This winter, Mavar announced the formation of Mavar North, an expansion of all our programmes into the northern part of the UK. Until now, we've only be able to offer a limited level of support to callers beyond London, but we know from experience that face-to-face support is essential, so we're delighted to finally have a team 'on the ground'. …

I’ve been a member of Mavar’s board since soon after its inception. Back then, we were just a small group of volunteers (we’re still mostly volunteers, but there are many more of us!) and we were thinking carefully about the organisation’s mission, and its scope. The first, and most simple question we asked ourselves was: “Who are we trying to help?”. For…