Let’s talk loneliness

Let’s talk loneliness

To coincide with Mental Health Awareness Week 2022, we (York Ending Stigma) hosted an online “Let’s Talk Mental health and Loneliness” event. York Ending Stigma (YES) Champions Emma, Maddy, Miles, and Sarah formed the panel of people sharing their experiences of...
“You look fine to me”

“You look fine to me”

Anxiety and depression have made me miss so many things: birthdays, parties, special occasions, my own graduation, and on the worst days work and even getting downstairs in my own home. “Anxiety and depression have made me miss so many things” I remember saying...
How volunteering helps my mental health by Champion Hazel

How volunteering helps my mental health by Champion Hazel

I have always had a difficult time with employment, I can see how and why the stability, routine and sense of purpose it provides can be really helpful for many peoples mental health but personally every time I enter employment I get ill not long afterwards. I think...
Classroom Anxiety by Champion Lux

Classroom Anxiety by Champion Lux

I was a pleasure to teach according to my teachers at parent’s evening. Some variation of that was said each year of secondary school to my parents, but with the same additional comment too. I was a pleasure to teach as I didn’t disrupt the class, I would sit...
York Ending Stigma Living Library Project

York Ending Stigma Living Library Project

York Ending Stigma Living Library Project Our ‘books’ are people with experience of mental ill-health (our volunteer YES Champions) who are sharing their stories, and encouraging you to have conversations with them, to challenge incorrect stereotypes, bust myths, and...