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Veterans Mental Health Conference
Our colleagues at KCMHR are delighted to announce that tickets for the 2024 Veterans’ Mental Health Conference are now available to purchase here. The conference will be held at Bush House South East Wing, at the Strand Campus, of King’s College London on Tuesday...
Welcome to our New Project Manager
Joining our new Chair, Angus Kerr, we have a new Project Manager, Mark Woosey, coordinating the day to day activities of the group. Mark is a husband/dad, veteran, ageing sportsman and wannabe psychologist. Most of his career has been in the military – sponsored thro’...
Additional major Veterans’ Foundation grant to continue dedicated fund for increased and faster access to mental health treatment for veterans in 2023
The Contact Group is delighted to announce that, following a successful funding application, the Veterans’ Foundation will provide a further major grant in 2023 worth up to £200,000 for the continued facilitation of increased capacity and faster access to mental...
Contact receives small charity funding for QNVMHS from Lloyd’s Patriotic Fund
The Contact Group is delighted to have been successful in applying for a grant from the Lloyd's Patriotic Fund small grants programme to help facilitate the participation of 10 small charities in the Contact & RCPsych Quality Network for Veteran Mental Health...
Contact Group Military Mental Health event in Cardiff – 22 June 2022
The Contact Group is the UK collaboration for military mental health policy, treatment and research, and the mental health cluster for Cobseo. Supported by the Veterans' Foundation and NHS England & NHS Improvement, Contact was delighted to host a one-day military...
Six-figure support to heal veterans’ mental scars
A £200,000 charity partnership will address spiralling demand for mental health services among British Armed Forces veterans suffering with mental health conditions such as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and depression. This ground-breaking collaboration...
New Veterans’ Foundation grant provides dedicated fund for increased and faster access to mental health treatment for veterans
The Contact Group is delighted to announce that, following a successful funding application, the Veterans’ Foundation has agreed to provide a grant to facilitate increased capacity and faster access to mental health treatment for veterans through a dedicated treatment fund aimed at addressing unmet demand.
Forces in Mind Trust announces a further three years of funding to the Contact Group
Forces in Mind Trust has awarded a further 3 years’ funding to the Contact Group (Contact) to provide the financial stability the Group requires to build on their collaborative work across UK military mental health policy, treatment and research. Following the...
Contact receives Veterans’ Foundation grant to help improve and assure quality of veterans’ mental healthcare
The Contact Group is delighted to have received a Veterans’ Foundation grant that will help ensure UK veterans receive the best standards of mental healthcare, through a new service providers' quality improvement and accreditation network that Contact has established...
Quality Network for Veterans Mental Health Services inviting new participants for Sept 2021
The Quality Network for Veterans Mental Health Services (QNVMHS), a collaboration between Contact and the Royal College of Psychiatrists, is currently inviting UK veterans mental health (VMH) teams involved in the delivery of mental healthcare to military veterans...