Blogs

17 April 2024

Spring is here - a time to get outside again and focus on the garden and Green Care. If you’re not sure what we mean by Green Care, here’s a definition from our Green Care strategy: ‘Green Care is a programme of person-centred treatments or therapeut

05 March 2024

On Wednesday 6 March the Chancellor of the Exchequer is presenting his latest Budget – we know it will be the last one before the General Election. We also know that the social care sector won’t be getting the long-term funding that it so desperately need

02 February 2024

On Tuesday 6 February we’ll be holding our annual Walter Hall Seminar. The seminar series is named after MHA’s founder, the Revd Walter Hall, whose passion and determination led to the creation of MHA.

01 February 2024

The Government’s intention, to prevent migrant care staff from coming to the UK from bringing their dependants from mid-March 2024, will place significant and lasting pressure on social care as it loses another avenue of recruitment.

23 January 2024

Read about how the idea of a children's book called Finding Nana came to life in collaboration with the Methodist Church

03 January 2024

Our Chief Executive Sam Monaghan reflects on 2023 and what the future of social care could look like.

22 November 2023

MHA were involved in the published article, “Exploring the Changing Experiences of Chaplains Employed in Care and Residential Homes During the COVID 19 Pandemic: A Longitudinal Qualitative Study” (Siesage et al, 2023).

15 November 2023

Making the decision for me was easy as I knew what care and support she would get. For mum, convincing her would not be that easy but perseverance paid off.

08 November 2023

You could, like Beth provide moments of joy and connection for an older person. The beauty of telephone befriending is that you can be anywhere in the country, you just need some phone signal to connect.