17/10/18: Our independent evaluators at the Centre for Mental Health have authored a briefing paper on the evidence for the INTEGRATE approach to mark MAC-UK's tenth anniversary of working alongside excluded young people. Read more
Read about the principles that define MAC-UK and our approach to working with young people Read more
Read about how MAC-UK began, growing from one person hanging out in a chip shop to clinical teams working in projects all over London Read more
Our vision for the future of mental health services Read more
We support teams to take what works in the clinic out onto the streets, to help young people where and when they need it.
Our clinical and youth practitioners offer interactive and long-term experiential trainingLearn more
Our expert consultants help services and teams articulate the change they want to see
Our knowledge base and evidence, built over a decade of practice, is available to support local systems change
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Our approach gives people a radically different experience of asking for help and of improving their own lives
MAC-UK has worked intensively and in the long-term with over 900 young people since we began in 2008.
The average cost per contact hour with the project, significantly cheaper than the NHS average for similar services.
The number of projects we have worked with, including 4 which are running today
MAC-UK, Khulisa, StreetDoctors and Redthread respond to the Department for Health and Social Care’s prevention consultation Read more
16/1/19: Introducing our new Vice-Chair. Read more
27/09/18: “If you had a message for people in power,” we asked, “what would it be?” Read more
14/09/18: We are releasing the lyrics from the song 'Why You Wasting Time', which was written and performed by Keesha and Alex. Take a moment to read the lyrics and to reflect on their insights about the challenges excluded young people can face. Read more
01/08/18: We launched a petition to stand with young people in calling on the Home Secretary, the Mayor of London and the Metropolitan Police Chief to ask young people for help to find solutions to serious youth violence. See updates on our progress below. Read more