Open Up Action Network
Our online community for people who want to raise awareness about mental health issues and challenge mental health discrimination.
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Featured profile
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AIM (Altering Images of Mentality) is a small charity working in the Newcastle upon Tyne and North Tyneside area. The object of the charity is to educate the public around the stigma felt and the discrimination experienced by people with mental health problems.
Launchpad is an organisation run by and for people experiencing mental health problems. It is involved in the planning, delivery, monitoring and evaluation of mental health services, acting as a voice for service users to influence the decisions made around mental health services in Newcastle upon Tyne. Launchpad works with carers, voluntary sector and other agencies towards better mental health services locally and nationally.
All profiles
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campaigningI am a 25-year-old freelance journalist with a border line type b bipolar personality. I am passionate about raising peoples awareness and acceptance of mental illness, giving people something to giggle about and living life to the full. I am lucky enough to have a supportive family, wonderful friends and a boyfriend whom I am rather taken with. I run a blog, lostinnotation.wordpress.com which I use as a platform for stories I have sourced myself on both a local and national level. This blog is also the home of my feature for 2010; 365 dresses; the Mind project. The feature involves me wearing a different dress every day though I am not able to buy any of the dresses during 2010 and will be therefore dependent on donations and loans. I will be selling on the dresses during the year to raise money for Mind. I will also be writing a blog to go with the images which will share my own experiences of mental illness. In this was I am hoping to remove some of the myths surrounding mental illness and also help others who are going through the same difficulties to know they are not alone. -
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otherI am working on the Open Up Learning Resource - and keen to hear people's ideas about what to put in it! -
campaigningIm a 20 year old student living with GAD (generalised anxiety disorder) Ive been living with it for nearly 3 years and find that nothing really helps. -
support groupNorth Shore Schizophrenia Society, Canada. Personal support and education for families coping with serious mental illness; public awareness and de-stigmatising campaigns. Family Support Centre open Monday to Friday, 9-5. www.northshoreschizophrenia.org, info@northshoreschizophrenia.org -
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