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Have you experienced mental health difficulties now or in the past? Is there a person or group that has made a huge difference to you?

Claudia Hammond and ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4 want to recognise the people and projects which have had a real impact on your mental health.

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Why do we have this Award?

A lot of us experience a problem with our mental health at some point in our lives. Help and support from people around us can make all the difference to how we cope day-to-day and on the road to recovery. The Radio 4 All in the Mind Awards want to hear your experiences of brilliant mental health care and will recognise the unsung heroes who helped make the difference.

When do the Awards happen?

Nominations can be submitted via the website: from Tuesday 10 September, 2024 at 9.30am to 1.00pm on Wednesday 8 January, 2025. We are looking for entries to the three categories below. You can enter as many or as few categories as you like, but do not submit more than one entry per category. We welcome submissions from people who’ve entered before but weren’t finalists who appeared on the programme.

The three nomination categories

A member of your family, friend, colleague or boss who has helped you the most, with respect to understanding and supporting your mental health condition.

The mental health professional who helped you most, with respect to understanding and supporting your mental health condition.

The mental health project that has helped you most, with respect to understanding and supporting your mental health condition.

After a process of sifting through the entries and in some cases phoning the nominators, a judging panel of people with extensive experience of mental health will select nine finalists, three from each category.

All the finalists and their nominators will be interviewed by Claudia Hammond and broadcast on All in the Mind. This is Radio 4’s magazine programme on mental health, psychology and neuroscience which has been running for over 30 years.

The winners will be publicly announced on All in the Mind, online and at the Awards Event. The Awards Event is expected to take place on Wednesday 18 June, 2025.

Hamish Barclay was a teenager when he was given steroids to treat kidney problems and experienced the rare side effect of psychosis. He's lived with a diagnosis of schizophrenia for 13 years and thanks to support from his mother Josephine he's been able to return to making music. His sister Maudie helped him to nominate their mum for an All in the Mind Awards. Taking part in the All in the Mind Awards has made a real difference to Josephine and Maudie's lives.

Professional Award finalist 2021 nominee Dr Claire Purcell was nominated by ZeZe Sohawon. ZeZe was recovering from psychosis and nominated Dr Purcell for all her help and support when ZeZe was moving back into the community. ZeZe is now in her fourth year of a Neuroscience degree and has set up a youth mental health and autism charity. She’s also a judge for the 2025 All in the Mind Awards and has some advice.

In 2021 following the unexpected loss of his daughter, Adam Lee nominated StrongMen, a group set up to support men with severe mental health issues following a bereavement. Co-founder Efrem Brynin explains what being nominated for the All in the Mind Awards has meant to the group.