NCS mental health programme offers too little, to too few, too late News Published 17 Aug 2017 Theresa May has today announced mental health training as part of the National Citizen Service (NCS) programme.
Primary care is changing - it is time to have the conversation Journals Published 31 Jan 2018 Regular column from Elaine Davies. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, January 2018
Our CEO meets Welsh Deputy Minister for Mental Health News Published 5 Oct 2021 Hadyn Williams discussed opportunities for our members to support the Welsh Government’s mental health priorities
Working together to influence change - a quick guide We need your support to help us influence change. Our guide contains suggestions for action that take just a few minutes but could have a significant impact.
BACP to give evidence on Scottish Government's £60 million school counselling programme News Published 4 Feb 2020 Our Children, Young People and Families Lead Jo Holmes to appear before Scottish Parliament's Education Committee
Welsh Government consults on new Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy News Published 4 Apr 2024 Members and counselling organisations can help shape future of Welsh mental health and wellbeing services
New report shows a quarter of children aren’t getting access to mental health care News Published 15 Sep 2017 BACP is concerned by findings in the Education Policy Institute (EPI) report which shows that over a quarter of children referred to specialist mental health services were not accepted into those services.
BACP shares Childline’s concern over high suicide counselling numbers News Published 17 Oct 2017 According to the 2016/17 Childline annual review, Not Alone Anymore, 22,456 counselling sessions were delivered to young people dealing with thoughts of ending their own lives - a rise of 15% compared to the previous year.
Campaign success as counselling scheme to support jurors launched News Published 8 May 2024 We’d backed calls for more specialist mental health support for jurors following difficult cases
Referrals to CAMHS up by a third News Published 15 May 2018 A BBC report has highlighted a worrying increase in the number of children being referred to specialist mental health services