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Channel 4 transmits mental health discrimination message

Channel 4 has become the first broadcaster in England to sign the Time to Change pledge to show their commitment to tackling mental health discrimination.  

British Gas commit to mental health anti-stigma pledge

British Gas is the latest organisation to pledge their support in tackling mental health discrimination in the workplace, joining some of the country’s major employers including Ernst & Young and Transport for London (TfL).

Mental health stigma and discrimination is harming our next generation

Tragically, a quarter of young people (26%) have said that the stigma attached to their mental illness has made them want to give up on life, according to new statistics released by the mental health anti-stigma programme Time to Change, which is run by the charities Mind and Rethink Mental Illness.

Furthermore, 27% of young people with mental health problems under the age of 25 say that the discrimination they face as a result has also made them give up on their life’s ambitions .

MPs talk for the first time about their mental health problems

History in the making: Charles Walker MP, Kevan Jones MP, Dr Sarah Wollaston MP, and Andrea Leadsom MP talk about their mental health problems for the first time in the House of Commons.   

Sue Baker, Director of Time to Change, England’s biggest mental health anti-stigma programme, run by the charities Mind and Rethink Mental Illness, said:

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