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If you’re an organisation looking to partner up with a pretty awesome charity doing great things, why not consider Penumbra Mental Health?

Every partnership helps us in our work supporting 6250 adults and young people each year. Your sponsorship will be helping our life saving work.

If these stories have inspired you, drop Sheena a line to find out how you can support our life saving work.

The impact of our work

A Compassionate Ethos of Self-Empowerment

A Compassionate Ethos of Self-Empowerement Back in 2017, I was struggling with depression and substance use, and I was sectioned with psychosis. …

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Exploring North Berwick shore

Exploring North Berwick shore Penumbra Peer Support colleagues at Saint Stephen’s Court and Firrhill services, along with partnered Volunteer Edinburgh staff, accompanied …

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Steve’s approach to supporting young people

Steve’s approach to supporting young people It’s an upsetting truth that mental health services are not serving young people well. Pick up …

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Rich Howells and his blueballs adventures

Rich’s wellbeing adventures with the Edinburgh Blue Balls By anyone’s standards I have been pretty unlucky throughout my life. Despite this adversity …

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A Melting Pot of Mental Health Approaches

A Melting Pot of Mental Health Approaches Stunning architecture, warm weather, clean streets, and welcoming people are all things I discovered about …

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Jordan’s Story

Jordan’s Story My name is Jordan Stewart and I live in Kilwinning with my beautiful fiancée Skye and our rescue dog, Bella. …

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Play Your Part: Suicide Prevention

Play Your Part: Suicide Prevention Last year we unfortunately lost one of our classmates, Scott Carrigan. Scott was a very close friend …

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A little bit of light and hope

A little bit of light and hope My Penumbra journey began back in the summer of 2021, when I started as a …

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Colin’s peer journey

Colin’s peer journey I joined Penumbra Mental Health in April 2022, after working in retail for over thirty years. Changing jobs was …

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Corporate sponsors

The impact of our work

A Compassionate Ethos of Self-Empowerment

Exploring North Berwick shore

Steve’s approach to supporting young people

Rich Howells and his blueballs adventures

A Melting Pot of Mental Health Approaches

Jordan’s Story

Play Your Part: Suicide Prevention

A little bit of light and hope

Colin’s peer journey

How can we help you?

Courage

Compassion

Curiosity

Collaboration

Tell us about the young person you're referring

Let's get your details!

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