The Richmond Foundation, in partnership with the Employment Training Corporation (ETC), Malta Employers Association (MEA) and Compagnie de Sporen (Belgium), has been awarded EU Structural Funds for a project entitled 'Impact assessment of mental health on employment for policy development'.

The foundation signed a contract with Informa Consultants Ltd to carry out a qualitative and quantitative research about the impact of mental health on employment.

The project will seek to identify the main obstacles and labour market distortions that need to be addressed to develop, improve or change policies and systems contributing to the access, integration, retention and progression in employment of disadvantaged groups, especially those who are going through mental health difficulties.

An advisory group for the research has been set up for the duration of the project. The group involves project partners ETC and MEA, Informa Consultants experts and other stakeholders in the field of employment and mental health. Consultation meetings will also be held with the Belgian counterpart in Brussels and Malta.

The foundation aims to present some of the findings during a conference planned for October, which will address mental health and poverty on World Mental Health Day and the EU Year against Poverty and Social Exclusion. The full results and policy recommendations will be presented during a national conference in January next year.

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