A MENTAL health charity’s future is safe after it was awarded a new three year contract to provide services for people with mental health problems.

About 70 per cent of the Restore charity’s budget comes from Oxfordshire County Council and NHS Oxfordshire, which pays it to help people recover from mental illness.

The authorities confirmed yesterday that Restore and its partners, including charities Root and Branch, based in Watchfield, and Bridewell Organic Gardens, near Witney, have won the £740,000 a year contract.