Tag: The Drum

Duke Of Cambridge supports CALM’s #BestManProject

Stuart Mitchell

CALM’s Best Man Project got a Royal seal of approval. As part of their support of Heads Together, a group of CALM supporters, volunteers and familiar faces like Rio Ferdinand, Loyle Carner, and Roman Kemp met The Duke Of Cambridge. Friendships and social connections can provide a lifeline for those in crisis, but recent research reveals men are much less likely than women to feel comfortable when a man they know opens up to them, and men’s social connections can wane over time. Isolation and loneliness is a growing problem, especially for men over 30. …

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Why Save It For A Wedding To Be Your Mate’s Best Man? Asks Charity

Stuart Mitchell

The male suicide prevention charity the Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM), in collaboration with The Drum’s Do It Day. has launched the Best Man Project. An honour many men experience, being a best man is an opportunity to display exemplary mate behaviour. Beyond planning the stag do and crafting embarrassing stories for the speech, a best man comes into his own by being there for the groom through thick and thin, having his back, and acting as a rock of support. A best man is the epitome of a great mate, so…

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Mental Health and Marketing

Stuart Mitchell

Well we are now over a week into October, and it’s looking to be a busy month. There a lot of events going on this month, which we will touch on with many more articles over the next few weeks. However I want to concentrate specifically today on one just gone past and one which is very important to the marketing and advertising industry. In case you missed it this week had World Mental Health Day. Mental health is one of the issues these days often overlooked especially within the…

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Psyched founder offers mental wellness advice in new five-part series for The Drum

Stuart Mitchell

In an effort to combat the stigma of mental health issues in the workplace, Kathleen Saxton, founder of Psyched Global, has teamed with The Drum to offer a series of tips for professionals on how to handle the issue at work. Saxton, who has worked with a number of senior marketing professionals over the years via her mental wellness consultancy, will offer five tips through a series of videos to inform and help deal with issues in the workplace and help bring more of an understanding to the issues when…

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The Drum aim to destigmatize mental health with Do It Day 2017

Stuart Mitchell

Marketing Magazine and hub The Drum has launched its new mission is to empower marketers to change the world and that is precisely what Do It Day is about. After the success of Do It Day 2016 which saw 20 campaigns based on social good launched in the UK and USA, this year The Drum will be focus on destigmatizing mental health. In collaboration with the UN’s World Mental Health Day on 10th October, The Drum, together with its partners, will invite the industry to help tackle areas of mental…

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