21/02/2013
Dear Mental Wealth UK Supporters
University Mental Health and Wellbeing Day takes place this Wednesday, 20th February.
As you will remember from our January Newsletter, we have teamed up with UMHAN (University Mental Health Advisers Network) to make University Mental Health And Wellbeing Day bigger and better in 2013. The national event was started last year by UMHAN to focus efforts on promoting the mental health of people who live and work in Higher Education settings. Many Universities, Students’ Union’s and Mental Wealth Groups have spent the last couple of months preparing some fantastic events. We’re delighted that many students found our info pack about the day useful in planning their activities. Don’t worry if your institution hasn’t been able to plan anything yet, or if you do not work at a University - it’s never too late to get involved and there are plenty of ways for everyone in the wider community to engage with this important initiative.
Read on to find out how you can help to build up the momentum and impact of University Mental Health Day...
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1. Please share and join our ‘Thunderclap’
It takes just 20 seconds to sign up to the thunderclap (a mass Tweet and Facebook post) for University Mental Health Day. By joining you will become one of hundreds of people across the UK tweeting or posting about all at the same time! It’s a great way to spread the message to thousands of people that if they are struggling, they are not alone and support is available.
If we don't get 250 sign ups by the end of Tuesday 19th, it won’t get sent out at all, so publicising it is crucial and we need your help. The more people you can get to sign up the better. If you work in a university please encourage your colleagues and communications team to get behind this, and share it through mailing lists and your Facebook / twitter accounts. If you could sign up for it on both your Facebook and twitter accounts, that would be even better! Follow this link to join in:
https://www.thunderclap.it/projects/1274-university-mental-health-day
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2. Keep up to date through social media
Make sure you take part in the national conversation on mental health. Tell us about the events you are running and how they are going as the day unfolds, let us know ‘What do you do for your Mental Health?’ and get your voice heard. What do you want to say about mental health?
* Tweet
* Use the hashtag:
* Sign up to our Thunderclap (a mass tweet on 20th Feb) here
* Tag ‘Mental Wealth UK’ in Facebook posts
* Email us your images or upload them to Facebook and Twitter.
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3. Take lots of photos : Enter the competition!
Please encourage students to submit photos for the National Student Wellbeing Competition. First prize is £125 vouchers. All details here: http://www.mentalwealthuk.com/news/student-photography-competition-for-unimentalhealthday
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4. Share your plans with us before Wednesday
If you / your University has planned something to mark the day, please tell us the details (if you haven’t already informed us or UMHAN). Whether its a social media push or blog, an event, or if you are helping out with your Uni's wellbeing stalls, we need to know about it. Everything you do will be blogged about from the university mental health day blog. (Link will be shared shortly) Send us a brief summary and any links to web pages to help promote your activities to: home[at]mentalwealthuk.com
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5. Keep a record of numbers
So that we can measure the impact of the day please be sure to keep a record of how many people are attending your event, or sharing your blog/ visiting your website etc.
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Please get in touch if you have any questions about the day.
Thank you for your ongoing support.
Best Wishes,
Rosie
Rosie Tressler
Development Officer
Mental Wealth UK
e: [email protected]
http://www.mentalwealthuk.com/
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