Wellcome Trust & United for Global Mental Health

Areas of Focus for Their Donation

The Wellcome Trust support is critical for us to generate and share robust data and evidence to raise awareness of how climate and environmental degradation affect mental health, especially among key decision-makers. We advocate for mental health to be fully integrated into national and global climate responses, including policies on adaptation, mitigation, and loss and damage. And we are pushing for mental health to be considered in Government climate and environmental financing strategies, ensuring long-term, sustainable support for affected communities. Together, we are shaping a future where climate action also safeguards mental wellbeing.

Support from Wellcome has been critical in allowing us to drive a step change in the representation of advocates from Low- and Middle- Income Countries and people with lived experience in global decision-making fora, especially in the context of the 2025 UN High-Level Meeting on Non-Communicable Diseases and Mental Health. From recording more direct statements from mental health advocates at a UN hearing for a High-Level Meeting than ever before, to involving young people in influencing a UN process on mental health at a bigger scale than ever before, Wellcome’s support of United for Global Mental Health and the Global Mental Health Action Network has been transformational.