ShawMind forges 8 years of successful advocacy to a new beginning

Shawmind was created by Sheffield-born UK/US entrepreneur, Adam Shaw, in 2016. The charity became the first ever Mental Health charity to force a Parliamentary debate in 2017 on the issue of children’s Mental Health in schools, and since then we have helped thousands of people across the UK with their Mental Health.

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A note of thanks...More to come.

Over the last 8 years, my very generous partners, our trustees and our very hard working team of employees have sacrificed and dedicated their time and resource overwhelmingly for our sole purpose and passion of ensuring we created action and impact for the next generation and to be a public voice and provide hope for those suffering in silence. Our belief is that humanity will always be greater than status. The last 8 years has been an enlightening journey, we sincerely hope over this period we have enabled children, teenagers, families and their loved ones the tools to help change their life and their mental health. It has been an incredible blessing and privilege to serve the mental health community over the last 8 years in the public domain, for which we are truly grateful for and indeed humbled.

It was an almost impossible decision to make, but we now feel the time is right to also shape a new future for our own lives and indeed that of our families and for that reason it is with a heavy heart that we have now made the decision to move away and retire from the public eye with our Mental Health advocacy through our own public charity projects. Our advocacy for Mental Health Wellbeing and Prosperity will always be unwavering, but the time now feels right to move forward and pursue our passion in a more private setting and to support other valuable public facing mental health initiatives.

Thank you to all, remember there is always, always, always hope. Life is truly worth living and there is always someone who cares and indeed shares the same lived experience as you, please never ever forget this.

Apply for funding!

Our passion, purpose and focus is to now provide direct funding and grants to vital and critical mental health charities, their projects, individuals suffering in silence and local families in desperate need across Sheffield and the local community. To apply for a grant or funding from ShawMind please contact contact@shawmind.org with the details of your projects and requirements. The more information we have the better. We consider every single application, but please bear in mind in some cases it can take us between 4 to 6 weeks to reply with a decision due to the large volume of requests we receive in dealing with the mental health epidemic. We will always reply to every application so please worry not, you will never go unheard.

Please also kindly consider to help us, so we can help to fund and provide far more vital projects in Sheffield and the surrounding areas through your additional generous donations – no size is too small. There are no paid employees in our charity, only volunteers and all funds donated are 100% directed towards the vital projects. Please be kind enough to consider a small donation if you are in a fortunate position to do so. Thank you for your generosity and support. This is our Sheffield, this is our community. These are our people in need. To kindly donate, please click the button below, it’s quick and easy.

Thank you
Adam Shaw (Chairman and Trustee)
Philippa Debono (Trustee)
Diana Konig Ronchetti (Governance and Trustee)
Christopher Winks (Trustee)

Adam Shaw - Founder & Chair