In the New Year, the Mayday mission, work and team will fully integrate into the Platfform team as we finalise our merger. Platfform is committed to taking forward the Mayday Trust mission for positive and lasting change in our public services and charities. This means that we will attempt to be led by the people […]
As you may be aware, this year I alongside the Board of Trustees, led Mayday Trust into a merger with a brilliant and radical mental health charity called Platfform. We share a mission to change how public services and charities think and behave, and for several years we’ve been collaborating on developing strengths-based and trauma-informed […]
“We are all human. We can’t be living isolated away from community.” It is clear that a good life was, for these respondents, something that did not exist in isolation from the wider world. One of the most commonly mentioned themes was the importance of being a part of the local community and the need […]
“Where is the humanity and compassion?” Where people interacted with systems (health, education, immigration, etc.), the way they were treated was often described as a barrier (or, sometimes, an enabler) to having a good life. Several people talked about the impact of being treated with kindness. When this was not happening, people could feel stuck […]
“A good life means you have many choices.” One of the main themes that emerged in conversations was the vital importance of participants being able to have choice and control over their lives. This could include specific elements – being able to get a job, being able to choose what you eat, and/or being able […]
Whatever our role – official, volunteer, or neighbour, being kind and showing compassion can have an enormous positive impact. Many participants shared positive and negative experiences of trying to access needed support. Feeling that people were understanding and empathetic could be hugely important in mental well-being and feeling that they are working toward that good […]
In this Wisdoms exercise, led by Caritas Westminster, representatives from local charities and organisations went out across London and Hertfordshire, to engage in deep listening with people on the streets, in day centres, in foodbanks, at coffee shops, and in families’ homes. This listening exercise was open to anyone who had migrated to the UK […]
We are excited to share that Mayday Trust is merging with Platfform, a leading mental health and social change charity based in Wales. Mayday is currently operating as a subsidiary of Platfform and will be merging into Platfform in the coming months. The decision to merge represents the clear alignment of both organisations’ visions, missions, […]
We’re delighted to share the final in-depth evaluation of our Be the Change SIB, Alex Fox, Mayday CEO, shares his thoughts below. Read the full report here. The National Lottery Community Fund Commissioning Better Outcomes CBO programme supports social impact bonds (SIBs) and other outcome-based commissioning models. This funded Mayday Trust’s initiative, “Be The Change,” […]
Alex Fox, Mayday CEO Meg, a PTS Coach in Northants, recently shared this insight into the experience of someone she was working alongside. J is a young man who was experiencing homelessness, struggled to access health and mental health services, and had debts unrelated to his own spending. All of this had a negative impact […]