental health centres and dedicated crisis unit
Two new community mental health centres and a specialist mental health emergency department are planned for Norfolk as part of a national NHS expansion.

Community-based mental health approach shows promise in reducing hospital admissions
A UCL-led trial found that Open Dialogue, a model built around continuity, shared decisions and social support, was associated with less inpatient and crisis-service use.

UK mental health innovation scheme will bring patients, researchers, the NHS and industry together
A University of Manchester-led national initiative has launched to connect lived experience, researchers, the NHS and technology organisations around better mental health innovation.