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6 August 2010

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TV stars pledge their support

Time to Change hits the North East this weekend

Come along to our Lived experience networking events

What does the future hold for Time to Change?

Get Moving this October

TV stars pledge their support

Daytime television favourites Fiona Phillips and Denise Robertson have joined thousands of others in pledging to help end mental health prejudice.

Fiona spoke about her support for Time to Change in the Mirror last summer, and has now made her own personal pledge:

"I pledge to help end mental health prejudice, because people with mental health problems need love, understanding and support - not to be told to 'pull yourself together.' It's our outdated attitudes that need to snap out of it - any one of us could be affected, so we should all learn more and talk more about mental health."

Join Denise and Fiona and support our pledge:

Make your pledge today
Ask five friends to make a pledge
Order free pledge postcards to give to colleagues, friends and family
Check out the pledge wall

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Time to Change hits the North East this weekend
The Time to Change campaign is making its way to the North East this weekend with local press and Metro advertising and a fantastic regional roadshow.

The roadshow will visit a series of towns and cities across the region. We’ll be joined by local celebs to get people pledging to help end mental health prejudice.

Come and join us at:

Saturday 7 August, Newcastle, Monument Mall all day
Sunday 8 August, Hartlepool Tall Ships Race all day
Monday 9 August, Sunderland, outside The Bridges centre 10am-12.30pm
Monday 9 August, Durham, Millenium Place 1-4pm
The roadshows will be followed by a series of events throughout September and October in the North East ahead of World Mental Health Day on Saturday 10 October, so look out for up coming dates.

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Come along to our Lived experience networking events
This September, we're holding two networking events to bring together people with lived experience of mental health problems who are involved in Time to Change.

Plans are still in progress but they are provisionally set for Sheffield on Friday 10 September and Bristol on Monday 13 September. They are for anyone with direct experience of mental health issues who is involved in Time to Change through our community projects; supporters and Champions; volunteers; END Involvement Workers; LEAP Advisors and service user evaluators.

The events will be a great opportunity to share your experiences, learn from others, feed back to us and be involved in shaping future plans for Time to Change.

If you'd like to come along please email us to register your interest, and we'll send you more information.

What does the future hold for Time to Change?
It's been a busy few months for Time to Change as we've been making plans for the future of our work. We're currently funded by the Big Lottery Fund and Comic Relief until September 2011, but we need to continue well beyond that to have a real and lasting impact on public attitudes.

These are uncertain times, but we believe the government has a role to play in funding the campaign in the next phase, so we've been working on a bid to convince politicians of the importance of our work and the human and economic benefits it can bring.

We have also made a short film to show how much we have achieved so far . But there's still a long way left to go and with your support we will fight hard to ensure we can continue on the journey to equality for everyone with mental health problems. We'll keep you updated!

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Get Moving this October

We're all gearing up to get active this October to help raise awareness of mental health discrimination - and we hope you are too!

There will be hundreds of Time to Get Moving events happening up and down the country, so check out what's going on in your area.

There's still plenty of time to organise your own event to get your friends or colleagues together - we have lots of guidance and resources to support you so get involved today!

Find an event near you

news and updates from http://www.time-to-change.org.uk.
15-19 Broadway London, E15 4BQ

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