Mental health highlighted
Released: 17 October 2007
Hundreds of people flocked to a day-long event in Wolverhampton marking World Mental Health Day.
A wide-ranging programme was held at the Light House Media Centre by Wolverhampton City Council and Wolverhampton City Primary Care Trust to let members of the public, carers and service providers find out more information about mental health and general well being.
Gurdip Chima, Joint Commissioning Officer for Mental Health Services in Wolverhampton, said: “We wanted to recognise and promote the work of the various groups and organisations in Wolverhampton providing services and support for mental health service users and their carers.
“More than 200 people came along to the event and the majority of them stayed throughout the whole day. The event was really positive and raised awareness about mental health along with general well being.”
Around 40 information stands were set up at the event on October 10 alongside short film showings, poetry readings, music, relaxation therapy and a display of art created by learners on the Art for Health programme. The Adult Education Service also helped people find out about learning new skills, achieving qualifications, exploring existing interests and developing new ones.
Meanwhile, staff from the Croft Resource Centre hosted a display of work by service users on the history of Wolverhampton at Bilston Library, art by members of Hear Our Voice was displayed at Central Library and the African Caribbean Community Initiative also held a series of activities.
The event culminated in a showing of the Russell Crowe movie A Beautiful Mind, a biopic of John Forbes Nash Jr, a maths prodigy who overcame the effects of schizophrenia to win the Nobel Prize.
The city council’s Participation Officer Liz Phillips said: “More than 90 people attended the film showing and we were very pleased with the turnout.”
Released by the press office.