This December we are coming together as a country to achieve three goals!
- Raise awareness of our vision; Mental Wellbeing for All.Making mental health conversations easier and reducing stigma and discrimination.
- Raise vital funding to keep our services going in Lancashire.
- Encourage the Lancashire community to look after their wellbeing by Connecting, Being Active and Giving bringing people together over three different distances of 2k, 5k and 10k.
Mental Health Facts.
- 1 in 6 people, or approximately 45.8 million adults, report experiencing symptoms for common mental health problems, like anxiety and depression, in any given week in England.
- 61% of adults with mental health conditions don’t access treatment.
- The amount of people with common mental health problems went up by 20% between 1993 to 2014, in both men and women.
- 14.3% of deaths worldwide, or approximately 8 million deaths each year, are attributable to mental disorders.