Mersey Care's 'Count Me In' workshop develops plans to widen participation in research 

Service users and staff from Mersey Care have joined together at the start of a campaign called 'Count Me In' to help develop plans to widen participation in research. 

Research offers hope: M-RIC welcomes new service user and carer representatives and public advisors 

Hope was an important theme at a recent Mental Health Research for Innovation Centre (M-RIC) event in Liverpool to celebrate the recruitment of 10 new service user and carer representatives and over 30 public advisors. 

Free haircuts and mental health information at Safe Space pop-up in Walton 

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust and The Lions Barber Collective teamed up to run a free hairdressing and mental health event at The Blue Base in Walton. 

Children’s mental health project wins huge funding boost 

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust is a partner in a new Edge Hill University-led mental health project for children and young people which has won £2.5m for digital arts and arts therapies. 

Consultation event on improving services and treatment for people with mood disorders 

Service users and carers attended an event at The Life Rooms Bootle to share their different experiences and insights to help us shape the design of a new, dedicated mood disorders service. 

Government adviser launches new M-RIC headquarters 

A new Liverpool headquarters for the Mental Health Research for Innovation Centre (M-RIC) was formally opened by Professor Lucy Chappell, Chief Scientific Adviser for the Department of Health and Social Care and Chief Executive of the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). 

World renowned experts visit Liverpool to mark new Mental Health Research for Innovation Centre 

National UK Mental Health Mission co-chairs Professor Kathryn Abel and Professor Husseini Manji have visited Liverpool to learn more about the city’s exciting plans to accelerate mental health research.