From the 9th - 15th May it is Mental Health Awareness Week. This year, the theme is loneliness, something that we can all relate to after the Covid-19 pandemic. It said that loneliness and poor social connections are as bad for your health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day... so it's time to start talking about it.

A young carer is anyone under 18 who helps to look after a relative with a mental or physical illness, addiction, or disability. We think of care as only for the elderly or physically disabled. But in fact, 55% of young carers look after someone with mental illness.

To mark International Women's Day 2022, Saoirse Osborne reflects on society's progress towards gender equality and the way we still have to go.

Here at Hammersley Homes we are launching a huge campaign to raise awareness of the huge numbers of people affected by the day to day struggles faced by those suffering with mental illness, and raise £300,000 for the deposit we need to purchase a property for our first Hammersley Home.

We all know the difference between physical health and physical illness – that seems obvious. But the distinction between mental health and mental illness in every day parlance is not so easily defined – perhaps it’s just a language thing?

Hammersley Homes is excited to announce a new corporate partnership with local estate and lettings agent Hayward Fox.

Angus Cadwallader writes: Two mothers tell their story – what it’s like to provide life long care for an adult child who suffers with mental health challenges.