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If you want to take action in your local community to 'stop the stigma' surrounding mental health, these pages provide materials to help you.
Confronting and challenging the stigma and discrimination surrounding mental health is an urgent priority. By supporting the mind out for mental health campaign, and taking action in your local community, you will be playing an important part in tackling one of the most pervasive and damaging forms of discrimination in our society. 
Jacqui Smith MP, Minister of State for Health |
Changing people's mindsets on mental health will need sustained
action in local communities. Here mind out for mental health
provides information, ideas and advice to help raise local
awareness about discrimination and mental health.
On these pages, you can:
- Share good ideas by
reviewing the activities of other local organisers.
- Order campaign
materials including posters, leaflets, and campaign
tags to distribute at the local level
- Keep in touch with
the mind out for mental health team about your activities
- Download campaign materials
(including posters, graphics, screensavers, and the full
stop the stigma local action pack).
mind out for mental health has also developed mindshift
- a newsletter focusing on sharing good practice and ideas
to promote mental health and combat stigma. Each issue of
mindshift includes:
- examples of creative, effective mental health awareness
raising activities with lessons and tips for replication
- the latest news on what's happening with the mind out
for mental health campaign
- 'reflections' - a regular column of personal accounts
and insights from the mental health field
- webwatch - reviews and highlights of the best
on the web. Click here to download Issue
One - Spring 2002.
We very much hope you take up the challenge to 'stop the
stigma' in your local community. Thank you for your support.
Other sections of www.mindout.net with useful info to back up local action include:
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