The EDP launched Mental Health Watch to raise awareness of the under-performing mental health services in Norfolk and Suffolk. The campaign highlighted the struggles of the region’s mental health service, the Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust (NSFT), as well as its progress. Mental Health Watch helped secure more money for services by being part of a campaign to raise £500,000 for mental health services in the region. The campaign helped stop a mental health phone line from closing, despite recieving around 800 calls a month. One of the main aims of the campaign was to end the stigma of people suffering from mental health problems and raise awareness of the issues. By giving mental health extensive coverage the paper has gone some way to achieving that.

Every year the Oxford Mail organises the OX5 run, a charity run which raises money for the local Oxford Children’s Hospital. The Oxford Mail successfully brings together hundreds of community members to run, walk or jog, five miles around the grounds of Blenheim Palace to fundraise for, and create awareness of, the Oxford Hospital Charity. The funds donated to the hospital from this annual event helps to make a real difference to thousands of children who are treated there each year.