# Rethink Mental Illness

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 271028
- **Other names:** NATIONAL SCHIZOPHRENIA FELLOWSHIP, RETHINK MENTAL ILLNESS, RETHINK
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [01227970](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01227970)
- **Registered:** Oct. 31, 1991
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=271028


## Contact

- **Address:** 28 Albert Embankment, LONDON
- **Postcode:** SE1 7GR
- **Phone:** 0121 522 7007
- **Email:** info@rethink.org
- **Website:** www.rethink.org



## Activities

**Objects:** 2. History and Objects2.1 The National Schizophrenia Fellowship was founded for the benefit of people experiencing schizophrenia and related conditions and their carers. Over the years the Charity has evolved and now works to improve the lives of everyone severely affected by mental illness, including schizophrenia and psychosis, bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety and personality disorder.  To achieve this, the Objects are: (a) to improve the lives of people severely affected by mental illness and their families and carers through local support groups and services;(b) to provide expert advice, information and training to the public in the field of mental health and welfare, including influencing Government and decision makers more widely; and(c) to advance awareness and understanding as to the causes, consequences and management of mental illness, working to decrease the stigma surrounding it.

**Activities:** To provide information, advice, support &amp; services of the highest standard to those experiencing severe mental illness, their families &amp; carers, in areas such as housing, education &amp; training, rehabilitation &amp; employment and recreation. To spread understanding about severe mental illness. To campaign nationally &amp; locally for high quality care, including both acute &amp; long-term services.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Disability
- **Who:** People With Disabilities, Other Defined Groups



## Geography

- Throughout England





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Aphra Tulip-Briggs |  | Feb. 8, 2018 |
| Christine Stead |  | Nov. 14, 2020 |
| Dr James Richard Cowan |  | May 21, 2026 |
| Dr Zoe Swithenbank |  | Sept. 4, 2025 |
| Edward George Alexander Gorringe |  | Jan. 21, 2021 |
| Ian Paul Jackson |  | Feb. 28, 2019 |
| Jasvinder Kaur Balghan |  | Feb. 27, 2005 |
| Joanna Frost-Bryant |  | Feb. 29, 2024 |
| John Robert Liver |  | Feb. 8, 2018 |
| Kathryn Tyson |  | Feb. 8, 2018 |
| Rajen Sheth |  | June 6, 2022 |
| Ranjit Thaliwal |  | Sept. 4, 2025 |
| Rosalind Clare Homan |  | Nov. 13, 2021 |
| Sara Jane Thakkar |  | May 21, 2026 |
| Simon Spencer Brauner-Cave |  | Sept. 5, 2024 |



## Linked charities

- BEFRIENDING VISITORS SERVICE (271028-1)
- BEFRIENDING VISITORS SERVICE (271028-2)
- CAREFUND (271028-3)



