Chris Underhill
Chris Underhill is a leading systems entrepreneur on global mental health and wellbeing practice and runs his own professional mentoring practice. He is currently CEO of the Elders Council for Social Entrepreneurs co-founded with friends Andrea Coleman and Mel Young. He is the founder of BasicNeeds, Action on Disability and Development, and Thrive. Chris is on the Global Board of Leaders Quest, a board member of Ashoka UK and Ireland. He is the Chair of the Catalyst 2030 Mental Health Collaboration with over 130 member organisations. He is a Senior Fellow with the Ashoka Fellowship, a recipient of the Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship and a Schwab Foundation Social Entrepreneur. In 2000, Chris was made an MBE for his services to disability and development by HRH the Queen.
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- Model
- Non-profit Social Enterprise
- Sectors
- Health and Healthcare; Mental Health; SDG 09: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
- Headquarters
- United Kingdom
- Areas of Impact
- Europe
citiesRISE
citiesRISE is a global platform committed to improving mental health and well-being in communities by connecting leading mental health experts, practitioners and community members. citiesRISE is concerned with the lack of mental health systems in urban areas and the possibility of reducing youth suicide, with the challenge of reaching 1 billion young people by 2030.
awardees
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Raj Panjabi
Jalil Allabadi
