Service Review Process

Over the past six weeks the staff and board of Action on Depression have been engaged in a service review process. This was planned as part of the development of the charity’s strategic plan for 2012-15, but was brought forward because of a need to address a funding gap in the current financial year which the trustees identified as an area of severe risk if not addressed.

The trustees created a sub-group to work on the financial, staffing and strategic elements required to make substantial cost savings in this financial year, and to set the future strategic direction based on best available evidence.  

This reorganisation reduces the size of the staff team and refocuses activities of the charity on our mission and outcomes. It will, we hope, create a basis for sustainable growth in the coming years. As part of this review the board has been required to make some posts redundant.

The charity has reviewed the services it provides, and those which it seeks to provide going forward. Providing excellent support to people with depression remains central to our ambition and direction. This support will continue both in person in communities, and centrally via eHealth and telehealth approaches. With a well defined and outcome focused future plan, the charity hopes to attract further support for this important cause.

We have ambitious fundraising targets to meet in this financial year and the next to ensure that we can continue to take action on depression.

Ilena Day, Chief Executive

Chris O’Sullivan, Chair of Trustees