The Right Here initiative, run by the Mental Health Foundation and the Paul Hamlyn Foundation, will explore new ways of providing mental health services for young adults through a series of pilot projects across the UK.
Andrew McCulloch, chief executive of the Mental Health Foundation, said the decision to set up the Right Here initiative was partly the result of the charity's Listen Up study. Listen Up found young people wanted more mental health support provided by voluntary services in the places they go to, such as youth centres and schools.
"Sixteen to 25 is a critical age group as they are going from education to work and many are quite vulnerable," said McCulloch. "We need to reach young people where they are, so the pilots we will set up will not be primarily located in healthcare settings but in the settings where young people go."
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