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There is no health without #MentalHealth💚 In 2025, let's make sure mental health is given the same priority as physical health by standing up against stigma and ensuring more people can access the support they need. #MentalHealthMatters #MentalHealthAwareness

Wishing everyone a joyful holiday season and all the best for 2025 💚 Natasha Müller Jules Chappell OBE Gaia Brignone

‼️New report alert ‼️ Breaking the Algorithm: Redesigning social media for youth well-being. This great new report dives into the complex relationship between social media and youth and offers some practical steps that we can take to ensure that we are creating a healthier online world for young people. A world that puts their wellbeing first and that tunes for positivity. The report begins by acknowledging the dual nature of social media: "Social media is a central force in young people’s lives, yet its role is complex and deeply individualized. The fragmented, algorithm-driven nature of platforms and the diversity of user experiences defy one-size-fits-all explanations, making it difficult to label social media as purely "good" or "bad" for youth mental health." "In short, untangling the impact of social media is like studying a storm that touches everyone but feels completely different depending on where you stand." Main takeaways: 👉 We need to create well-being focused algorithms - ones that move away from passive consumption towards allowing young people make active choices about how they engage with content. Platform priorities need to shift from maximising time spent online to promoting more meaningful and positive interactions. Pinterest, is a great example of a social media platform working to tune its algorithm for positivity! 👉 We need to focus on digital wellbeing and education. Almost all youth contributors to this report believe it is essential to teach young people about digital well-being and that this education should be incorporated into school curricula. Not only, but education needs to expand beyond cyberbullying to cover topics like screen time management, content curation and online safety. Go check out the trailblazer that is Larissa May and her not-for-profit #HalfTheStory, which is doing exactly this! 👉 We need to include youth voices! Including youth in research is essential, but their voices must also guide the decision making processes in all of the spaces that impact their online, and offline, lives. One org doing amazing work to make sure youth are being heard is In Tandem! Check out the full report here:

Check out Mindful Philanthropy's latest primer exploring Faith and Mental Health. This primer provides key insights into the intersection of faith and mental health, offering valuable strategies for how faith communities - which have long served as a central gathering point for connection and belonging - can be partners in supporting mental well-being. https://lnkd.in/dJy2D_dw

We are always so inspired by our friends at Ember Mental Health ❤️ Anna Kydd

About 12 billion working days are lost to depression and anxiety each year, costing the global economy $1 trillion. As this recent FT article highlights, we need to be more strategic about how we address mental health and wellbeing in the workplace. “We have found that how people feel at work is consistently a good leading indicator of future market and financial performance.” Read the full article 👇 https://lnkd.in/enJ7UZis

Are you a startup focused on tackling depression, anxiety or psychosis? If so, this incredible opportunity is for you! 📆 Deadline to apply is January 7th - please do share with your networks!

We are hiring! Come join our mental health team at USAID! https://lnkd.in/e5zRuQzJ

Great new job opportunity with an incredible organization, Humanity Crew! https://lnkd.in/eMkXaYmc

A great new article that touches on the power of integrating mental health into existing programs, such as maternal mental health. Also features our wonderful CEO Jules Chappell OBE 🤗 "Chappell described mental health as “a kind of golden thread” across the Sustainable Development Goals. Many of the funders within the Future Mental Health Collective, which Kokoro co-facilitates, address mental health as part of existing work in areas such as gender or early childhood. Climate action, another issue that affects almost everything else, offers a model for all those pushing for mental health investment: Chappell hopes that CEOs everywhere will one day be able to talk about their organization’s contribution to the “people crisis.” https://lnkd.in/e3iGREQ4