We are proud to have been one of the parties who successfully lobbied for a U-18 mental health unit in Cornwall, through our ‘Bring Back our Children’ film, and years of campaigning.

The unit has been purpose built by the NHS, and is now open and is called Sowenna, in Bodmin. We are delighted that Cornish children are finally being brought home to Cornwall to be cared for in a state of the art mental health hospital.

We are now campaigning to extend the unit to care for 13-25 year olds.

We are the biggest single donor to the new NHS Sowenna Under-18 mental health unit in Bodmin, which we campaigned for to be built. We have now proudly donated £100,000 to the unit, to help it be as innovative as possible for the young people receiving care there.

Within our donation, we have fully equipped a state of the art café at the new Sowenna U-18 Mental Health unit in Bodmin. This is because we believe a non-clinical space is so important, where young people, visitors, and staff can relax and connect. We worked with local design experts Absolute Truro, who gave their expertise for free – and created a bespoke, unique Invictus café.

We have also provided Sowenna with a minibus to transport children and families back and forth on home visits.

We are also proud to have funded a Virtual Reality project, to be used as a source of therapy for the young people in the unit. Read more here (Link to the VR project page)

All of this is thanks to funds raised for the Invictus Trust by our supporters!

We will continue to equip and innovate where we can for the very best young people’s mental health care in Cornwall.

https://sowenna.cornwallft.nhs.uk/