📢 We're looking for a special person to join our Hope & Healing project. Could that be you? ❤️ Communities & Devt Partner 🌱 £28,964 F/T hybrid + benefits 🕙 PT option (0.8 FTE) 📍 Travel to Cardiff/Blackwood offices, regular work in Newport 👉 email rhianpitt@platfform.org / view on platfform.org

Ty Cynnal provides a space for people where they can, with staff alongside them, think about what support is helpful, and allow the opportunity to connect, take time out and be heard.

We're looking for a creative thinker, passionate about building relationships and collaborating on the research, design, writing and submission of detailed tenders and grants. Check out details platfform.current-vacancies.com/Jobs/Advert/... #jobs #career #businessdevelopment

🥳 We're delighted to announce that Taraggan, our community gardening project, has achieved a Keep Wales Tidy Green Flag Community Award in recognition of their excellent standards! Huge thanks to our fantastic volunteers who made this possible!😍 📢 Read more here.. buff.ly/Nxmdjbn #GreenFlagWales

With the right support, skills & community connections, people can take their first steps towards employment. Our Torfaen Wellbeing Team helps individuals furthest from the job market to achieve their goals via a range of community wellbeing activities, and we're inspired to see the positive impact❤️

When you’re struggling with your mental health, hope can feel like the first step towards things getting better. Yesterday Deputy Minister for Social Care, Mental Health and Women’s Health, Delyth Jewell, passionately set out her priorities for her portfolio.

Ready to build your confidence & get back into work? This #EmployabilityWeek, we're celebrating our Pathways to Work team in Gwent, who help people move closer to employment through tailored support, practical advice & help to overcome barriers. Contact us today at gwentoows@platfform.org.

Yesterday’s Senedd debate on trauma and Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), led by Becca Brown, was powerful and moving. We want to recognise Sarah Cooper-Lesadd’s courage in sharing her own childhood experiences, and the stories shared by MSs from their communities as well as their own life.

What a wonderful, sunny weekend we had in Cardiff at the Pride Cymru parade! This year we joined the Tai Pawb contingent, a happy, warm & welcoming group, with lots of smiles and laughter along the way. That's what community is all about, and fundamental for good mental health. ❤️

Meet Ted, Platfform's Therapy Bear🤎 Our team of counsellors and wellbeing practitioners are now using a simple but powerful tool to transform how young people engage with mental‑health support in Swansea schools. 👉 platfform.org/5752-2/

Mabon ap Gwynfor’s statement for Health and Care is an important step towards improving our health services. The commitment to expanding community care so more people live well closer to home is necessary in achieving mental health transformation. 👉 buff.ly/rsuwoPD

Research shows that volunteering has a positive effect on wellbeing and can improve mental health. Our team supported Amy* into a volunteer role after she arrived in Caerphilly and struggled to find her feet. 👉 Follow the link to read her story buff.ly/o9WL9KP. *name changed to protect identity

Our volunteers tell us that being a part of their community helps them to feel connected, valued and gives them a sense of belonging. Last year we participated in 165+ wellbeing events across Gwent, supporting people back to work, helping them develop new skills. 👉 gwentoows@platfform.org for info

Join our #HopeAndHealing team as the Communities and Development Manager for Wales! You will play a key role in our communities-based and system-changing work in Wales and also provide project management across this work. Further details can be found here: bit.ly/4fYAEjw

Join our Hope and Healing team as the Campaigns and Communications Lead! You will lead the Campaign for Hope strand of activity as part of our Hope and Healing project. Deadline: Thursday 18th June, 9am You can find out more info about the role here: bit.ly/42X8vBY

The new Public Health Wales Health Needs Assessment: Mental Health of Babies, Children and Young People emphasises the critical importance of early relationships, community connection, and opportunities for belonging as key protective factors phw.nhs.wales/news/growing... #mentalhealth #connection

The theme of #MentalHealthAwarenesWeek is #Action and looking beyond awareness to practical steps for better mental health. While awareness is vital, real change comes when we take action.

At Tai Pawb event next week we will explain the social justice approach to mental health, how it can be applied to housing best practice, and the positive impact this can have on our sense of wellbeing and belonging. Book buff.ly/Tpche9l 19 May 2026 🕙 11:00 – 12:00am 💻 Online

Living in the Neath or Port Talbot area? Come and find us tomorrow, Wed 13 May from 10am-1pm at Mind Cymru's Information Event at Baglan Community Centre SA12 8PG. Find out more about our services and how we can help with your mental health, housing, finances & debt. See you tomorrow ❤️

Working together is a powerful force for change, and small actions, taken together, can make a big difference 💚 @mentalhealthfoundation #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek

The creation of safe, stable, and meaningful relationships is a mental health intervention. There is growing evidence that our mental health is fundamentally shaped by the circumstances in which people are born, live, work, and play. #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek

We're delighted to announce that our brilliant Employability Team have successfully secured a substantial two year grant to invest in our community volunteering projects. This is a huge boost for both the team and the people they support across Gwent and Caerphilly. 👉 Read more here: buff.ly/CNVWSKk

Yesterday, Emma & Jess from our Employment Team attended the Gwent Women's Conference at the Lysaght Institute to mark the upcoming International Women's Day 2026 - lots of interesting workshops & presentations including the impact of an inclusive community on mental health.

We can’t wait to hear from DUKE AL, who uses poetry to challenge OCD, process life after a type 1 diabetes diagnosis, and create change one rhyme at a time. His work shows us of the power of expression, creativity and community in supporting mental health.

At our fringe event chaired by Mabon ap Gwynfor, Dr Jen Daffin, Katie Dalton and Ewan Hilton discussed how real change can be achieved through opening and connecting access to support, managing transitions in a better way and taking a social justice approach to mental health.

We need an evolution in how we understand and approach mental health. It’s been great to spend time talking about it at Plaid Cymru conference over the last two days.

Accessing good quality and timely support for our mental health is essential for living fulfilling lives. Yet, under the current system, this does not always happen for everyone. At Plaid Cymru Conference, we'll be talking about turning mental health system inside-out, join us at the event.

A huge thank you to Kevin from Enterprise Mobility for their donation of £2.5k to support our wellbeing activities. This will enable the team to continue supporting people, giving them a sense of belonging and the opportunity to connect with each other ❤️ Read more here: buff.ly/Uwit5Al

Ramadan Mubarak to all observing Ramadan over the coming month. Wishing you a peaceful and reflective time, and a joyful Eid Ul-Fitr ahead.

This week, as part of WCVA Cymru's #WelshCharitiesWeek, we recognise the amazing work of the community groups and voluntary organisations who work alongside us to support people facing mental health challenges. Find out more about Platfform's community at buff.ly/V7AEEl3.