Press Releases

TIME TO CHANGE IS HAVING A POSITIVE EFFECT ON REDUCING MENTAL HEALTH STIGMA AND DISCRIMINATION

Jenny Tudor — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 11:23:57 +0100

Open Up Challenges Mental Health Discrimination in Birmingham

Jenny Tudor — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 14:42:35 +0100

Open Up Conference - Speakers Confirmed

Abi — Fri, 21 May 2010 17:22:01 +0100

Open Up (one of Time to Change's projects) is pleased to announce an exciting line-up for its 14th June anti-discrimination conference, 'Challenging Discrimination Together'!

Leeds and Nottingham pledge to help end mental health prejudice

Jenny Tudor — Tue, 11 May 2010 11:19:19 +0100

Time to Change, England’s most ambitious programme to end the stigma faced by people with a mental health problem, is holding two regional events in Leeds and Nottingham where everyone is welcome to come along and make a pledge to help end mental health prejudice on a giant mosaic pledge board.

‘Schizo – The Movie’: Anti-stigma film trailer launches in cinemas across England to challenge stereotypes of mental illness

Abi — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:43:33 +0100

Following in the wake of the recent re-release of Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho for the film’s 50th anniversary, an award-winning film trailer that challenges stereotypes around the link between mental illness and violence, particularly people with a diagnosis of schizophrenia, will screen in cinemas across England from Friday 23 April.

Celebrities pledge to help end mental health prejudice

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 12:30:20 +0100

Boxer Frank Bruno, television presenter Trisha Goddard and comedian Ruby Wax have joined a host of other well-known celebrities including Patsy Palmer, Mel C, Gok Wan and Trevor Nelson in making a pledge to help end mental health prejudice for the next exciting stage of the Time to Change [1] campaign, which begins on Monday April 19.

Premier League pitches in to end stigma as Time to Change launches next stage of campaign

chriscox — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 10:21:52 +0100

An event to launch an exciting new partnership between Time to Change, Sport Relief and the Premier League will take place today. Ken Loach, Trisha Goddard and Ali Bastian will also be adding their support to Time to Change marking the next stage of the campaign in cinemas across England and on London tubes.

MPs not immune to mental health problems

Abi — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:44:19 +0000

On the day that Iris Robinson MP has spoken out about her experience of depression, Time to Change, England’s most ambitious programme to end mental health discrimination led by charities Mind and Rethink, calls for greater openness about mental health issues at Westminster.

Sue Baker, Director of Time to Change said:

Time to Change responds to New Horizons report published today

Jenny Tudor — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:50:50 +0000

Responding to New Horizons – a shared vision for mental health report published by the Department of Health today (7 December), Sue Baker, Director of Time to Change, England’s programme to end mental health discrimination, said:

Robert Enke’s death highlights the tragic cost of stigma

Kate Stringer — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:02:51 +0000

Time to Change, England’s programme to end mental health stigma and discrimination, is deeply saddened to hear of the suicide on Tuesday of German goalkeeper Robert Enke, following a struggle with depression.