The McPin Foundation

It's been a busy year for McPin! We're taking a short break over the festive season & the office will be closed Wednesday 25th Dec to Wednesday 1st Jan, re-opening Thursday 2nd Jan 🎄 Warm wishes to our partners & followers, we look forward to working and sharing more with you in 2025 💙

The lives of young people with psychosis are being transformed due to a new study focussing on early intervention. The EYE-2 project refined the work of the EYE (Early Youth Engagement) study, which was developed as a new approach for working with young people, their parents and Early Intervention in Psychosis (EIP) staff, to prevent poor engagement in services. It was led by researchers at Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, with patient and public involvement (PPI) work from McPin, and was recently featured on BBC News! We spoke to interviewee & peer support worker Craig Mackie about his experience 👉 https://lnkd.in/ezdWBcvm NIHR (National Institute for Health and Care Research) #Psychosis #MentalHealth #PsychosisSupport #YouthMentalHealth

Do you have a passion for mental health research with lived experience at its heart? Would you like to support people to be involved in a range of mental health research studies? We're looking for a Senior Peer Researcher and Involvement Officer to join our team and help us transform mental health research. This post is fixed term for 1 year, and would ideally suit someone with well-developed research skills who is keen to develop further, and willing to lead on projects as well as working with others. Deadline Tuesday 14th January 2025 at 9am. Find out more & apply here 👉 https://lnkd.in/eMwpqq52 #LondonJobs #MentalHealthResearch #ResearchJobs #PeerResearch

Learn more about our first Young People’s Training Academy and what young people had to say about it. Over 5 weeks, our research and training manager, Abi Burgess ran a research introduction programme to around 40 young people. The sessions provided insights into research process and research methods, and using lived experience in research. https://lnkd.in/eAyXsj8U #Research #InvestinYouth

We are excited to share the summary research findings from the Peer Action Collective (PAC). The PAC are tackling youth violence by giving young people a voice. The research looks to understand young people’s experiences and opinions on youth violence, conducted by a group of young peer researchers. The report explores how schools can function as a protective factor against youth violence by enhancing support around exclusions. The PAC is motivated to turn research into social action, please connect with them and be heard. Please see ‘Our Invitation to you” Pg 20. to see how you can make a difference. Read the findings -  https://lnkd.in/eqP-SwtX McPin news piece - https://lnkd.in/eCcuQGkG #StopViolence #PeerResearch #youthEmpowerment

Are you interested in how influencers talk about mental health on social media? There's opportunity for young people to have a say.👂🗣️ Please contact Shioma-Lei, s.craythorne2@aston.ac.uk with your name, D.O.B, and a statement expressing why you are interested. Deadline closes: Wednesday 15th January 🗓️ For full info, see https://lnkd.in/ezWrM6PM #influencer #mentalhealth

If you do public involvement & engagement as part of your research, we now have an animated version of the Charter for Public Involvement & Engagement from the NIHR (National Institute for Health and Care Research) School for Public Health Research (SPHR) Public Mental Health programme. The Charter shares best practice for fully embedding public involvement and engagement into research, and aims to ensure public perspectives are integral to decision-making in public mental health research and research outcomes. It was co-created by McPin, members of the NIHR SPHR Public Mental Health programme, and public partners. Find out more about the programme here 👉 bit.ly/3Bp74Sh And watch the video here! 👉 https://lnkd.in/ewRY6Abw #MentalHealthResearch #PublicMentalHealth #ResearchMethods #PPI #PublicInvolvement

Today we have launched a report with University of York and York St. John University on ‘Right Care, Right Person’, aimed at reducing avoidable police involvement in incidents where there is a mental health need. It explores health & care staff views on its implementation. We have also published a blog exploring early learning on the impact of Right Care, Right Person within health and care, including the experiences and impact of implementation on staff and services supporting those with mental health needs. Explore the content in full ⬇️ Blog: https://lnkd.in/eYtqBXTd Report: https://lnkd.in/eQNASfnc

Are you looking for new ways to apply your leadership and governance expertise, alongside your mental health/mental health research experience? There is still time to apply to become a new McPin Trustee, the deadline for applications has been extended to Monday 9th December 9am. Not quite right for you at this time? Be sure to repost and share with those who might be. See Job opportunities, "Trustees" https://lnkd.in/gfCHmpFT

Earlier this week the new Mental Health Bill had its 2nd reading in the House of Lords. The idea is that the outdated Mental Health Act will be modernised to better support patients, treat them more humanely and address disparities. The bill aims to improve patient experiences, choice & autonomy, tackle racial discrimination & better support those with learning disabilities. While we are encouraged to see some of these proposals, we urge a holistic and transparent approach. We will be asking ourselves how our research can move us closer to better mental health for all, in light of the new Mental Health Bill. Read our response in full here 👉 bit.ly/3ZauR0r #MentalHealthBill #MentalHealthPolicy #MentalHealthResearch #MentalHealthAct