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FAMILY & COMMUNITY
...working in mental health is challenging,
but highly rewarding.
We work to identify what services
are lacking. Building capacity at community levels to provide best in class solutions is what we strive to do."
— Nitika (Rewari) Chunilall, Mental Health Commission of Canada
MENTAL HEALTH affects >600 million people worldwide and most countries spend less than 2% of government funds in treatment and prevention but lose anywhere between $16million to $2billion a year since 2017.
Mental disorders frequently lead individuals and families into poverty. Homelessness and inappropriate incarceration is far more common for people with mental disorders than for the general population, and exacerbate their marginalization and vulnerability. This annual Mental Health Impact Design Sprint will focus on crowdsourcing relevant and applicable solutions to life applicability areas,we call; ‘tracks’.
Explore the tracks below and help someone live a more hopeful life NOW!
EDUCATION & Learning
Does your idea/solution aid in the education or training of behavioral health literacy?
FAMILY & COMMUNITY
Does your idea/solution unite communities and address social stigmas aginst mental health?
Physiology & THERAPY
Does your idea/solution highlight the correlations of physiology to psycological treament?
LifE Purpose Design
Does your idea/solution better enable personal and professional life design/goals?
EMPLOYMENT CARE
Does your idea/solution enhance employee mental health and wellbeing initiatives?
FINANCE & WEALTH
Does your idea/solution aid in personal financial management, or alleviate stress and anxiety?
unlimited
Solving teams from >45 countries, ages
18 to 35 working together to address challenges & potential solutions affecting
6 life tracks
open INNOVATION
Aug 28-30, 2020 "Inspiration Weekend" welcomed over 35 global expert perspectives, sharing insights about possibities in improving mental health
PEER PROOFED
This impact design format has been built to capacitate the widest range of applicable perspectives from youth leader, field professionals & investment experts
IMPacT DESIGN
As mental affects many global & local impact parameters, this impact design format is guided by experienced value designers from multiple industries & sectors
THANKING OUR INSPIRING CONTRIBUTORS
George Pullen
Senior Economist
Professor and Speaker
2020
Joanna Staniszewka
Founder, Partner & CEO
MEDIA
PARTNER
"Choose conscious communication that opens hearts and wallets globally"
You'll marketing & branding is a boutique consultancy and communication agency.
YOUTH ORGANIZATION PARTNERSHIP
If you and your youth organization members feel as strongly as we do about addressing the gaps in mental health awareness, then explore partnering with us by booking a Impact Design Weekend of your own.
Celebrating Aaron Connolly & the athletes who inspire us!
FAMILY & COMMUNITY
KEYNOTE
"It was as if my son screamed 'daddy' at me - and that was enough to stop me walking in (front of a train) that moment."
Aaron Connolly tells the remarkable story of pulling himself back from the brink of taking his own life and setting up a football-based support group, Time to Tackle, with his wife Siobhan.
If you have been affected by any of the issues raised in this video, please visit the
BBC Action Lines: https://bbc.co.uk/actionline/
ACCESS RESULTS of MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS SURVEY
In June, 2020, we surveyed 356 respondents from 28 countries. Only 24% got it all right!
