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Mental healthy charity backed by Frank Bruno to shut as Tories axe £12.5m funding

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A groundbreaking cause that put mental health firmly on the map will close next year – yet another victim of Government funding cuts.

The Time to Change campaign – backed by the Sunday Mirror and championed by boxing hero Frank Bruno – was launched in 2007, when mental ill health was still a taboo subject.

It was a time when people were afraid to talk about their problems and workers needing time off would tell their boss they had a physical problem instead.

Surveys show that, thanks to Time to Change, 5.4 million UK people now have improved attitudes towards those suffering from mental health problems.

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