The Mental Health Foundation was founded in 1949. Under its original name of the Mental Health Research Fund and then as the Foundation, it funded both learning disabilities and mental health research.
In the past, the distinction between learning disabilities and mental health problems was not as clear as it is today. The field of learning disabilities has a lot in common with the field of mental health - including a history of institutional care (and neglect), discrimination and stigma. However, this has sometimes led to unhelpful blurring of the areas in which they are different.
In 1999 we decided to take our learning disabilities work forward under a new brand - the Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities. In 2003, the team doubled in size with the transfer-in of the learning disabilities team from King's College London.
Today 11 staff, with a wider team of secondees and associates, work directly with people with learning disabilities, their families and services to help put policy into practice, carry out research and development work and influence national and local policy.
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