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Northumbria Students' Union prides itself on supporting and representing the diverse needs of an ever changing student population, and the mental health of our students is hugely important. During their studies as many as 1 in 10 students [NUS Mental Distress Survey, May 2013) have thoughts of suicide, which is horrifying. As a result one of the key Union priorities this year is ensuring that our students receive adequate support, and don't feel discriminated against for being open and honest about their mental health issues, no matter how big or small these may be.

We have worked alongside our Student Support and Wellbeing service in order to ensure that our new Nightline service is successful and our volunteers are aware of support available, as well as encouraging student communities to form with a strong mental health agenda. Mental health awareness training has also been made available to all of our reps to make them more confident and aware about the issues faced by students.

Later in the year we will be running a large mental health event around minsfulness, encouraging students to get involved in workshops and to learn more about mental health in students and the community.

Overall, we hope to remove stigma for people who suffer from mental health issues and really improve student lifestyle so that all of our students have the best experience they possibly can here at Northumbria.

Dorset County Council seeks to play its part in seeking to end mental health discrimination. Signing the Time to Change plegde will ensure that we support the whole of our community and energise us to continue to challenge stigma.

We are proud to support the Time to Change campaign and are committed to promoting ways to improve wellbeing, challenge stigma and support those who are experiencing mental health problems.

Lundbeck signed the Time to Change pledge on January 8th 2014.

Chesterfield Borough Council signed the Time to Change pledge on December 5th 2013 to demonstrate our commitment to challenging mental health stigma and discrimination. We aim to do this in partnership with our employees, members, partner organisations and the wider community. We want to show that we can make a difference both within and beyond our organisation.

The Department of Energy and Climate Change is signing the Time to Change pledge as part of our ongoing commitment to supporting the mental health and wellbeing of our staff. The Department wholeheartedly supports the initiatives aimed at tackling mental health discrimination. As such, this year the Department has also pledged its support to the Public Health Responsibility Deal pledge on mental health.

We have signed the Time to Change pledge to show our commitment to ensuring  that our staff and students have the knowledge, attitudes and behaviours in order to reduce stigma and discrimination and help overcome some of the difficulties faced by anyone with mental health problems.

Representatives of Derby University withTTC rep Mike Carroll (far left) and their pledge board.

Teesside Students' Union aims to work with Teesside University and other partners to create awareness, encourage good mental health within the University and to provide our students and staff with a non-stigmatising environment.

MMUnion is committed to challenging mental health stigma and discrimination. We aim to do this in partnership with our members, our staff , our officer team and partner institution. We will ensure that members and staff are properly supported with regards to mental health issues they may face at work anmd within the university community. We will develop welfare support networks and facilitate open and honest discussion about mental health issues. We will actively campaign and lobby for more education on mental health issues and the impact they can have both in the workplace and the wider university community. We will continue to promote, publicise and fund a broad range of extra-curricular activities as we recognise the therapeutic value and pastoral function that these have. We will continue to provide a high quality Advisory Service that can both support and direct studetns to appropriate mental health support networks. 

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is signing this pledge as part of our ongoing commitment to supporting the mental health and wellbeing of both staff and patients.

Here at the University of Derby Students' Union we are committed to ending mental health discrimination. By signing the Time to Change organisational pledge we hope to engage and inform staff and students about the campaign and generate further debate and support around mental health.

What did you do to celebrate World Mental Health Day 2013?

We have hosted a Time to Change Roadshow on a number of University of Derby campuses and sites. This involved a talk from a guest speaker on Monday 14^th October, and active campaigning to get individual pledges from students and staff throughout the week. We received support for the campaign from senior University figures, including the Vice Chancellor.

The University of Plymouth Student’s Union (UPSU) and Plymouth University (PU) have a firm commitment to the health and wellbeing of their students. It is of our utmost consideration that every step possible is taken to ensure that mental wellbeing is addressed in the best way possible. That is why, together, we are pushing forward our pledge and delivering to all students the facilities required to deal with mental wellbeing. When dealing with an issue as large and as oft ignored as mental wellbeing it is important to take big strides and encourage as many people as possible to take those strides with you. Together we will achieve happiness for all students.