Shift Update - February 2009
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Shift is an initiative to tackle stigma and discrimination surrounding
mental health issues in England. Our aim is to create a society where
people who experience mental health problems enjoy the same rights and
opportunities as other people.
Shift has been extended to 2011 and has made much progress so far this
year and will be showcasing its programme at several national
conferences this year.
++ Media ++
We are delivering training on reporting mental illness and suicide to
trainee journalists at post-graduate and vocational journalism
colleges and universities. The workshops have received very positive
feedback.
We are working closely with the Royal College of Psychiatrists and
leading mental health charities to change the news agenda around
mental illness and violence. We intend to get across the 'other side
of the story', stressing that most people with mental health problems
are not violent, when the media reports on homicides perpetrated by
mental health patients. This collaborative project, called 'Context'
is due to be up and running later this year.
We have commissioned the charity Ok2b to run a web-based 'Stigma
Watch' system, enabling people to praise and complain about media
coverage. It is due to launch in March 2009.
We will be publishing 'Mind over Matter III', our annual analysis of
media coverage, this spring. This report will analyse coverage from
March and October 2007 to see if there has been any improvement in
coverage from the previous year and the Mind Over Matter II report.
To download a copy of 'Mind Over Matter II', visit:http://snipurl.com/
mindovermatter2
Twelve focus groups have been held to examine the role of the media in
the shaping public fears of people with mental health problems. The
report into the findings, due to be published in the Spring, will
consider issues like how critically people examine stories linking
mental illness and violence.
Previous work includes the publication earlier this year of 'What's
the story?', a guide for journalists on reporting mental illness and
suicide. To find out more about What's the Story, visit:
http://www.shift.org.uk/mediahandbook
Shift is continuing to operate its Speakers Bureau, a bank of 50
people with mental health problems and carers who talk to the media.
To find out more about the Shift Speakers' Bureau, visit:
http://www.shift.org.uk/speakersbureau
++ Black and Minority Ethnic Communities ++
We have commissioned several organisations to undertake work on Black
and Minority Ethnic issues because people with mental health problems
from these communities often experience a double stigma - racial
discrimination, as well as discrimination because of their mental ill-
health.
The Newcastle and Gateshead Art Studio 'Black and White' photographic
exhibition is being produced by members of a community group in
Newcastle. The photographs will soon be available for exhibitions and
electronically via the Shift website.
Community Development Workers are piloting the Award winning Short
Film 'Open Secrets' about shame and mental illness in a middle class
Asian family. The film has received very positive feedback. The
trailer for 'Open Secrets' is being shown at Shift exhibition stands
at numerous National conferences around England and on the website
http://www.shift.org.uk/work/bme/index.html The full film
will be able to view via the website from the spring. DVD's of the
film will be sent to all CDWs from March/April 2009.
Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Trust have been commissioned to
do a Qualitative and Quantitative Research Project looking at the
coverage of mental health stories in African Caribbean media. This
work is due to be completed in the New Year.
Ethnic Communications have completed a Qualitative Research Project
looking at the handling of mental health content in the South Asian
media. We plan to make the findings of this and the other media
related research projects public some time this spring.
++ Employment ++
About 30,000 copies of the Shift Line Manager's Resource, guidance for
line managers on handling mental health problems in the workplace,
have been distributed to employers across England, particularly to
ones in the public sector. Shift is promoting the resources at a wide
range of national events. For free copies of the guidance, email
emplo...@csip.org.uk or go to http://www.shift.org.uk/employers
An independent expert panel, The Shift Review Panel, has been set up
to review guidance on mental health and employment and help guide
employers through the wealth of existing advice. The panel, hosted by
the Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health, includes experts from
academia, business and the public sector. The first reviews of
materials, identified as being the most useful for employers, are now
available via the Shift website at http://shift.org.uk/reviewpanel.
Three short, humorous films about managing mental health problems at
work have been developed as a way of reaching out to employers and
staff who have not yet engaged with the issue. The films, which can be
viewed by employers and staff on the Internet, are now being
disseminated with a package of awareness raising and educational
tools. The Life in the Office Film trailers are being shown at Shift
exhibition stands at numerous National Conferences in England. The
films and the training package are now available on the Shift website
at www.shift.org.uk
To find out more about our employment work, visit: http://www.shift.org.uk/work/employment
++ Football ++
Following the Shift 'Mad About Football' conference in October - the
first ever conference looking how football can be good for mental
health - work is continuing to ensure football is used to improve the
well-being of people with mental health problems and breakdown
discrimination. A 'Mental Health Advisory Group', set-up in
partnership with Shift, the FA, PFA, Premier League, Football
Foundation and Sporting Chance, is taking forward this work.
For more information about 'Mad About Football', including photos and
video, visit:http://shift.org.uk/madaboutfootball
To find out more about our sports work, visit:http://www.shift.org.uk/
work/sport
++ Shift on the Web ++
Shift has launched a new version of its website and is testing the use
of a number of social networking tools. Shift has also updated the
Line Managers' Web Resource and the What's the Story media microsite.
Please be aware that these changes may mean that some old bookmarks
may no longer work. Please email sh...@csip.org.uk if you need help.
See the new Shift website here:http://www.shift.org.uk
Facebook members can follow our work here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Shift/18052500287
See our bookmarks on Delicious here:http://delicious.com/shiftstigma
Follow our Twitter feed here:http://twitter.com/shiftstigma
The updated Line Managers' Web Resource is here: http://www.shift.org.uk/employers
The updated What's the Story microsite is here:http://www.shift.org.uk/
mediahandbook
++ Get Involved ++
The Shift website lists a number of ways in which you can help us with
the work that we do.
To find out more, please visit:http://www.shift.org.uk/getinvolved
mental health issues in England. Our aim is to create a society where
people who experience mental health problems enjoy the same rights and
opportunities as other people.
Shift has been extended to 2011 and has made much progress so far this
year and will be showcasing its programme at several national
conferences this year.
++ Media ++
We are delivering training on reporting mental illness and suicide to
trainee journalists at post-graduate and vocational journalism
colleges and universities. The workshops have received very positive
feedback.
We are working closely with the Royal College of Psychiatrists and
leading mental health charities to change the news agenda around
mental illness and violence. We intend to get across the 'other side
of the story', stressing that most people with mental health problems
are not violent, when the media reports on homicides perpetrated by
mental health patients. This collaborative project, called 'Context'
is due to be up and running later this year.
We have commissioned the charity Ok2b to run a web-based 'Stigma
Watch' system, enabling people to praise and complain about media
coverage. It is due to launch in March 2009.
We will be publishing 'Mind over Matter III', our annual analysis of
media coverage, this spring. This report will analyse coverage from
March and October 2007 to see if there has been any improvement in
coverage from the previous year and the Mind Over Matter II report.
To download a copy of 'Mind Over Matter II', visit:http://snipurl.com/
mindovermatter2
Twelve focus groups have been held to examine the role of the media in
the shaping public fears of people with mental health problems. The
report into the findings, due to be published in the Spring, will
consider issues like how critically people examine stories linking
mental illness and violence.
Previous work includes the publication earlier this year of 'What's
the story?', a guide for journalists on reporting mental illness and
suicide. To find out more about What's the Story, visit:
http://www.shift.org.uk/mediahandbook
Shift is continuing to operate its Speakers Bureau, a bank of 50
people with mental health problems and carers who talk to the media.
To find out more about the Shift Speakers' Bureau, visit:
http://www.shift.org.uk/speakersbureau
++ Black and Minority Ethnic Communities ++
We have commissioned several organisations to undertake work on Black
and Minority Ethnic issues because people with mental health problems
from these communities often experience a double stigma - racial
discrimination, as well as discrimination because of their mental ill-
health.
The Newcastle and Gateshead Art Studio 'Black and White' photographic
exhibition is being produced by members of a community group in
Newcastle. The photographs will soon be available for exhibitions and
electronically via the Shift website.
Community Development Workers are piloting the Award winning Short
Film 'Open Secrets' about shame and mental illness in a middle class
Asian family. The film has received very positive feedback. The
trailer for 'Open Secrets' is being shown at Shift exhibition stands
at numerous National conferences around England and on the website
http://www.shift.org.uk/work/bme/index.html The full film
will be able to view via the website from the spring. DVD's of the
film will be sent to all CDWs from March/April 2009.
Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Trust have been commissioned to
do a Qualitative and Quantitative Research Project looking at the
coverage of mental health stories in African Caribbean media. This
work is due to be completed in the New Year.
Ethnic Communications have completed a Qualitative Research Project
looking at the handling of mental health content in the South Asian
media. We plan to make the findings of this and the other media
related research projects public some time this spring.
++ Employment ++
About 30,000 copies of the Shift Line Manager's Resource, guidance for
line managers on handling mental health problems in the workplace,
have been distributed to employers across England, particularly to
ones in the public sector. Shift is promoting the resources at a wide
range of national events. For free copies of the guidance, email
emplo...@csip.org.uk or go to http://www.shift.org.uk/employers
An independent expert panel, The Shift Review Panel, has been set up
to review guidance on mental health and employment and help guide
employers through the wealth of existing advice. The panel, hosted by
the Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health, includes experts from
academia, business and the public sector. The first reviews of
materials, identified as being the most useful for employers, are now
available via the Shift website at http://shift.org.uk/reviewpanel.
Three short, humorous films about managing mental health problems at
work have been developed as a way of reaching out to employers and
staff who have not yet engaged with the issue. The films, which can be
viewed by employers and staff on the Internet, are now being
disseminated with a package of awareness raising and educational
tools. The Life in the Office Film trailers are being shown at Shift
exhibition stands at numerous National Conferences in England. The
films and the training package are now available on the Shift website
at www.shift.org.uk
To find out more about our employment work, visit: http://www.shift.org.uk/work/employment
++ Football ++
Following the Shift 'Mad About Football' conference in October - the
first ever conference looking how football can be good for mental
health - work is continuing to ensure football is used to improve the
well-being of people with mental health problems and breakdown
discrimination. A 'Mental Health Advisory Group', set-up in
partnership with Shift, the FA, PFA, Premier League, Football
Foundation and Sporting Chance, is taking forward this work.
For more information about 'Mad About Football', including photos and
video, visit:http://shift.org.uk/madaboutfootball
To find out more about our sports work, visit:http://www.shift.org.uk/
work/sport
++ Shift on the Web ++
Shift has launched a new version of its website and is testing the use
of a number of social networking tools. Shift has also updated the
Line Managers' Web Resource and the What's the Story media microsite.
Please be aware that these changes may mean that some old bookmarks
may no longer work. Please email sh...@csip.org.uk if you need help.
See the new Shift website here:http://www.shift.org.uk
Facebook members can follow our work here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Shift/18052500287
See our bookmarks on Delicious here:http://delicious.com/shiftstigma
Follow our Twitter feed here:http://twitter.com/shiftstigma
The updated Line Managers' Web Resource is here: http://www.shift.org.uk/employers
The updated What's the Story microsite is here:http://www.shift.org.uk/
mediahandbook
++ Get Involved ++
The Shift website lists a number of ways in which you can help us with
the work that we do.
To find out more, please visit:http://www.shift.org.uk/getinvolved
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