Tag: mental health

Help Musicians UK launches 24/7 mental health support line and service for the music industry

Stuart Mitchell

In December 2017 the country’s leading independent music charity, Help Musicians UK (HMUK), launched its landmark new 24/7 mental health service ‘Music Minds Matter’ for anyone working in the music industry. The Music Minds Matter service is the industry’s most comprehensive yet – combining advice, signposting, clinical pathways and professional therapeutic services, including counselling and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). Uniquely, the service also provides access to the charity’s grant funding, and individuals may also access advice on legal issues, debt and benefits. This is a first for the British music…

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Mind make ads driven by our mental health

Stuart Mitchell

Mind – a Swedish non-profit organization working for mental health – promotes their new forum for mental health with a series of interactive outdoor ads emphasizing the importance of sharing our emotions with others. Science says sharing problems with somebody else makes us feel better. Mind wants to spread that knowledge and ease the stigma around mental health issues. Earlier this year they launched the first moderated support forum addressing mental health in Sweden. A platform that is open to anyone and enabling you to share thoughts, feelings and support…

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CAP Launch article on Getting it right on mental health in Advertising

Stuart Mitchell

The Committees of Advertising Practice (CAP) have released an article on their website which deals with Advertisers getting it right with regards to mental health. Please have a look at the ASA site if this is of interest. The article is below: Mental health problems affect approximately 1 in 4 people in the UK every year, and advertisers have a responsibility to make sure their ads don’t have an adverse impact on those affected or on society more generally.  The CAP Code contains a number of rules that can help advertisers…

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Tommy Gun’s Launches “Cuts for Nuts” Campaign to Combat Testicular Cancer

Stuart Mitchell

On Saturday, November 4, 2017, all Tommy Gun‘s Original Barbershop locations across Canada participated in Cuts for Nuts – an event in support of testicular cancer research. During the Cuts for Nuts event, $10 from every haircut or shave was donated to The Movember Foundation. The Movember Foundation funds innovative research; they aim to stop men from dying too young. According to the foundation, Testicular cancer strikes early. It is the most common cancer in men under 40, and diagnosis rates have doubled in the last 50 years. “Movember has…

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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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