Photo: PACA Digital Media Centre
Mental health problems are common – but nearly nine out of ten people who experience them say they face discrimination.
Pakistan Advice and Community Association (PACA) and Sheffield Mind were funded by Time to Change (England's biggest programme to challenge mental health stigma and discrimination) to work with a film maker and create short films with volunteers about mental health and the importance of talking about it.
The films will inspire people by showing that mental health problems are common and people can recover from them. The project's aim is to get people talking about, and breaking down, the stigma around mental health.
Six volunteers can visit mosques, community groups or events to show the film and talk about mental health. The project will also need to recruit more volunteers. Other workers and organisations are welcome to join the steering group and work with organisations such as MAAN (Somali Mental Health project), Sheffield Health & Social Care Foundation Trust Community Development Team and Sheffield Hallam University research students.
Filming is now over and the material is being pulled together for editing. The films will be ready for 6th July to show at Sharrow Festival and Abbeyfield Festival on 7th July.
For more information, visit:
http://www.timetochange.co.uk or the Sheffield mind website http://www.sheffieldmind.co.uk
For information about the project, contact Sheffield Mind on 258 4489 or PACA on 261 9130.