MAC-UK
Charity number: 1126144
Website: www.musicandchange.com
Description:
Taking Mental Health to the Streets
One in three young people who offend have an unmet mental health need at the time of offence. Founded in 2008, MAC-UK takes mental health professionals out of the clinic and onto the streets to work with excluded young people where they are, when they need it. It is a radical approach taking what we know works in mental health and applying it in new ways.
MAC-UK also seeks to address some of the social health inequalities that cause young people to have issues in the first place by removing much of the stigma and logistical obstacles around seeking help. It achieves both by putting young people at the heart of its services and solutions.
We believe serious youth violence is a public health issue as much as a justice one. By revolutionising the way mental health services are delivered to excluded young people we believe we are developing pioneering, long-term solutions to the complex problems of poverty and youth offending.