One in four of us will be affected by a mental health problem at some point in our lives.
Often the fact that it’s difficult to talk about mental health problems can be one of the hardest parts of having a mental illness. It can lead to the loss of friendships, feeling isolated, not seeking help and slower recovery.
Time to Change is an anti-stigma campaign run by the leading mental health charities Mind and Rethink Mental Illness to end the discrimination that surrounds mental health. The campaign is funded by the Department of Health and Comic Relief .
Thought London was just hosting the Olympics this summer? Think again…
World Pride will be here in London on behalf of the global LGBT community on Saturday 7th July 2012 http://www.pridelondon.org/.
The theme for this years World Pride Parade is ‘One World, One Pride, One Voice’ and all parade participants will be reflecting this in their float or walking group.
The World Pride Parade will start at Baker Street at 1 pm and make its way down Oxford Street and Regent Street, moving down Pall Mall and Cockspur Street as it passes Trafalgar Square and continues down Whitehall where it will end at around 4.30 pm.
Square Peg Media in partnership with Stonewall, is proud to present the UK’s biggest, most exciting diversity specific careers event showcasing the UK’s most influential and inclusive recruiters.
This is a FREE event for all job and internship seekers on Friday 19 October 2012.
Wednesday 20th June is National Sharing Day, founded by The People Who Share (http://thepeoplewhoshare.com/). It is an opportunity to celebrate all things sharing, with mass sharing events all across the country. Events planned include communities sharing household goods in Liverpool, primary school children book sharing in Brighton and a Great Skills Share in London and much, much more. It’s all about lots of people coming together, finding ways to save money, make friends and help the planet while having fun!
A poll of more than 2,000 people conducted by YouGov for Stonewall has revealed that three in five people of faith support government plans to extend civil marriage to same-sex couples, despite a vitriolic campaign against the proposal by some faith leaders. Read more here:
There‘s only two weeks left until the government consultation on extending the legal form of marriage to same-sex couples closes. The proposal was not included in the recent Queen’s Speech but Stonewall is lobbying the government to press ahead with implementing this promise in the next 12 months in any case. Now’s the time to make your voice heard if you haven’t already done so.
You can visit www.stonewall.org.uk/marriage for details of how to respond to the consultation and tell the government why equal marriage matters to you.
Legislation announced in the Queen’s Speech on 9 May included a draft bill on adult social care, bills on public state pensions and the pension age, and new measures on flexible working.
