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Government's Response to Rural Mental Health: A Cause for Concern...

The release of the government's response to the EFRA has sparked deep concern within Rural Mental Health Matters, the sole organization representing the rural voice in England and Wales. Find out wha...

Published: November 2023

Neurodivergence Can Be Our SuperPower...

Neurodivergence is a term recently adopted by the mental illness and disorder community as an umbrella term - and we like it! It makes us feel like a superhero. Read how guest writer Laura-Ray Read ba...

Published: October 2023

The Only Organisation Supporting Disabled People in Rural Areas...

Studies show that people living in rural areas are at a higher risk of mental illness and suicide. This is a huge cause for concern because 3.4 billion people live in rural areas worldwide. Why are th...

Published: October 2023

Big hearts exist outside the big cities...

Socially connecting Shaftesbury: a rural area in the North of Dorset, just one of many zones that needs more support and local provision of mental health services....

Published: September 2023

Is your mental health content “able-bodied” exclusive?...

Sadly, the fitness industry and indeed 'the great outdoors' is mostly closed to many disabled people. You've only got to watch the Peloton ads, to see this. Isn't it about time this changed?...

Published: August 2023

Geographical inequalities: Who’s responsible?...

Access to nature has long been known to be beneficial for people’s mental health, it can even be prescribed, called green social prescribing. However, green surroundings do not outweigh the desolati...

Published: July 2023

Is Your Mental Health Support Service Exclusionary?...

The majority of the United Kingdom is rural, 90% of England and 98% of Scotland for example. Nonetheless, public facilities are concentrated in urban areas, such that the people living and working in ...

Published: June 2023

House of Commons Committee Report - Rural Mental Health Mattters...

The report relates to this, Melanie Costas Founder & CEO of Rural Mental Health Matters, called to give evidence to public enquiry into rural mental health, already on current website:...

Published: June 2023

We've launched our Rural Mental Health Matters - Million Steps Ch...

Walk, jog, run, hop or dance your way to a million steps in 100 days. That's 500 miles or the distance from London to Zurich, Switzerland BUT it's just the 10,000 steps average a day....

Published: December 2022

Listen to Rural Mental Health Matters & Melanie's Radio Interview...

Follow the link to listen to Melanie and Rural Mental Health Matters chat on the radio with Alfred Daily. Melanie tells Alfred how the grant will make a difference in extending the range of services a...

Published: November 2022

Rural Mental Health Matters has been awarded a National Lottery C...

Rural Mental Health Matters has been awarded a £10,000 National Lottery Community Fund Grant! This is to support the amazing rural mental health and wellbeing outreach project Socially Connecting S...

Published: October 2022

MPs Quiz Rural Representatives for Mental Health Inquiry...

On 26th April 2022 Melanie was invited to Parliment to give evidence to the EFRA Committee re the inquiry into rural mental health. The Committee started its inquiry into rural mental health because m...

Published: May 2022

Socially Connecting Shaftesbury - LAUNCH DAY MONDAY 25TH OCTOBER ...

'Socially Connecting Shaftesbury' is about connecting people living in rural North #Dorset with all aspects of mental health and wellbeing related support/services, groups and other community organisa...

Published: October 2021

Melanie has been writing for the Centre For Mental Health - Unsee...

Those of us living with a mental health condition (be it diagnosed or undiagnosed) can often feel marginalised or invisible, and for those living in rural and remote communities this can mean feeling ...

Published: December 2020

Looking After Your Mental Health During the COVID-19 Lockdown...

The COVID-19 lockdown and the importance of looking after your mental health....

Published: April 2020

RMHM Featured on The Alfred Daily Podcast...

Melanie Costas interview on The Alfred Dailey Podcast...

Published: March 2020

Launch of Rural Mental Health Matters...

At Rural Mental Health Matters we received our very first Grant Funding! A Try It Award from UnLtd has enabled Rural Mental Health Matters to launch our new website with the help and expertise of Alac...

Published: November 2019

Looking For Volunteers...

I’m looking for like minded volunteers and Trustees passionate about all things mental health and wellbeing! (I also need business plan/finance expertise, fundraising enthusiasts and tea & cake...

Published: October 2019