Funding pressures threaten Cumbria mental health services

Summarised from 4 outlets · Updated 3 Nov, 17:16 · Archive

Healthy Hopes Cumbria warns that funding pressures threaten its mental health and wellbeing services.

Healthy Hopes Cumbria, a registered charity, runs mental health and wellbeing group sessions in Whitehaven, Workington and Maryport. The organisation has warned that funding pressures could threaten services for people experiencing poor mental health, loneliness and social isolation, particularly as suicide in Cumberland has risen by 10 per cent.

Director Kerry Manson said the charity has provided community-based health and wellbeing support in Cumbria for 11 years. She described seeing 'first-hand how difficult it has become to secure funding, even for services that are established, well attended and making a genuine difference to people's lives'.

Mans Manson identified insurance, DBS checks, office rent, administration and financial management as essential costs that funders typically will not support. She said: 'These are not optional extras; they are fundamental to running a responsible charity and delivering services safely.' Many funding schemes focus on direct project work, leaving organisations to find money for basic operating costs.

Ms Manson acknowledged that funders themselves face pressure from limited budgets and rising demand, but warned that spreading funding between more organisations could mean each received too little to maintain its work.

How it is being reported

• Funding pressures threaten vital mental health and wellbeing services, charity warnsHealthy Hopes Cumbria warns funding pressures threaten mental health and wellbeing services in as suicide in Cumberland rises by 10 per cent.Westmorland Gazette · 3 Nov, 17:00
• Funding pressures threaten vital mental health and wellbeing services, charity warnsHealthy Hopes Cumbria warns funding pressures threaten mental health and wellbeing services in as suicide in Cumberland rises by 10 per cent.News & Star · 3 Nov, 17:00
• Funding pressures threaten vital mental health and wellbeing services, charity warnsHealthy Hopes Cumbria warns funding pressures threaten mental health and wellbeing services in as suicide in Cumberland rises by 10 per cent.NW Evening Mail · 3 Nov, 17:00
• Funding pressures threaten vital mental health and wellbeing services, charity warnsHealthy Hopes Cumbria warns funding pressures threaten mental health and wellbeing services in as suicide in Cumberland rises by 10 per cent.Whitehaven News · 3 Nov, 17:00

In this story: Healthy Hopes Cumbria · Kerry Manson · Cumbria · Whitehaven · Workington · Maryport · Cumberland

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