OCD Action

Tez
Member

I would like to wish OCD Action all the best for the awareness week next year.

I would like to suggest that OCD Action uses Britain's growing network of community radio stations to gain publicity. It is a bit of a hobby of mine to be sure, but community radio stations, of which there are several hundred now operating legally, can give detailed airtime and in depth interviews that BBC or independent commercial stations cannot always offer. In my area, a local community station has already aired several programmes on mental health. I am sure many such operations could give OCD Awareness Week lots of free airtime.

Best wishes

Tez

Tue Aug 25 2009 20:19:38 #
Anon
Member

Where abouts in London is the London conference being held?

Fri Aug 28 2009 8:25:11 #
Nimrod
Key Master

The venue has not been finalised yet as several are being considered based on the expected attendance and activities in the programme. Full details will be given in October. If you go to the OCD Week page one the OCD Action website you can sign up to have full details and news sent to you via e-mail. In the meantime we would be pleased to have any suggestions for a venue and comments (if any) why it would be good for the conference together with what you would like to see at the conference.

Best wishes,
Caps

Fri Aug 28 2009 10:22:11 #
Anon
Member

do you have to be a signed up member of ocd action or can you turn up if you want to? im considering going to the london conference on the 6th of february

Tue Sep 8 2009 18:51:37 #
Nimrod
Key Master

Anyone can attend and everyone is welcome, sufferers, carers, friends, relatives and people, including the media, who want to find out the truth about OCD. You don't have to be a member of OCD Action but members will get a discount.

As soon as details are finalised they will be given on the website, here on the Online Forum and at OCD Action. You will be able to just turn up on the day but it may not be possible for you to get into the workshops or breakout sessions of your first choice if they are already fully booked, although we will do our best to get you in. Same applies to the Manchester conference.

Best wishes,
Caps

Tue Sep 8 2009 20:53:00 #
duracell bunny
Member

hiya
i just wanted to offer my services really , if i can be of any help, as i am passionate about raising awareness of ocd and depression , compulsive skin picking etc, so if there is anything i can do , and i mean anything , please let me know . think tez's idea of radio stations etc is a brill one . i have just come back from doing a radio show in liverpool and got invited back to talk again , so i would be very happy to mention ocd awareness week . i dont mind doing a tour of my radio stations to talk or anything .

just if there is anything i can do - even putting the chairs out at the conference i would be bowled over i'm very easily please .
thanks hayley martin

Fri Sep 18 2009 12:04:39 #
Nimrod
Key Master

Many thanks for the offer Haley. I have passed it directly our director who is organising the event.

Best wishes,
Caps

Fri Sep 18 2009 21:25:50 #
Tez
Member

I think it is great that Hayley is doing radio interviews. It is a medium that can reach many people and is more intimate than television, which is why programmes such as BBC Radio 1's "Sunday Surgery" are so popular. I will be keeping my local community radio station up to date with details of the OCD Action week and hectoring my mate who works there to give it some real "big ups" over the air.

Sat Sep 19 2009 19:23:14 #
Parvez Choudhry
Member

A campaign called Time to Change is running at the moment and it has some similarity with the goals of OCD Week, though Time to Change doesn't focus specifically on OCD. I thought folks here may be interested to find out more if you haven't heard of it already!

Here is a link:
http://www.time-to-change.org.uk/about-us

Hope it's OK to mention it here.
Parvez

Thu Oct 8 2009 17:19:34 #
Nimrod
Key Master

Time to Change is an organisation set up specifically to do something about the stigma that is attached to mental health and their bulletins and other information are copied on to the Forum.

Yes, please do mention Time to Change on the Forum and discuss it's work. Anything that can be done to reduce the stigma and improve awareness and understanding of mental health issues is welcome. This Forum positively encourages constructive discussion of OCD and related matters irrespective of the organisation.

Best wishes,
Caps

Thu Oct 8 2009 21:07:44 #
Nimrod
Key Master

The OCD Action "OCD WEEK" website is now live. Go to http://www.ocdweek.org/

This website will give you all the details and information you need about OCD Week..

Mon Oct 26 2009 14:18:01 #
Red Ruby
Member

Hi there,

I just wanted to say thanks very much for the interesting and enjoyable conference in Manchester on Saturday. It gave me a chance to refocus again on fighting OCD and I met some lovely people. Bravo to the last inspirational speaker - I think she was called Barbara...? She has inspired me to spread the word.

Best wishes to everyone,

Carolyn xx

Mon Feb 15 2010 12:44:21 #
Unregistered

Hi Parvez

Nice to have you back. Have noted the website.

Hi Caps and Carolyn will look at OCD week too.

Love to all
Anne

Mon Feb 15 2010 13:16:23 #
Nimrod
Key Master

There will be some more on the many events that took place over OCD week just as soon as we can gather the information and put it together.

Caps

Mon Feb 15 2010 20:44:36 #
aronralstonismyhero
Member

I am a little miffed - why is everything always in London??!!!

Sun Feb 6 2011 18:13:49 #
Soxon
Key Master

Hi aronralstonismyhero,

Last year we had conferences in both London and Manchester

I'm now closing this thread as it relates to last year's OCD Week.
For this year's OCD Week details go to the following links
http://www.ocdaction.org.uk/articles/booksellers-get-onboard-with-ocd-week/
http://www.ocdaction.org.uk/articles/ocd-week-media-up-date/
http://www.ocdaction.org.uk/articles/ocd-week-up-date-fabulous-50/
http://www.ocdaction.org.uk/articles/ocd-week-7th-13th-february-2011/
http://www.ocdaction.org.uk/articles/booksellers-get-onboard-with-ocd-week/

Soxon
Moderator

Wed Feb 9 2011 17:03:04 #