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Find out how your Hub can support

Time to Talk Day?

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Time to Talk Day 2020 takes place on Thursday 6 February. As a Time to Change Hub this is a great opportunity to get even more of your residents talking about mental health.

Get your community talking about mental health

this Time to Talk Day

The more conversations we have, the more myths we can bust and barriers we can break down – helping to end the isolation, shame and worthlessness that too many of us feel when experiencing a mental health problem.

This year conversation is at the heart of the day as we use the popular game ‘Would you rather?’ to encourage more people to talk than ever before.

If you’re not familiar with the game, don’t worry – by asking one of our funny ‘Would you rather’ questions you’ll be able to start up a mental health conversation across your Hub area.

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If you have any questions at all, whether it’s your first or seventh Time to Talk Day, please email Lara at l.cerroni@time-to-change.org.uk

Good luck and please share your plans!

You’ll find inside:

Key messages

Activity ideas

Materials to download and print

Online

Media

Signposts to support

This pack is designed to help you make some noise about your activities and spread the message that talking about mental health doesn’t need to be difficult.

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Key messages Use these messages to help explain what Time to Talk Day is and why talking about mental health is so important to your Hub:

It’s Time to Talk Day on Thursday 6 February 2020 – the day to get the nation talking about mental health.

It’s a chance for all of us to choose to talk about mental health, to listen, to change lives.

Having a conversation about mental health doesn’t have to be difficult. Choose to talk this Time to Talk Day.

“Time to Talk Day gave me the opportunity to talk openly about mental health and attempt to break the stigma.

Time to Talk Day means a lot to me as I really do hope one day mental health won’t have a horrible stigma to it.”

Hannah

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By hosting events in your Hub area you’ll provide your residents with a focal point for the day’s activity. You can encourage your Champions, partners, employers, sport clubs and other community groups to get involved too.

Activity ideas

Make sure you promote your activities on our interactive events map.

And don’t forget to use #timetotalk to join the conversation on social media.

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“A whole host of events took place in Waltham Forest to raise awareness on Time to Talk Day.

We launched a photographic exhibition by one of our Time to Change Champions that shared residents’ stories of mental health and stigma, we held laughter yoga sessions, and ran other events with our partners across the borough.”

Time to Change Waltham Forest

“We delivered a wide variety of activities across Durham targeting our key audiences. For young people we ran workshops in schools where we played pass the parcel, each layer revealing a stigmatising mental health comment which we then discussed.

We also looked at the role of popular culture in perpetuating myths and talked about the lyrics of the song ‘Sweet but Psycho’. “

Time to Change Durham

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Quiz

Use our mental health quiz to get your community talking. You could use it at events or simply post it on your social media accounts and encourage your followers to have a go and share the quiz.

Find out more and see example questions.

Community pledge wall

Take a physical pledge wall into your community – set up a board where people can stick up their pledges to change the way we all think and act about mental health.

You could do this in one of your town centres, libraries, parks or leisure centres. Residents can write their own pledges, creating a wall of support for ending mental health stigma.

As pledges are added, this can encourage others to join in, and give you the opportunity to talk to them about what your Hub is doing and how they can get involved.

Find out more.

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“We held a coffee morning with a board for people to write up what helped them with their mental health…

It went so well and there were lots of very genuine conversations with people opening up and talking.”

Coffee morning

People all across the country have a chat over a cup of coffee or tea every day.

It can be the ideal place to help people feel relaxed and comfortable - it’s likely that they will be in the mood for talking, and listening!

You could host one or multiple coffee mornings across your Hub area. They could take place in the Town Hall, libraries or community centres.

Find out more.

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Arts and crafts activities

Art and craft activities are a great way to start conversations. People often love to get involved in making things and you can talk about mental health problems while you’re having fun together. You could host arts and crafts events in libraries, leisure centres or community centres.

Draw what makes you happy

People can draw or write down anything that makes them happy. The pages are pinned to a board or pegged to string to attract other people to have a look. You can then use your personal experiences to talk more generally about mental health, when it is both good and bad.

Mindfulness salt art

Rolling pastel chalks across cheap table salt creates wonderful colours and can be put into a small jar, with layers of colours on top of each other. The process of creating something colourful and attractive whilst using your hands can help you to talk about mindfulness, bringing mental health into the conversation.

Bracelet making

Using beads and thread, you could encourage people to make bracelets for someone they care about. Some Champions have used beads with letters to spell out names and talking about the importance of being there for others.

Find out more.

Sussed: Time to Talk

This year we’ve teamed up with Sussed, the conversation card game, to help get everyone talking about mental health. You’ll find four special edition cards within your Chatterbox pack and available to download on our website.

You can use the cards as an icebreaker to spark a one on one conversation, or use them as part of a mental health-themed group game. One person holds a card and reads out a scenario, others try to guess which answer the reader would choose.

Find out more.

Walk and talk

Take advantage of the parks and open spaces within your area and organise a walk and talk event.

Sometimes it’s easier to have a conversation when you’re side by side and doing something active. You could also give people the ‘would you rather’ postcards to break the ice and help them start a conversation about mental health.

WeknowthatsomeofyoumaywanttouseyourTimetoTalkDayactivitiesasanopportunitytoraisesomemoneyforagoodcause,forexamplethroughcakesales,rafflesorpubquizzes.IfyouwouldliketodonateanyfundsyouraisetoTimetoChange,youcanfindouthowonourwebsite: time-to-change.org.uk/donate

Withyoursupport,wecancontinueourworktoendthestigmaanddiscriminationthatpeoplewithmentalhealthproblemsexperience.

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MaterialsAs a Time to Change Hub you will automatically be sent a Chatterbox full of printed resources, including:

Posters

Postcards

Origami conversation starters

Tip cards

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CONVERSATION STARTER

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In addition there are lots of materials available on the Time to Change website that you can use to promote your activities.

Some can be edited to include your Hub logo and details of specific events and activities.

Editable posters

Social media graphics

Email signatures

Watercooler wraps

Bunting

Coasters

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Online Spreading the word online can be a fantastic way to get people talking about mental health.

Social media and blogs

Make sure you use your social media accounts and those of your partners to get as many people in your community involved in Time to Talk Day.

Use the hashtag #timetotalk and tell us what you’re up to by tagging Time to Change into your post.

We’ll be looking out for your post on the day on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Facebook and Twitter cover images

Get started by downloading and using these images to show anyone who visits you on social media that you are supporting Time to Talk Day.

Template social media posts

Not sure what to write? Use these ideas to get started, or see our tips below for getting involved on social media:

1Time to Change [XXX] is supporting #timetotalk Day on 6 Feb, join in and help change the way we all think and act about mental health problems

Choosing to talk about mental health can make a big difference. Let’s start a conversation in [XXXXX] on Time to Talk Day, 6 Feb #timetotalk @TimetoChange

#timetotalk Day is on 6 Feb! How will you choose to talk about mental health? @TimetoChange

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Internal communications Time to Talk Day is a great way to remind your staff that they are part of a Time to Change Hub. Along with resident facing communications, we have lots of resources that you can use to make sure your staff are part of the day.

Email banner

By using our email signature you can help to spread the word about Time to Talk Day, and encourage people to choose to talk about mental health.

Plasma screen advertisements

You can use plasma displays or subtitled films on screens in your offices or reception areas.

This is a fantastic way to spread the Time to Talk Day message in high footfall areas.

Desktop background/ Screensaver

A great way to share a message in an office is through an all-staff desktop background.

It’s the first thing people will see when they log in in the morning and often one of the last things they will notice at the end of the day too.

“Time to Talk Day was another great way to break down the stigma and start conversations around Mental Health. We spoke very frankly about how mental health is treated and managed within our work place and came up with group agreements on how we would handle conversations around mental health and wellbeing.”

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Template media release

[XXX] supports Time to Talk Day

Residents in [XXX] are being encouraged to choose to talk about mental health this Time to Talk Day, 6 February. Time to Change [XXX] is working to change the way we all think and act about mental health problems in [XXX]. Events will be taking place across [XXX] to get as many people talking as possible.

Activities planned for the day include [XXX].

[Hub quote].

Jo Loughran, Director of Time to Change, said: “Conversations have the power to change lives – helping to end the isolation, shame and worthlessness that too many of us feel when experiencing a mental health problem. Time to Talk Day is the one day of the year when we want the whole nation to have mental health conversations.”

Time to Change [XXX] is a partnership of [XXX, XXX, XXX] and local Champions who are committed to changing the way we all think and act about mental health problems in [XXX]. We are part of a network of Hubs across England supported by the learning and resources of Time to Change to deliver mental health anti-stigma campaigns in our community.

For information about Time to Talk Day and how you can get involved please visit www.time-to-change.org.uk/timetotalkday

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Notes to Editors: ** For access to a range of free images to accompany mental health news stories please visit: http://www.time-to-change.org.uk/getthepicture. These images have been developed by the anti-stigma campaign Time to Change, run by the charities Mind and Rethink Mental Illness, and funded by the Department of Health of Social Care, Comic Relief and the National Lottery Community Fund.

Time to Change: We are Time to Change, a growing movement of people changing how we all think and act about mental health problems. Our voice is stronger and louder thanks to funding from the Department of Health and Social Care, Comic Relief and The National Lottery Community Fund. Our campaign is run by Mind and Rethink Mental Illness, and thousands more organisations have joined us to make change happen.

For more information go to www.time-to-change.org.uk

For immediate release [Insert date]

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Choosing to talk can make a real difference to someone’s life. But sometimes these conversations can bring up some difficult things that people may not have spoken about before. This might mean that they need some support.

Signposts to support

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Time to Change is working to change the way we all think and act about mental health problems. This focus means we aren’t able to provide individual support, guidance or advice.

However, there are plenty of people who can. Below you’ll find a list of organisations that can help you, or someone else, to find support:

Mind InfolineTelephone: 0300 123 3393 – 9am to 5pm, Monday to FridayEmail: info@mind.org.ukText: 86463www.mind.org.uk/help/advice_lines

With support and understanding, Mind enables people to make informed choices. The Infoline gives information on types of mental health problems, where to get help, drug treatments, alternative therapies and advocacy. Mind also has a network of nearly 200 local Mind associations providing local services.

Rethink Mental Illness Advice LineTelephone: 0300 5000 927 – 9.30am to 4pm, Monday to FridayEmail: info@rethink.orgwww.rethink.org/about-us/our-mental-health-advice

Provides expert advice and information to people with mental health problems and those who care for them, as well as giving help to health professionals, employers and staff. They also run services and groups across England and Northern Ireland.

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Elefriendswww.elefriends.org.ukElefriends is a supportive online community run by Mind where you can be yourself.

SamaritansTelephone: 116 123 – 24 hours a day, free to callEmail: jo@samaritans.orgwww.samaritans.org

Provides confidential, non-judgmental emotional support for people experiencing feelings of distress or despair, including those that could lead to suicide. You can phone, email, write a letter or in most cases talk to someone face to face.

SANElineTelephone: 0300 304 7000 – 4.30pm to 10.30pm, everydaywww.sane.org.uk/what_we_do/support/helpline

A national out-of-hours helpline offering emotional support, guidance and information to anyone affected by a mental health problem, including family, friends and carers.

If you’re a carer needing support you can also contact Carers Direct and the Princess Royal Trust both of whom are able to provide support and advice on any issues affecting you.

Want to keep the momentum going after Time to Talk Day?

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