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“I think it helps to talk about mental health – I know it would have helped me”.
Yesterday was a big day of announcements on mental health from the Scottish Government in their Programme for Government.
SAMH welcomes today’s Programme for Government, which pays greater attention to mental health than any Scottish Government programme has done before.
Charity calls for sporting organisations to take action and sign up to Scotland’s Mental Health Charter for Physical Activity and Sport.
SAMH welcomes Scotland’s Suicide Prevention Action Plan published by the Scottish Government today which shows ambition and commitment to making suicide prevention a national priority.
SAMH is encouraged by the reduction in the number of people who died by suicide last year, however we cannot become complacent.
SAMH welcomes the announcement today of significant new funding from the Scottish Government for suicide prevention.
We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity, respect and equality.
By promoting our campaigns, emailing or speaking to your MSP or attending group lobbying events you can help transform the lives of those affected by mental health problems and get us all thinking about our own mental health.
