Time to Talk Day
Thursday 6 February 2020 is Time to Talk Day – a day when everyone is encouraged to have a conversation about mental health.
Time to Talk Day is run by Time to Change to help spread the word that you can talk about mental health anywhere – including at work.
Time to Change is England’s biggest programme to challenge mental health stigma and discrimination and is run by the charities Mind and Rethink Mental Illness. In 2014 QMUL signed the Time to Change Employer Pledge, a commitment to change how the university thinks and acts about mental health.
At QMUL, we know that it benefits all of us to talk about mental health. Everyone who works and studies at the university should feel they can be open about their mental health, and ask for support if they need it, from the following:
Staff
http://hr.qmul.ac.uk/wellbeing/mental-wellbeing/
Students
https://www.welfare.qmul.ac.uk/
Below are a list of organisations that can help you, or someone else, to find support:
Mind Infoline
Telephone: 0300 123 3393 – 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday
Email: info@mind.org.uk
Text: 86463
www.mind.org.uk/help/advice_lines
Rethink Mental Illness Advice Line
Telephone: 0300 5000 927 – 9.30am to 4pm, Monday to Friday
Email: info@rethink.org
www.rethink.org/about-us/our-mental-health-advice
Elefriends
www.elefriends.org.uk
Telephone: 116 123 – 24 hours a day, free to call
Samaritans
Telephone: 116 123 – 24 hours a day, free to call
Email: jo@samaritans.org
www.samaritans.org
SANEline
Telephone: 0300 304 7000 – 4.30pm to 10.30pm, everyday
www.sane.org.uk/what_we_do/support/helpline
