Today, 2 February 2023, is Time to Talk Day – a national campaign to encourage everyone to talk and have conversations about mental health. Here at York CVS, we’re passionate about encouraging and supporting conversations around mental health and mental ill-health to take place everyday, in order to help end mental health stigma and discrimination in York and beyond!
York Ending Stigma (YES), are group of York residents, employers, and employees coming together to share, as much or as little of, our mental health experiences through a variety of means to help end mental health stigma and discrimination in York. Our work includes projects on stigmatising language, the use of creativity (poetry, video, photography, blogs, art), radio interviews, and so much more, to change attitudes and beliefs towards people with experience of mental illness.
We know the more conversations we have, the better life is for everyone. Talking about mental health isn’t aways easy, but a conversation has the power to change lives.
To find out more and to become involved with York Ending Stigma, please email our Project Coordinator Emma: yes@yorkcvs.org.uk
Why I talk about my Mental Health…
YES Champions share their reasons for talking about their Mental Health.
By Emma, YES Champion
By Miles, YES Champion
By Sarah, YES Champion
Ending mental health stigma and discrimination in the workplace
YES are looking for everyone (CEO’s, line managers, staff, retirees, HR professionals, health professionals, unemployed) with or without experience of mental ill-health to help us to create mentally health workplaces.
Join the likes of Aviva, Benenden Health, and Portakabin as we work to improve workplace wellbeing for everyone in York. To find out more about our work with employers please visit the employer’s sections of our website here.
Champion Megan and her line manager have written an honest, frank, and practical case study of how Megan, someone with long-term enduring mental ill-health, is able to work well with the support from her employer: