Mental Health Innovations
Lauren Wilson has a diverse work experience in various roles. Starting from their time as a Retail Sales Merchandiser at Debenhams in 2015, Lauren has since worked as an Open Day Guide at Bangor University, a Sales Assistant at Fenwick, and a Student Development Team Member at Bangor University. Lauren transitioned to a role as a Transcriber at Take 1, focusing on verbatim and US verbatim transcription before moving on to become the Owner of Aster and Acorn, where Lauren was responsible for admin and customer-facing tasks. Currently, Lauren holds the position of Communications Assistant at Mental Health Innovations.
Mental Health Innovations
Mental Health Innovations (MHI) is an independent charity whose primary purpose is to research, develop and deliver technology innovations in mental health. The intention is to invest in innovations which have been co created by the ultimate users of the technology, in partnership with experts from the mental health and technology sectors. The development of new technologies is expensive and out of the reach of most charities. MHI will work to make new technologies available to organisations across the sector. MHI was established in November 2017 with a substantial grant from The Royal Foundation of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry. In May 2018, MHI began piloting its first service, Shout, a 24/7 digital mental health text line for people in crisis. The service is available for anyone, anytime, anywhere. Trained volunteers, supervised by a highly skilled clinical team, respond immediately to people in crisis via SMS and instant messaging. Our volunteers and clinical teams all work remotely through the online platform, enabling us to recruit staff and volunteers from across the country. More information about Shout can be found on the web at www.giveusashout.org, on Instagram at @GiveUsAShoutInsta and on Twitter on @GiveUsAShout.