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Running a sucessful event
This section of the resource pack contains information on various aspects of running an event. These do not constitute a 'How To' guide, but provide guidance on various aspects of organising an event, from working on mental wellbeing issues in primary care to securing successful media coverage for your event.
Quick links:
- Men's Health Resources
- Fundraising
- Working with the media
- Diversity and planning your event
- Mental Health Toolkits
- Suicide Toolkits
- Workplace Toolkits
Men's Health Resources
The link above will contain all the responses from the MHF's efforts to find out what is being planned prior to NMHW itself. This will be made live prior to NMHW, all those who register will receive confirmation when this has been completed. The entries will be collated geographically providing an important resource as to what is happening in each area of England and Wales. This also enables networking and support at a local level, as well as being vital PR resource, enabling the media to identify key activity at local and regional levels.
If you haven't done so already, please click on the link below to register your event - this should take no longer than a couple of minutes.
NMHW2006 - Register Your Event Here
This document contains brief descriptions of around 60 local events that were organised to mark NMHW2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005. You may find this list a useful source of ideas for your own activity planning.
Southwark Men's Health Programme
Southwark is offering a range of services and opportunities to improve the health of men in the borough including MOTs, sports and fitness activities such as circuit training and kayaking, parks based activities such as football, cricket and gardening, cooking and healthy eating and stress and anger workshops. You can find out more information on this groundbreaking programme by visiting the website above.
Australian Men's Health Week Resource Pack
This is a very useful resource pack developed by Men's Health Information and Resource Centre (MHIRC) at the University of Western Sydney.. The pack contains a broad range of factsheets that can be easily printed off and distributed.
Become Involved, Download an IMHW Information Kit and find out how to get involved. Great tips for organising an IMHW event. IMHW Information Kit
Article from Practice Nurse Journal
We are grateful to "Practice Nurse†for permission to reproduce this article (published in the journal on 14 March 2003) which describes the planning and implementation of a "Men's Health Day†held in a supermarket in South London during NMHW 2002. If you are interested in reading more about practice nurses' work and would like to subscribe to the journal, you may call 01444 44 55 66. If you would like to publish an article on your own health promotion work, contact "Practice Nurse†editor Louise Prime on 020 8652 8879 or practice.nurse@rbi.co.uk
Fundraising
Following advice from the NMHW2004 Evaluation process, the MHF has completed a piece of research which will help you to fundraise for your activity. This will help you identify sources of funding and how you can go about applying for funding for NMHW2006.
Working with the Media
Media training pack for Journalists created by Depression Alliance.
How to maximise your chances of securing positive media coverage for your event. Written for NMHW2005 by Peter Baker, Director of the Men's Health Forum, who was himself a successful health journalist for many years. A new version of this document will appear here shortly.
Mental Health Media produce a wide range of video and new media training materials and offer media skills training courses and advice to mental health service users.
Diversity and planning
You will also find diversity reflected throughout the resource pack.
Mental Health Toolkits
Making it happen: a guide to delivering mental health promotion
This guidance provides a range of information to support people working to promote mental health, with a specific focus on delivering Standard One of the National Service Framework for Mental Health.
Improving mental health and well-being
NIMHE has launched guidance 'Making it possible: improving mental health and well-being in England'. The key areas promoted in the publication include marketing mental health, equality and inclusion, and support for parents and other carers of young children.
Engaging Service Users Guidance
Advice on how to engage service users for Healthcare Professionals from Depression Alliance.
A holistic approach to Black and minority ethnic mental health
The letting through light training pack, produced by the Afiya Trust. Based on the Letting Through Light training pack, this innovative resource has been developed to enable practitioners to provide better and more appropriate services to Black and minority ethnic people experiencing mental distress.
Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health briefing on Implementing Standard One Of The NSF
Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health: Executive Briefing 24 - Mental Health Promotion - Implementing Standard One Of The National Service Framework for Mental Health.
A study from Papyrus which explored how GPs would manage the difficult task of responding both to a distressed young person who might be at risk of suicide and their parents. Produced in conjunction with researchers at the University of Hull.
Toolkit: Mental Health Promotion in Primary Care
The toolkit has been developed from the Tyne and Wear Health Action Zone Toolkit for mental health promotion and practice teams which was written by Dr Maryanne Free and Dr Dave Tomson. The toolkit introduces new information on mental health promotion; supports assessment of current practice and prioritising and planning new service developments.
The Primary Mental Health Care Toolkit
Designed for primary care educators, facilitators and others with development roles, and for primary care teams who want to take a systematic approach to the provision of primary mental health care. The toolkit includes templates, assessment and screening tools, advice on offering psychological help, information on audit and a list of resources. Available free of charge from NHS Responseline, tel 0541 555 455.
Self-assessment toolkit - From values to action: The Chief Nursing Officer's review of mental health nursing. This toolkit is intended to complement the report — From values to action: The Chief Nursing Officer's review of mental health nursing. The toolkit is largely for the use of organisations, in consultation with stakeholders — but anyone can use it to reflect on current local nursing related issues.
Promoting Mental Health: Concepts, Emerging Evidence, Practice
This report from the WHO aims to bring to life the mental health dimension of health promotion. The promotion of mental health is situated within the larger field of health promotion, and sits alongside the prevention of mental disorders and the treatment and rehabilitation of people with mental illnesses and disabilities.
The Mental Health Foundation and Mental Health Promotion
The link about outlines the work undertaken by the Mental Health Foundation. While the link below contains a factsheet from the same organisation outlining the principals of Mental Health Promotion: Factsheet
Mental Health Promotion Tool Kit
The Mental Health Promotion Tool Kit was produced in 1999 by the Canadian Mental Health Association, National Office. The kit is a comprehensive guide for communities that wish to undertake mental health promotion initiatives. It contains everything anyone would need to know about implementing a mental health promotion program, including examples, strategies, tips and tools.
Our colleagues in New Zealand have kindly sent us this link, to the resource pack they produced to support their mental health week. The theme was "Food and Mood", looking at the links between nutrition and mental health. Also, if you have any mental health related enquiries, feel free to contact our resource centre, resource@mentalhealth.org.nz
Promoting Mental Health: A Resource for Spiritual and Pastoral Care
mentality was commissioned by and has worked in close partnership with the Church of England and NIMHE to publish 'Promoting Mental Health: A Resource for Spiritual and Pastoral Care'. The two core principles are to provide the opportunity for people within the Christian and other faith communities to reflect on mental health and what it means for each of their members; and to use the increased knowledge and understanding of mental health to create a safer and more welcoming environment for all people, whatever their mental health needs.
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Promotion
These pages from Young Minds are written for those working with children and young people or parents. It gives ideas on some of the things that promote mental health in children and young people and some of the signs that indicate problems.
Suicide
NIMHE has published this toolkit as part of the national suicide prevention strategy. The Audit Toolkit provides a simple way for services to measure existing standards against the recommendations outlined in the report by the National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Homicide by People with Mental Illness.
The workplace
A practical guide to managing and supporting mental health in the workplace. Produced by NIMHE.
18 steps to creating a healthy workplace for Employers from Depression Alliance.
This pack includes a complete guide to good practice and policies on employment and mental health, essential background information on mental illness, and advice on where to look for help in a hurry. To order a copy for ?16.49 including postage telephone 0844 448 4448 or click in the link above.
Stress Management Guide for Employers
Making the stress Management Standards work. How to apply the Standards in your workplace. This resource was produced by the HSE and Anderson Peak Performance: www.andersonpeakperformace.co.uk
Toolkit for Mental Health Promotion in the Workplace
This toolkit has been developed to help organisations address some of the issues around mental health at work and provide a framework for action, including developing a mental health promotion policy for your workplace.
A Toolkit for Mental Health Promotion in the Workplace
The Toolkit is the result of the Mental Health Promotion in the Workplace Project that began in May 2001. It provides a framework for developing a mental health promotion policy in the workplace. The Toolkit makes the case for investment, information on what works and some practical examples of ways forward. It is aimed primarily at managers but is relevant to all staff. Buy the Toolkit online
The Toolkit is the result of the Mental Health Promotion in the Workplace Project that began in May 2001. It was produced by the Department of Health and Mind Out and provides a framework for developing a mental health promotion policy in the workplace. The Toolkit makes the case for investment, information on what works and some practical examples of ways forward.
If having read these documents, you do feel in need of further guidance that is not available locally (for example, from your local Health Promotion Unit) then please check to see if your regional representative can help (details can be found at: Regional Representatives) or get in touch with us at: mhw@menshealthforum.org.uk
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