Stamping Out Stigma campaign shortlisted for second award

OBMH have been shortlisted for another award for their Stamping Out Stigma Campaign. This time the campaign has been shortlisted in the Best Engagement Category at the AHC Awards.

 

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (OBMH) have been shortlisted for another award for their Stamping Out Stigma Campaign. This time the campaign has been shortlisted in the Best Engagement Category at the AHC Awards.

OBMH wants to make sure some of the myths around mental ill health are corrected, so people can be open without fear of the implications. The theme of the campaign is ‘Don’t turn your back on mental health’ and it has four strands covering the employment of those with a mental health history, the use of damaging language, the risk of suicide in the socially isolated, and the risks of drug and substance misuse to those with mental illness. Posters have been on buses across Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire, in cinema wash rooms and sent to local schools, colleges and employers. OBMH has started to hold interactive workshops with students to educate them about the impact stigma can have on peoples’ lives.

Julie Waldron, Chief Executive, said “People now recognise it is unacceptable to be racist or sexist, and would never use damaging language about someone suffering from cancer, heart disease, or any other long term physical condition. We want to make sure that people realise it is discriminatory and unfair to treat people differently on the basis of their mental health. We are delighted to be shortlisted for a second award this year.”

The Stamping Out Stigma campaign was launched in September 2008 with input and support from service users and carers. The award category recognises the way the campaign responded to feedback from service users and carers and incorporated their views. Winners will be announced at the AHC Awards Ceremony on 3rd June

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Published: 11 May 2009