Rethink Mental Illness

Rethink Mental Illness

Founded	1972 (1972)
Type	Charity
Registration no.	271028
Focus	Mental disorder
Headquarters	The Dumont; 28 Albert Embankment; London; SE1 7GR
Area served	UK
Key people	Chief Executive Mark Winstanley
Revenue	£37.5 million (2022)[1]
Website	https://www.rethink.org
Remarks	Challenging attitudes, changing lives
Formerly called	National Schizophrenia Fellowship; Rethink

Rethink Mental Illness Is a British charity that seeks to improve the lives of people severely affected by mental illness through their networks of local groups and services, information and campaigns. Its stated goal is to make sure everyone severely affected by mental illness has a good quality of life.

The organisation was founded in 1972 by John Pringle whose son was diagnosed with schizophrenia. The operating name of 'Rethink' was adopted in 2002, and expanded to 'Rethink' Mental Illness' (to be more self-explanatory) in 2011, but the charity remains registered as the National Schizophrenia Fellowship, although it no longer focuses only on schizophrenia.^[2]

Rethink Mental Illness now has over 8,300 members, who receive a regular magazine called Your Voice. The charity states that it helps 48,000 people every year, and is for caregivers as well as those with a mental disorders. It provides services (mainly community support, including supported housing projects), support groups, and information through a helpline and publications. The Rethink Mental Illness website receives almost 300,000 visitors every year. Rethink Mental Illness carries out some survey research which informs both their own and national mental health policy, and it actively campaigns against stigma and for change through greater awareness and understanding. It is a member organisation of EUFAMI, the European Federation of Families of People with Mental Illness.