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WHY Suicide Prevention Project

WHY Suicide Prevention Project

Aug 9, 2023 | YES Projects

WHY Suicide Prevention Project A group of YES Champions with lived experience of suicidal thoughts and behaviours have produced a suicide prevention documentary film, book, conversation resource, and dedicated website. To access the resources and to find out more...
York Ending Stigma Living Library Project

York Ending Stigma Living Library Project

Aug 9, 2023 | YES Projects

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...
NHS Projects

NHS Projects

Aug 9, 2023 | YES Projects

NHS Projects We are working with NHS providers, such as York & Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and and Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust (TEWV), to reduce mental health stigma within NHS mental health services. This includes work...
Reveal Project

Reveal Project

Aug 9, 2023 | YES Projects

‘Reveal’ Project York Ending Stigma Champions with lived experience of mental ill-health decided to decorate cardboard face masks to represent how they feel, and how they think, they present themselves, on the inside and out. Champions decorated their...
Self-harm Stigma – A blog by Champion Hazel

Self-harm Stigma – A blog by Champion Hazel

Jun 13, 2023 | YES

I have spent most of my life hearing phrases like this, “it’s just a phase”, “they are doing it for attention”, “they are just trying to manipulate you”. The thing is I would be stood there hearing people say this stuff about those who undertake self-harm...