Plan to help prevent mental health crisis

A community-led action plan to prevent a mental health crisis and promote recovery has been launched, featuring the appointment of 400 mental health champions.

It will also open 100 hubs to give residents a place to get support.

South London Listens, a partnership between the NHS, local authorities and community organisations published its action plan to respond to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the mental health and wellbeing of our communities.

Launched in 2020 by South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust with the two other mental health Trusts, South London Listens heard from more than 6,000 people about what they needed to support their recovery.

The South London Listens Action Plan sets out how the South London Listens programme partners will deliver on their pledges over the next two years.

The plan covers 22 pledges across four priority areas including loneliness, social isolation and community involvement, work and wages, children, young people and parental mental health and access to services.

A total of 400 people will be trained as mental health champions to help those suffering from mental ill-health.

The programme will also establish 100 mental health and well-being hubs for people to turn to when they feel their mental health is low or simply to feel more connected with their local community.