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Ways you can campaign for better mental health |
- Write to you MP to sign the Early Day Motion 1455 (Calling for a men’s mental health strategy as we currently only have a women’s mental health strategy).
- Find your MP at http://www.upmystreet.com/commons/l/
- See if your MP has signed this motion at http://edmi.parliament.uk/EDMi/EDMDetails.aspx?EDMID=38623&SESSION=899
- Invite your MP to local events
- Let us know what you are doing to support Mind campaign. Please email at our office on office@yorkmind.org.uk
- Contact Emily Crowley to give your story if you're working with, or you are, an asylum seeker or refugee.
- Contact details are: e.crowley@mind.org.uk or ring 020 8215 227
- Let us know what you are doing to support Mind campaign. Please email at our office on office@yorkmind.org.uk
- Easing financial burdens with free prescriptions would allow people to take the necessary medication for their mental and physical conditions. This would improve lifestyles, as there would be extra money for better food and educational courses etc.
- Mind will be working with the Prescription Promise Coalition to challenge the government on this issue. Support our work by going to prescriptionpromise.org.uk and e-mail your MP.
- For further information contact Mariam Kemple, m.kemple@mind.org.uk or ring 020 8215 2228
- Let us know what you are doing to support Mind campaign. Please email at our office on office@yorkmind.org.uk
- Highlights the vicious circle of mental distress and debt problems, helps to empower people with mental health problems who are in debt to take control over their finances.
- Read the report and encourage others to read it too, to broaden the awareness of this campaign- Find the report at http://www.mind.org.uk/NR/rdonlyres/B8ACA0C3-C16C-45DE-886D-84F0745A1C9D/0/Mw08reportWeb.pdf
- Contact the local branches of banks in your area to make them aware of this campaign.
- Let us know what you are doing to support Mind campaign. Please email at our office on office@yorkmind.org.uk
- Challenges the government to end mental health discrimination, and to debate the impact of mental health discrimination.
- Contact your MP to sign the Early Day Motion 522, which challenges.
- Let us know what you are doing to support Mind campaign. Please email at our office on office@yorkmind.org.uk
- Contact your MP to express their concerns on this issue.
- A template letter can be found on the national Mind website - http://www.mind.org.uk/News+policy+and+campaigns/Campaigns/Benefits+and+welfare+reform/
- Let us know what you are doing to support Mind campaign. Please email at our office on office@yorkmind.org.uk
Please let us know if you find any problems associated with mental or emotional distress that may be affecting more people and any ideas about campaigning to do something about it to make better mental health for all our reality. Please contact on 01904 647014 / 01904 647349 or you can contact us via email at office@yorkmind.org.uk or info@yorkmind.org.uk
