| Centre for Mental Health
Website: http://www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk
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| Alias: | The Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health (old name ) |
| Activity: | Centre for Mental Health undertakes research and development activities in the field of mental health. These activities are particularly focussed on mental health care in prisons and the criminal justice system and on issues relating to the employment of people with mental health problems. Findings and recommendations are aimed at creating improvements on a national scale. |
| The preservation and protection of mental health in particular by: (a) advancing education and learning in the science and practice of mental health care; (b) promoting research therein and and the publication of the useful results of such research; and (c) providing or assisting in the provision of mental health care for those in need of such care . | |
| Income: | £2.4 million |
| Accounts: | 05 Apr 2010 |
| Registrar: | Charity Commission 1091156 |
Context
In February 2011 this charity announced its support for the government’s mental health strategy, quoting its joint Chief Executive, Bob Grove (whose c.v. includes four years working at the Department of Health):
We warmly welcome the Government’s commitment…
This was not very surprising, as the charity’s annual report in 2010 said that the charity:
…has continued to work closely with the Government’s Health, Work and Wellbeing programme to develop a national strategy for employment and mental health.
Bob was apparently welcoming the results of his own organisation’s work.
Details
The 2009/10 accounts show £2 million income from the Sainsbury group of charities, through the Gatsby Charitable Foundation. Much of the rest, however, seems to come from the state in the form of “grants and consultancy fees”.
The exact sources of this funding are not revealed. Page 16 of the accounts, where the information might perhaps be found, is missing from the Charity Commission’s copy, and the charity does not appear to publish its accounts in full on its website.
- Employment Support Programme: £118,986
- Prisons & Criminal Justice: £223,735
- Research and Policy: £36,523
— - Total: £379,244 (15.7% of income)
