Platfform

Platfform Platfform is the charity for mental health and social change.

11/06/2026

Meet Ted, Platfform's Therapy BearđŸ€Ž

As part of our wider commitment to improving mental health support for children and young people, 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.

👉 Read the full story here: https://platfform.org/5752-2/

Mabon ap Gwynfor’s statement as Welsh Government’s Cabinet Minister for Health and Care this week is an important step t...
05/06/2026

Mabon ap Gwynfor’s statement as Welsh Government’s Cabinet Minister for Health and Care this week 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.

Our current system is under significant pressure and was not designed to meet the level of demand we’re now seeing – particularly in mental health. We need a bold change in our approach if we are to fix this.

Only 20% of our health outcomes are determined by clinical factors.

The other 80% is determined by factors outside of that, including where we live, work, what resource we have, what we eat and our social connections.

This means addressing mental health issues cannot just be the business of mental health services – it’s everyone’s responsibility.

And when people do need support, we need a mental health system that is same day accessible, needs led and takes a relational approach.

We look forward to working with the new Welsh Government and partners across Wales to help make these changes a reality.

https://www.gov.wales/new-health-minister-sets-out-bold-plans-nhs-wales

03/06/2026

Research shows that volunteering in the community has a positive effect on wellbeing and can improve mental health. Feeling valued and learning new skills to build confidence can be life changing. Following a referral from GAVO, our team supported Amy* into a volunteer role after she arrived in Caerphilly without any real connection to the place. She struggled to integrate, and didn't feel she had the confidence to take her next steps. Amy's experience shows how small steps can change the course of someone’s life.

👉 Follow the link to read her story https://platfform.org/blog/.

*name changed to protect identity


GAVO - Blaenau Gwent
GAVO - Newport

01/06/2026

What do our volunteers value?

The volunteers we support tell us that being a part of their community helps them to feel connected. It gives them a sense of belonging.

Last year we participated in over 165 wellbeing events, workshops and drop-in hubs across Gwent and Caerphilly and supported many people back to work. We do this by helping them to develop skills and confidence in a variety of voluntary roles.

To find out more, contact [email protected] to take your next steps.

GAVO - Newport
GAVO - Blaenau Gwent

Join our Hope and Healing team as the Communities and Development Manager for Wales! You will play a key role in our com...
01/06/2026

Join our Hope and Healing 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. You’ll also provide project management across this work, overseeing delivery and ensuring strong compliance and safe working.

You’ll support colleagues to deliver our Communities of Hope work, using this as a starting point for developing and delivering our work with systems. You’ll be skilled at developing relationships with stakeholders at different levels of the system, including being able to offer challenge and work alongside people to create change.

Further details can be found here: https://bit.ly/4fYAEjw

Join our Hope and Healing team as the Campaigns and Communications Lead! You will lead the Campaign for Hope strand of a...
28/05/2026

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.

You’ll bring knowledge and experience of a range of campaigning and approaches that can create change at different levels of the system, from communities to policy levels, and support the Hope and Healing partnership to use learning and relationships from the project to campaign for and create change.

You can find out more info about the role here: https://bit.ly/42X8vBY

27/05/2026

We're so excited to show you around the Swansea Hangout - all details here 👇😍

This new important report from Public Health Wales talks about the critical importance of early relationships, community...
21/05/2026

This new important report from Public Health Wales talks about the critical importance of early relationships, community connection, and opportunities for belonging as key protective factors for mental health.

This means we need to get it right for parents too. Ensuring we continue to build the support around the child and their family as they grow is key.

Do you work in housing or support teams in frontline roles? Mary Rogers will be running through our workplace support an...
18/05/2026

Do you work in housing or support teams in frontline roles?

Mary Rogers will be running through our workplace support and talk about ways we’re supporting housing and frontline teams with things like:
🟩Building confidence to navigate difficult conversations
🟩Having the tools to manage when things feel overwhelming
🟩Creating safe spaces to talk about the emotional weight of the work
🟩Strengthening community and peer support, so people don’t feel like they’re carrying this alone
🟩Leadership development and healthy cultures

21st May | 10:00 – 10:45am đŸ’» Online
Book here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/housing-teams-workplace-support-a-walkthrough-platfforms-catalogue-tickets-1985585593962?aff=oddtdtcreator

Address

Beaufort House, Beaufort Road, Morriston
Swansea
SA68JG

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

Telephone

+441792763350

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