Duncan
Young
Acting Head of Health Promotion/Mental Health Promotion Officer
Email: duncan.young@liverpoolpct.nhs.uk
||| Tel: (0151) 707 1555 x 113
Liverpool
Mental Health Awareness
If you have an idea about how to promote mental health and require
funding to turn your project into a reality then Liverpool Mental
Awareness provide you with what you need. Their website www.livementalhealth.org.uk
offers a wealth of information about mental health promotion
and raising awareness. It gives details of how to apply for a
small
grant to get your project up and running, and offers a fantastic
archive of past projects to inspire you on the way. There are
two funding deadlines in February and September, check on the
website for
more details.
Well
Read
Looking after your own mental health has just been made a little
bit easier thanks to ‘Well Read’. This project provides
a range of books on mental health to borrow from your local library.
So, if you want to know more about how best to cope with feeling
down or stressed (maybe you’ve suffered a bereavement or
are feeling angry), there might just be a book for you. There
are over thirty books in each ‘Well Read’ collection
in each of the 24 branch libraries throughout Liverpool. You can
read about the books at the Liverpool City Council website: www.liverpool.gov.uk/libraries
and follow the link to ‘Well Read’.
Talking
about it
Have you ever talked about mental health to young people? Do
you know any specific techniques that you have used to help
facilitate
discussion about this subject? Mental health can be an elusive
concept for a young audience and for those charged with their
education. I am looking out for any tips and techniques you may
have about this, so email me at: duncan.young@liverpoolpct.nhs.uk
with any suggestions. I am trying to catalogue techniques (they
may be games, role playing, paper based exercises etc) so they
can be shared with those at the forefront of raising awareness
about mental health issues with young people.
Useful
Links
Royal College of Psychiatry: www.rcpsych.ac.uk
Sainsburys Centre for Mental Health: www.scmh.org.uk
Mental Health Foundation: www.mentalhealth.org.uk
North
West Institute for Mental Health in Engalnd: www.nimhenorthwest.org.uk
