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* As well as providing mental health services, we work to improve mental health policy and practice through our Public Affairs Team. Follow the links to find out more about this part of our work
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Developing policy and lobbying
To help move forward debate on mental health issues, Together’s Public Affairs Team responds to official consultations, conducts research into mental health issues, and develops policy positions for the organisation, informed by the views of people who use our services and our staff.

The Team is also committed to working with local communities to raise awareness of mental health issues as well as building links with other groups, and actively encourages elected representatives to learn more about their local mental health services.

We also work to raise Together’s profile within the mental health sector by setting out our views on mental health policy and practice. And we provide comment to the media and opinion-formers, including politicians and civil servants. You can find out more about all these aspects of our work by following the relevant links below.

Draft Mental Health Bill
Visit our Mental Health Bill page to access campaign materials including our guide to the Bill Treatment not mistreatment, policy briefings, articles and the evidence Together submitted to the Joint Committee.

Media work
Visit the media room to read our latest news releases, briefings and articles by Together staff and service-users. Plus find out more about how our Public Affairs team can help you if you are a journalist.

Research
Follow the links at the foot of the page to download PDF versions of reports on the following pieces of research done by Together:

  • Reporting mental illness: a survey of journalists' attitudes to covering mental health stories
  • First National GP Survey of Mental Health in Primary Care
  • Members of Parliament and Mental Health Issues
  • We Did It Our Way! Report of the SURE team's user-controlled research project 24 October 2001 to 30 June 2003
  • Changing Light Bulbs? Research into the Role of Mental-health Support-workers in East Suffolk

Consultation responses
Read Together’s responses to recent Government consultations on mental health issues.

Henry Hawkins Lecture
To commemorate the work of our founder Rev Henry Hawkins, Together holds an annual Henry Hawkins Lecture to take forward the debate on current social-care practice.

Mental Health Alliance – working with other mental health organisations
Together is a core member of the Mental Health Alliance, an umbrella organisation formed to comment on the Government’s draft Mental Health Bill. Together service-users and staff play an active role in in its lobbying and campaigning.

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Downloads
  		• Reporting mental illness
  		• GP survey (145KB)
  		• MPs and mental health report (108KB)
  		• Changing Light Bulbs? Research into Role of Mental-health Support-workers in East Suffolk(39.7KB)
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