MHM are honoured to have received a special ‘Third Sector Partnership Working’ award from Positive Practice in Mental Health (PPiMH), alongside two other fellow charities Certitude and NAViGO Care. The award recognised the achievements all three charities have had working in partnership with the NHS to deliver effective mental health support services.

Fantastic evening once again at @PositivePracti1 #MHAwards18 with all teams highly commended in their tough categories! 🎉Honour to share the stage with @MHM_Info & @Certitude - all awarded the 'Third Sector Working in Partnership' Award! #TeamNAViGO pic.twitter.com/2n74AAJYW6

— NAViGO (@NAViGOCARE) October 12, 2018

Although the MHM team were sadly unable to attend the awards event this year, we were honoured to have been recognised alongside such inspiring charities, and we were following Twitter eagerly enjoying the photos and updates from those lucky enough to attend.

Our CEO Helen Mackay is a great supporter of the PPiMH Collaborative and is committed to ensuring that voluntary organisations and charities (whatever their size) have a respected and valued role in the development of PPiMH. Helen stated that the Collaborative have many, many positive examples where voluntary organisations/charities and the NHS partner together in providing amazing services for the most vulnerable people in our communities - and that she is “chuffed to bits” that MHM, NAViGO and Certitude have been recognised for their achievements. Helen (along with Liz Durrant of Certitude) co-leads the PPiMH VCS Special Interest Group promoting the value of services provided (in partnership with the NHS and independently) by voluntary organisations and charities.        

Congratulations to @MHM_Info & @navigocare who along with ourselves won the Third Sector working in partnership with the #NHS award at the #MHAwards2018 last night. We were honoured to be on stage with such great organisations! #FridayFeeling pic.twitter.com/qwqqew6zaa

— Certitude (@Certitude) October 12, 2018

Positive Practice in Mental Health (PPiMH) is a user-led multi agency collaborative of seventy-five organisations, including NHS Trusts, Clinical Commissioning Groups, charities and service user groups – and MHM is proud to be one of these members. The Collaborative aims to promote and improve mental health services by identifying and disseminating evidence of positive practices, working together across organisations and sectors to facilitate shared learning, and raising the profile of mental health with politicians and policy makers. The annual awards are a great opportunity to recognise, celebrate – and learn from – organisations who are leading best practice.

Chuffed to bits that MHM shared the stage last night with Navigo (@NAViGOCARE) and Certitude (@Certitude) 2 amazing organisations in receiving our PPiMH Special Award for 'Third Sector Working in Partnership with the NHS'. @MHM_Info #PPiMHVCSfamily

— Helen Mackay (@helenmacmhm) October 12, 2018