Take Time to Talk!
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Published 1 Feb 2022 in Colleagues
Did you know Thursday 3rd February is Time to Talk day? It’s your chance to join colleagues, friends, families, and communities to help discuss mental health and generally how you’re feeling. With support from GroceryAid, Everymind and our dedicated Midcounties Mental Health Champions, we hope you can all take part.
What is Time to Talk Day?
Time to Talk Day is the nation’s biggest mental health conversation and it’s nearly here! Taking place on Thursday 3 February, it’s the day when we can all come together to talk, listen and change lives. 1 in 4 of us will experience a mental health problem in any given year. So, it’s time to make each of us feel comfortable about it – wherever we can.
How can it help?
Talking about mental health reduces stigma, helping to create supportive communities where we can talk openly about mental health and feel empowered to seek help when we need it.
That’s why opening up the conversation about mental health problems is so important - by talking about it we can support ourselves and others.
Supportive communities that talk and listen help people to feel:
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connected to others and feel good in themselves
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seen and heard
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comfortable asking for help when they need it
So why not take part in the day by downloading the free conversation start pack to help you talk about mental health with your colleagues. Click here to discover more.
Need some tips? Follow these easy steps
1. Plan your activity - You can do anything that will encourage people to talk.
Try activities like origami, bingo, a quiz, coffee & chat, a walk and talk in the park – the list is easy and endless! People might not want to talk about how they’re feeling. Instead, try general, light-hearted topics of conversation.
2. Find a place to chat
You could meet outdoors or indoors at places like community centres, parks, gardens and allotments, gyms, leisure centres and sports clubs, cafes, scout huts and youth clubs.
3. Invite people to your activity
Use social groups online or a local community group to help you network.
4. Continue the conversation
Regular chats are important for other people’s mental health and your own. So, keep up the conversation after 3 February.
Meeting new people, learning a new skill and volunteering are also other ways to improve mental wellbeing.
GroceryAid Support & Everymind Mental Health app
Colleagues and their families can reach out to GroceryAid at any time of day or night, and access a wide range of advice and guidance, either through the helpline or website:
☑️Debt Advice and how to improve Financial Wellbeing
☑️Emotional Wellbeing guidance
☑️Non-repayable Financial Grants to support employees through difficult times
Click here to find out more about the services GroceryAid provide.
Plus don’t forget to download the fantastic Everymind app where there is plenty of useful content to suit your need such as gratitude logs, case studies and articles.
Click here to find out more and download the app today.
Support from our Mental Health Champions
You can also speak to our Mental Health Champions here.
A Mental Health Champion is someone you can call, email or have a coffee with and quite simply, have a chat. Whether you want to talk about things that may be on your mind, or you feel you need some Mental Health support and aren’t quite sure where to turn to, our Midcounties Mental Health Champions are here for you.
Each one of our Champions have put themselves forward to be available to spend time with anyone across our Business who may need it. We invite each of you, should you wish, to reach out to our Mental Health Champions.
All conversations will be treated as 100% confidential unless you are deemed to be at risk to yourself or others in which case, we have a duty of care to take it further.
Try and take some time to have a conversation about Mental Health this Time to Talk Day.