Raising awareness for Mental Health
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Hello everyone :)!
I have decided to raise funds for The Mental Health Foundation charity to help individuals suffering from Mental Health issues. This is a cause that is close to my heart due to my own journey with severe anxiety and depression that began in 2009. At my lowest points I found it very difficult to reach out when I was not coping due to feeling ashamed or as though I may be judged by others who may not have an understanding of it or have not experienced mental health issues for themselves. Something that has really helped me over the years is practicing mindfulness which I learnt through going for DBT group therapy.
Breaking the social stigma and raising awareness for Mental Health could help bridge the gap between people suffering alone and reaching out for help. We need to work towards Mental Health being spoken about openly and preventing the subject from being ignored. The Mental Health Foundation strive for good mental health for all by focusing on and campaigning for issues such as maternal mental health, children and young people, workplace wellbeing, people later in life, people with mental health inequalities and people with learning disabilities. To find out more information please follow this link: The Mental Health Foundation.
It is with great sadness that it has also been recently brought to my attention that a member of my extended family's life has been cut short due to depression. His family are fundraising to found an initiative to prevent mental health from taking the lives of families loved ones.This initiative is still in its embryonic stage but your kind donations will help them to build the foundations and work towards tackling this social stigma.
I'm setting a target of £800, once I reach this target I will be cutting off 12 inches of my hair and donating the hair to Little Princess Trust which is a charity that provides free real hair wigs for children and young adults up to the age of 24! I will be splitting the money raised between my chosen charity and for the family who have sadly lost their son.
If you are able to support the cause and/or donate I will be truly grateful, if you can’t donate then sharing the link would be equally as amazing! Thank you so much guys :).
Let’s do this!
I have decided to raise funds for The Mental Health Foundation charity to help individuals suffering from Mental Health issues. This is a cause that is close to my heart due to my own journey with severe anxiety and depression that began in 2009. At my lowest points I found it very difficult to reach out when I was not coping due to feeling ashamed or as though I may be judged by others who may not have an understanding of it or have not experienced mental health issues for themselves. Something that has really helped me over the years is practicing mindfulness which I learnt through going for DBT group therapy.
Breaking the social stigma and raising awareness for Mental Health could help bridge the gap between people suffering alone and reaching out for help. We need to work towards Mental Health being spoken about openly and preventing the subject from being ignored. The Mental Health Foundation strive for good mental health for all by focusing on and campaigning for issues such as maternal mental health, children and young people, workplace wellbeing, people later in life, people with mental health inequalities and people with learning disabilities. To find out more information please follow this link: The Mental Health Foundation.
It is with great sadness that it has also been recently brought to my attention that a member of my extended family's life has been cut short due to depression. His family are fundraising to found an initiative to prevent mental health from taking the lives of families loved ones.This initiative is still in its embryonic stage but your kind donations will help them to build the foundations and work towards tackling this social stigma.
I'm setting a target of £800, once I reach this target I will be cutting off 12 inches of my hair and donating the hair to Little Princess Trust which is a charity that provides free real hair wigs for children and young adults up to the age of 24! I will be splitting the money raised between my chosen charity and for the family who have sadly lost their son.
If you are able to support the cause and/or donate I will be truly grateful, if you can’t donate then sharing the link would be equally as amazing! Thank you so much guys :).
Let’s do this!
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Chantel Dilip
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