Information on the NTTC Champions Event, Time to Talk Day and more

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Welcome to the Nottingham Time to Change (NTTC) E-Bulletin.? The aim of this newsletter is to enable people who are keen to reduce stigma and discrimination to stay connected with mental health developments in the city ad find out more about Time to Change developments and the activities of NTTC Champions.

It's Time to Talk in Nottingham - Thursday 6 February

TTC Champions and organisations across Nottingham will be marking Time to Talk Day by holding conversations around mental health stigma and discrimination.? If you would like ideas for how you might support the day click here.

If? you are holding an event, don't forget to promote it through the TTC website or let us know at [email protected].gov.uk so that we can include it in the February E-Bulletin.

NTTC Champions Event 20 January 2020

Join us at Nottingham Time to Change's?first champion event of 2020?on Monday 20 January. TTC Champions and people with a keen interest in reducing mental health stigma and discrimination are invited to this free event where you will have the opportunity to

Meet other champions
Celebrate what was achieved in the first 18 months of Nottingham Time to Change
Discuss the next steps for Nottingham Time to Change
Raise awareness ? information about the different campaign groups and activities of champions
Signpost to mental health services/support in the city
Hold breakout groups to explore:

What support champions might like in the future
How to start a difficult conversation ? what does good sound like?
How workplace champions and community champions might provide mutual support
What has worked well for specific campaign groups
What works?when setting up?a men's group
Activities for Time to Talk Day on Thursday 6 February

This is a drop in event that starts at 12.00 noon (lunch from 12.30 pm) but places are limited so make sure that you reserve yours at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/nottingham-time-to-change-champions-event-tickets-83623509167

For more information or if you are part of an organisation or campaign group that would be interested in having an information stall, contact Sharan Jones

Free 6 month subscription to the Big White Wall

NTTC has 25 free, six month?prescriptions (worth ?20.00 each)?to give away?for the Big White Wall by 25 January 2020.

The Big White Wall?provides a safe space online for people with mental health conditions?- to get things off their chest, explore their feelings or learn how to improve and self-manage their mental health and wellbeing. You can get support on the service at any time of the day or night, 7 days a week.

Requests will be dealt with on a first come, first served basis - to get yours, email Glenda Casteloes?before 25 January.

Workplace Conversation Pack for Time to Talk Day

Time to Change?s new Workplace Conversation Pack is full of activities for Time to Talk Day, including resources to support the promotion of your commitment to addressing mental health stigma and the events your employees can get involved in.

The pack includes a range of fun activities and games including a mental health snakes and ladders, wordsearches and quizzes that can help to start the conversation in a way that doesn't appear intimidating or awkward.

To download yours, click here

NHS Psychological Therapies (Talking Therapies )

NHS psychological therapies (talking therapies) offer free support to people experiencing anxiety or depression.?To find out more, go to your GP or?click here for more information.?

NTTC Book of the Month

This month?s Reading Well book choice is by Matt Haig, novelist and mental health campaigner. Reasons to Stay Alive is Matt?s memoir about depression. Aged 24, his world caved in. He could see no way to go on living. This is the true story of how he came through crisis, triumphed over an illness that almost destroyed him and learned to live again.

Available from libraries as a book or e-book this is a moving, funny and joyous exploration of how to live better, love better and feel more alive.

One reviewer said ?The short chapters and easy narrative are perfect for a frazzled mind and allowed me to pick it up and put it down as and when I needed?.

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