‘Holding On To Hope in a Changing World’ is a five week social media campaign launching on 6 September which links World Suicide Prevention Day on 10 September to World Mental Health Day on 10 October. The campaign is a collaboration between Action Mental Health and Health & Social Care partners across NI to encourage everyone to hold on to hope, to nurture our mental & emotional wellbeing and to raise awareness of the local and regional services that are available to help when times are tough.
The Interactive Campaign Pack features a Hope Quiz to help you reflect on how hopeful you are today. Your score will direct you to tips, information and resources that can help including:
– Take 5 Steps to Wellbeing
– Self-Care tips
– Helplines information
– Self-help resources
– Training on mental health
– Information on techniques such as gratitude, mindfulness and challenging negative thoughts.
AMH Promote – Action Mental Health’s service for adults with learning – is joining the global effort to brighten up our lives during the coronavirus pandemic.
The clients at the Bangor based
service will be creating colourful rainbows to display in their windows, as over
100,000 budding young artists of all abilities across the world put their own
artistic touches to the welcome colourful arcs in the sky.
The trend, thought to have originated
in Italy, among one of the worst hit countries by Covid-19, has now reached the
Promote gang in Bangor. It gathered momentum in the UK and Ireland following
the recent closure of schools, following the example of rainbow makers around
the world who are uniting on a Facebook page Believe
In Rainbows, People are using the social media platform to share their
versions of the symbol in a bid to spread a bit of joy amid the pandemic.
Paintings and coloured pictures of
rainbows produced so far carry messages of hope and some even reflect the
Government’s message on the spread of coronavirus: “Catch it, bin it, kill it”.
Other messages have been found encouraging others to “Be kind,” “Stay Safe” and
“Be positive”.
AMH Promote – Action Mental Health’s service for adults with learning – is joining the global effort to brighten up our lives during the coronavirus pandemic.
The clients at the Bangor based
service will be creating colourful rainbows to display in their windows, as
countless numbers of budding young artists of all abilities are painting and
drawing across the world.
The trend, thought to have originated
in Italy, which is among the first country to suffer the crippling effects of
Covid-19, has now reached the Promote gang in Bangor. It gathered momentum in
the UK and Ireland following the recent closure of schools.
Paintings and coloured pictures of
rainbows carry messages like reflecting the Government’s message on the spread
of coronavirus: “Catch it, bin it, kill it” as well as other messages urging
people to “Be kind,” “Stay Safe” and “Be positive”.
Rainbow makers around the world are uniting on a Facebook page Believe In Rainbows, sharing their versions of the symbol in a bid to spread a bit of joy amid the pandemic.
