Hi, I’m Tony Weekes. I grew up in East London, the son of a consultant surgeon and a nurse. I have witnessed at first-hand the mental suffering of close family members. In trying to ease their suffering, I have tried, sometimes succeeded, other times failed, to surmount the problems caused by the current care system's serious lack of funding and the resulting lack of cohesion. I am not a professional in the field of mental health, but I could not sit back and do nothing. So I founded Unity, a grassroots movement to revolutionise mental health care in the United Kingdom through education, recognition and intervention. The NHS is a world leader, Unity will also make mental health care here world renowned.
Every year, one in four people in the UK experience a mental disorder. Almost a quarter of a million children and young people in the UK are receiving help from the NHS Mental Health Services. Up to 1.5 million people in the UK care for someone with mental ill health AND... millions more suffer who SIMPLY aren't diagnosed.
