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USERMCARER atters October 2010 Issue 23
Including news for service user and family carer foundation trust members
Suffolk Health and Wellbeing Month: Get the feel good factor this October October 2010 celebrates the launch of Suffolk Health and Wellbeing Month, a month long campaign that brings together anti-stigma events from across the county. There are events happening throughout the month in
locations across Suffolk. There is a timetable of events from pages 3-5 of this edition of User Carer Matters. For more information on the events taking place during October please visit www.keepaneyeout.co.uk The month is being coordinated by VASP (Voluntary and Statutory Partnership), a group of over 60 mental health organisations including Suffolk Family Carers, ESAN, Suffolk Libraries and teams from around Suffolk Mental Health
Partnership NHS Trust. Suffolk Health and Wellbeing Month is about working together to raise awareness of good mental wellbeing and the benefits of physical health. The events are based around having a healthy mind and a healthy body. The events expand on VASP’s usual celebrations of World Mental Health Day (October 10th), an international awareness event originally started by the World Federation for Mental Health. The month also incorporates Time to Change “Get moving” events. Time to Change is a national anti-stigma campaign which aims inspire the country to put an end mental health discrimination.
‘Helping people make the most of their lives’