Time to Talk Day 2025 by See Me Scotland will take place on Thursday 6 February. If you haven’t been involved in Time to Talk Day before, it is an annual campaign running across the whole of the UK, designed to get people talking about mental health. Due to the stigma that still exists, mental …
Resources
Coping with self-harm and suicidal thoughts
This post mentions and links to videos which discuss self-harm and suicide. On World Mental Health Day 2024, Samaritans launched a series of videos featuring people talking about what helped them in their own journeys and in supporting others with self-harm and suicidal thoughts. Everyone is unique, and what works for one person may not …
See Me See Change
About See Me See Change in schools See Me See Change (SMSC) is a whole institution approach that has been developed by See Me (Scotland’s national mental health anti-stigma programme) through a combination of co-production with young people, piloting the approach with various institutions and local authorities across Scotland, and input from a range of …
LGBT Charter
The LGBT Charter, delivered by LGBT Youth Scotland, is a programme that enables organisations, including colleges, universities and students’ associations to proactively include LGBTQ+ people in every aspect of their work, supporting their staff and providing high quality service to their students. Being accredited with LGBT Youth Scotland’s LGBT Charter enables institutions to send a …
Conversion practices and where to get support
What are conversion practices? Conversion practices try to change or suppress someone’s sexual orientation or gender identity. Being LGBTQ+ is not something that can or should be changed or suppressed. Nobody should have to hide who they are to be accepted. Conversion practices do not work, and they can have a lifelong impact on the …
