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The Big Debate: Tackling child mental health crisis and poverty together

6 mins read Health Social Care
A report by the Children & Young People’s Mental Health Coalition highlighted the links between mental ill health and child poverty. Three experts discuss if it is possible to solve the crisis without addressing poverty
Poverty in the home is a key contributor to children's mental ill health. Picture: Rafael Ben-Aru/AdobeStock

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Andy Bell, chief executive, Centre for Mental HealthAndy has been with Centre for Mental Health since 2002 and became chief executive in 2023. He has worked for more than 25 years in the voluntary sector, and was the driving force behind the Commission for Equality in Mental Health, established to investigate inequalities in mental health.

Will Snell, chief executive, Fairness FoundationAfter several years at the Department of Health and then the Department for International Development, Will left to set up a skills mentoring programme for entrepreneurs in Kenya. He joined Global Witness in May 2020, before becoming the founding ceo of the Fairness Foundation in April 2021.

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