Creating Hope Together: Delivering Outcome 3 Across Scotland
Creating Hope Together: Delivering Outcome 3 Across Scotland This World Suicide Prevention Day, we are reflecting on the importance of compassionate, timely support for anyone affected by suicide. At Penumbra, we lead Outcome 3 of Scotland’s national suicide prevention strategy, Creating Hope Together (2022-2032), in partnership with Change Mental Health. The aim is simple but
... continue reading.Taking Action This Mental Health Awareness Week
Taking Action This Mental Health Awareness Week Today marks the start of Mental Health Awareness Week, led by Mental Health Foundation, one of our key partners in Scotland. The theme this year is taking action for mental health. At Penumbra Mental Health, we pride ourselves in taking action every day for the people we support
... continue reading.Stronger Together: I.ROC’s European Journey
Stronger Together: I.ROC’s European Journey This week is European Mental Health Week, and the 2026 theme is Stronger Together. Partnerships with colleagues across Europe have long been part of our work in Penumbra Mental Health, and this week we want to celebrate some of them. A key one has been the way that I.ROC has
... continue reading.Hope Point – Two Year Review
To read our Hope Point Two Year Review, please click here.
... continue reading.Penumbra Mental Health to become the new host for See Me
Penumbra Mental Health will host See Me, Scotland’s programme to tackle mental health stigma and discrimination and its effects, from April 1. Penumbra, one of Scotland’s largest mental health charities, will pick up the baton from SAMH (Scottish Action for Mental Health), who has hosted See Me since 2002. On a day-to-day basis, See Me
... continue reading.April 2025 Penumbra Gender Pay Gap Report
To read our April 2025 Gender Pay Gap Report, please click here.
... continue reading.How we’re helping to support people who self-harm in Scotland
How we’re helping to support people who self-harm in Scotland The Scottish Government and COSLA have published a mid-term report on Scotland’s Self-Harm Strategy and Action Plan, showing progress made during the first 18 months of delivery. Penumbra’s Self-Harm Network Scotland (SHNS) has been a key delivery partner since the strategy launched in November 2023,
... continue reading.30,525 Moments of Support: A Milestone for Distress Brief Intervention
30,525 Moments of Support: A Milestone for Distress Brief Intervention At Penumbra Mental Health, we believe no one should face distress alone. That’s why we’re proud to share an important milestone: since we began delivering Distress Brief Intervention (DBI) services in 2017, we’ve now supported 30,525 referrals across Scotland. Behind every one of those numbers
... continue reading.Moving into Peer Work
Moving into Peer Work Abigail or Abs, as she likes to be known, came from a hospitality background with a degree in psychology, into peer working, using her lived experience of eating disorder recovery to support others. She has worked at Penumbra for just over a year now. Her original post has ended, and she
... continue reading.Orkney community to benefit from Self-Harm Awareness training
Orkney community to benefit from Self-Harm Awareness training Self-Harm Network Scotland’s Practice Development team will travel to Orkney this week to deliver Self-Harm Awareness training on the island. Louise and Frankee from Penumbra’s national self-harm support service will provide four days of training to 64 professionals in the community that support people who self-harm. Orkney
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