To maximise the impact of the mind out for mental health campaign, we have been working closely with partners from the very beginning.

Some of our partners are organisations working on issues of mental health who are also fighting hard to combat discrimination.  Others have joined the partnership because they recognise the importance of the issues for the people they represent.

We recognise that changing people's mindsets on mental health is no easy task. Stopping stigma and discrimination and changing people's behaviour on any issue takes years of sustained hard work. People from every field need to become actively involved and take the work forward in their own field.

Partner up!
Could your organisation become a partner, and get involved in the mind out for mental health campaign?  We are actively seeking to create new partnerships in all sectors.

Current campaign partners include:

http://www.changingminds.co.uk/

Changing Minds – Every Family in the Land is a five-year national campaign, co-ordinated by the Royal College of Psychiatrists. Launched in October 1998, it aims to increase public and professional understanding of mental health problems and reduce the stigma and discrimination associated with them. The Campaign is focusing on six of the most common mental health problems: anxiety, depression, schizophrenia, dementia, alcohol and drug addiction, and eating disorders.

The Royal College of Psychiatrists is the professional and educational body for psychiatrists in the UK and Ireland.

http://www.guides.org.uk/

Girlguiding UK, as part of a worldwide Movement, enables girls and young women to fulfil their potential and to take an active and responsible role in society through its distinctive, stimulating and enjoyable programme of activities delivered by trained volunteer leaders.

Girlguiding UK, the largest voluntary youth organisation for girls and young women in the UK, supports the mind out for mental health campaign. We know that poor mental health can and does affect young people and wish to encourage a campaign which aims to reduce the stigma attached to mental health.
Susan Kay Williams, Head of Marketing and External Relations

http://www.hbosplc.com/

HBOS consists of the Halifax and the Bank of Scotland.HBOS fully supports the mind out for mental health campaign to end discrimination on the grounds of mental health. The company is committed to distributing campaign material and communicating the campaign's key messages to increase understanding of the issues surrounding mental health. Jayne O'Connell, Disability Manager  
Jayne O'Connell, Disability Manager

http://www.lloydspharmacy.co.uk

Lloydspharmacy is the largest community pharmacy group in the UK with more than 1,300 pharmacies, the majority located at the heart of their local communities.

We fully support the mind out for mental health campaign, both as a participating company and as a partner. Lloydspharmacy is ideally placed to deliver the key campaign messages alongside inclusive health and well-being messages to local communities.
Ray Perry, Social Pharmacy Manager.

http://www.marksandspencer.co.uk/

Marks & Spencer is one of the UK's leading retailers of clothing, foods, homeware and financial services, serving 10 million customers a week in over 300 UK stores. The Company also trades in 30 countries worldwide, and has a Group turnover in excess of £8 billion.

Marks & Spencer is committed to preventing all aspects of discrimination in the workplace. As a key partner in Working Minds, part of our approach is through the provision of Occupational Health Services.  Working closely with management the Occupational Health team can educate about mental illness and help to develop strategies which mirror those already in place that apply to physical illness.  The hope is to demystify mental illness and to confirm Marks & Spencer as a non-discriminatory employer on the grounds of mental illness.  
Leris Harfield, Community Involvement

http://www.mentalhealth.org.uk

The Mental Health Foundation is the leading UK charity working in mental health and learning disabilities. With pioneering research and community projects, it aims to improve the support available for people with mental health problems and people with learning disabilities.

The Mental Health Foundation's research has shown the devastating impact of discrimination on the grounds of mental health. People have experienced isolation, poverty and may be put off seeking help for mental health problems because of fears of discrimination. With one in four of the UK population experiencing mental health problems in any one year, a campaign that tackles discrimination around mental health and changes society's attitudes has enormous potential for everybody's future health and well-being.
Andrew Mcculloch, Chief Executive

http://www.mind.org.uk/

Mind is a leading mental health charity in England and Wales, working for a better life for everyone with experience of mental distress. Mind advances the views, needs and ambitions of people with mental health problems, whilst promoting inclusion, influencing policy and achieving equal civil rights through campaigning and education.

Stigma and discrimination have long exacerbated the distress of people living with mental health problems, and Mind welcomes the arrival the mind out for mental health campaign. This very necessary and timely campaign echoes Mind's anti-discrimination agenda, and promises a dynamic and far-reaching programme for change. Mind is committed to working with mind out for mental health to help combat discrimination.  
Richard Brook, Chief Executive

http://www.nuj.org.uk/

The NUJ are amongst the biggest and best-established journalists' unions in the world, with 34,000 members. These members cover the whole range of editorial work - staff and freelance, writers and reporters, editors and sub-editors, photographers and illustrators, working in broadcasting, newspapers, magazines, books, on the internet and in public relations.

Mental health has been given a bad press for far too long. The NUJ is committed to working with mind out for mental health to combat discrimination - in the media and in society at large.  
John C Foster, General Secretary

http://www.nusonline.co.uk

The National Union of Students is one of the largest student organisations in the world and represents the interests of around three million students in further and higher education throughout the UK. The NUS provides research, representation, training and expert advice for individual students and students' unions.

The NUS is taking action and supporting this campaign because students with mental health
problems have faced discrimination for too long.
Verity Coyle, Vice President, Welfare

http://www.rethink.org
Rethink severe mental Illness (formerly the National Schizophrenia Fellowship) is a major UK charity dedicated to improving the lives of people affected by severe mental illness. NSF's work also extends to carers, professionals and volunteers.


It's the fear of discrimination, which perpetuates the stigma of having a mental health problem, that we are working with mind out for mental health to combat. We are pleased to welcome the creation of www.mindout.net as a valuable gateway to the help and support on offer for people affected by mental illness.
Paul Farmer, Director of Public Affairs.

http://www.sane.org.uk/
SANE is one of the UK's leading charities concerned with improving the lives of everyone affected by mental illness.

We at SANE know only too well, from our thousand callers a week, how the attitudes and ignorance of others can impact on people with enduring mental illness. As a result we are happy to support the mind out for mental health campaign. In particular, we hope this initiative will help journalists and producers to realise that unthinking comments about mental health can destroy people's lives and prevent them
from having the chance to prove
their value.
Marjorie Wallace, Chief Executive

http://www.scouts.org.uk/

The Scout Association aims to promote the development of young people in achieving their full physical, intellectual, social and spiritual potential, as individuals, as responsible citizens and as members of their local, national and international communities.

The Scout Association welcomes the arrival of mind out for mental health. mind out for mental health is engaging young people with important issues, getting them to think and talk and act, addressing what might otherwise be a frightening unknown. We fully support this campaign.  
John Kitson, National Commissioner for Special Needs, The Scout Association

http://www.ukyouth.org/

With a network of local providers of youth services, UK Youth delivers programmes and supports voluntary youth work and informal education of young people. In particular it champions peer education approaches, offers accreditation for young people's learning and holds a catalogue of resources for workers working with young people.

We are supporting mind out for mental health as we believe it is time to take up arms against discrimination on the grounds of mental health. The mental well-being of young people is a number one concern, and UK Youth is fully behind this campaign's efforts to raise much needed awareness and breakdown the stigma barriers.
Carola Adams, Youth Work and Resources Manager, UK Youth

http://www.united-response.co.uk/

United Response is a national non-profit organisation dedicated to the provision of choice for people with learning disabilities and mental health problems. It provides community-based supported living, advocacy and paid work.

Stigma and discrimination affect people with mental health problems every day. That's why United Response welcomes the mind out for mental health campaign, which sets out to challenge people's discriminatory thinking.
Su Sayer OBE, Chief Executive

http://www.theworkfoundation.com

The Work Foundation is an independent, not-for-profit campaigning body with over 10,000 member organisations from every part of the economy. From training to consultancy, publishing to advocacy - everything done by The Industrial Society is driven by a commitment to improve working life.

The Work Foundation strongly supports the mind out for mental health campaign. We're committed to making the workplace a healthier and safer place to be.
Patrick Burns, Policy Director

http://www.lufc.com

Leeds United Football Club

For footballers, physical injuries are common, but there's no stigma attached to a broken leg or a pulled hamstring. Mental health problems should be seen no differently. Leeds United Football Club is supporting the campaign as we feel it's high time the discrimination surrounding mental health was removed from society.
David Hancock, Leeds United Physiotherapist