October Mental Health Month 2019

1 in 4 people will suffer from a mental health problem at some point in their life. We should not be afraid to “talk about it".

Every year the Trust celebrates World Mental Health Day on 10 October to demonstrate our support for challenging stigma and celebrate the month with events across our sites to raise awareness of mental health and to stamp out stigma across south west London. The day provides an opportunity "for all stakeholders working on mental health issues to talk about their work, and what more needs to be done to make mental health care a reality for people worldwide". This year's theme set by the World Federation for Mental Health is suicide prevention.

Full 2019 Calendar Events will be available shortly.

This year we are supporting a number of events across south west London throughout October, including:

Our annual #Upliftingimage digital photographycompetition which is open to local schools, public and staff. The competition closes on 30 September. The theme for 2019 is “Body image – how we think and feel about our bodies.” 

• An exhibition celebrating Black History Month including internal and external speakers.
• Recovery College courses for staff, patients, their carers and family throughout the month.
• World Mental Health Day: we will have an Art Exhibition, Art and Craft sessions as well as the Mind wall. The session will take place in the canteen on 10 October.
• Weekly social media posts and animations.
• 11th annual Healing our broken village conference 24 October.
•  and many more.

Download our   pdf Full 2019 Calendar Events. (1.53 MB)

Please make sure you check the calendar regularly as we add more events across south west London.