It’s no secret that health services are stretched. And for young people, access to high quality mental health support is often out of reach. How then, did communities across Merton convince a local health trust to fund MILLIONS into new and improved services? 

Join us for this episode, as guest Ranjeet Singh, Director of Communications at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, likens the Trust’s evolving partnership with South London Citizens to a ‘marriage’: full of communication, common interests and a healthy dose of tension. 

Hear also from James Potter, Chaplain and Mental Health Lead at Wimbledon College, and Peter Brierly,  Assistant Director at Citizens UK. They describe how a newly formed alliance of students and community groups was able to totally transform the landscape – with impacts still paying off for young people today. 

TW: Reference to mental health struggles and suicide.

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