Poverty and Mental Health Event 2017

On the 18th May 2017, Compassionate Communities held a Ted-style evening with 6 inspiring speakers exploring the cyclical link between poverty and mental health. Below are the 6 talks for the evening.

Over the coming 12 months, Compassionate Communities will host learning communities on each of these theme areas to enable deeper learning and greater connection.

PowerPoint Slides from the evening

A Theology of Mental Health

Religion and Wellbeing Report

Mental Health and Young People

Mental Health and the Family

Having the confidence to engage

Asset Based Approach to Mental Health

Video Library

RESOURCES AND FURTHER READING

Below we’ve created a library of links and blogs to resource parishes. If you know of any other resources which would benefit churches in their engagement please do let us know by emailing Andy

Theos: Religion and Wellbeing Theos: Religion is important went talking about wellbeing Theos: Christianity and Mental Health Report Theos: Spiritual aspects of depression

Theos: Religion and Wellbeing Exec Summery Theos: Religion and Wellbeing Full Report

BBC: Housing problems causing mental illness BBC: Instagram ‘worst for young mental health’

CSJ: Addressing mental health is crucial in tackling the root causes of poverty.

Mental Health Access Pack: Helping the church support those struggling with mental health issues

Mind: People with mental health problems made more unwell by benefits system

Money and Mental Health Institute

Independent: Poorer women far more affected by anxiety than men, study finds

The Guardian: Mental illness and poverty: you can’t tackle one without the other The Guardian: If we want to improve mental health, first we need to tackle poverty

Word on the Street: Poverty and Mental Health Word on the Street: Fatherhood: the impact of fathers on children’s mental health Word on the Street: Care farms