Friday, 25 May 2012

Mental health scheme hailed

12/02/2010 | By Chloë Stothart

Tenants with mental illnesses used a £27,000 support budget to pay for art lessons, visits to grandchildren and tennis equipment as part of a radical plan to improve their mental health.

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