News & events
Mind Cymru attends WAG Charity Challenge Summer Party
20 July 2010: As one of three chosen charities of the year for the Welsh Assembly Government, Mind Cymru was invited to attend a Summer Party, held on 8 July 2010 at the National Museum Cardiff and hosted by Dame Gillian Morgan, Permanent Secretary of the Welsh Assembly Government.
The party was an opportunity to both showcase some of the talents of people who work for WAG and to highlight the work of the chosen charities; to raise money for them and to thank the staff at WAG who have worked hard this year to raise significant amounts of money for Mind Cymru's Positive Choices Project.
Mind Cymru and mental health are clearly important to the staff at the Welsh Assembly Government, who made comments such as "Mental health is so important in Wales", and "I think mental health is really important because I have a family member, (or a friend) who has had mental health problems".
WAG launches suicide and self-harm reduction action plan
2 Nov 2009: The Welsh Assembly Government recently launched 'Talk to Me', a national action plan to reduce suicide & self-harm in Wales. You can download a copy of the plan here.
WAG announces funding for Mind Cymru & partners to develop complementary programme to ASIST
October 2009: In partnership with Mind Cymru and the Positive Choices Project, Connecting with People has been awarded new funding totalling £85,000 from the Welsh Assembly Government to further develop this training programme to support delivery of The National Action Plan to Reduce Suicide and Self Harm in Wales.
Together with ASIST, Connecting with People will be a central part of a comprehensive suite of training for all sectors across Wales in suicide and self-harm, and will be evaluated by Public Health Wales.
Samaritans appoints new director in Wales
10 Sept 2009: Simon Hatch was recently appointed as the first Director of Samaritans in Wales. A major part of his role is to support the delivery of suicide reduction programmes across Wales.
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