Pledges
If you have a pledge, please send it to us with a photo of you or something representative we can post with it.
I pledge to create a book of puzzles to raise funds for mental health
I wish to compose 100 puzzles by December of varying types. I hope to collect these 100 puzzles together in a book to raise funds for mental health. I will research the methods of getting a book produced and find all the resources necessary to create it.
I pledge to buy a T-Shirt to help promote Brighter Berkshire when I run
I pledge to buy a T-Shirt to help promote Brighter Berkshire when I run
We pledge to promote creativity, build relationships, and battle stigma
We pledge to promote creativity, to build relationships, and to battle stigma. We hope that the young people and adults who join us, as audience members or participants in workshops, will be enriched, inspired and invigorated.
I pledge to actively promote this fantastic initiative with a key focus on raising awareness and reducing stigma
Specifically, I pledge to lead, with the Borough’s excellent public health team, a commitment that there can be no public health without mental health across the council and ensure we have a Year of Mental Health that becomes a springboard for future action and endeavours.
We’re happy to help facilitate the outcomes you’re seeking this year
“The world needs more Change Makers like the team at Brighter Berkshire!”
We will continue to be an active core member of Brighter Berkshire and provide support for Brighter Berkshire activity
As a champion, we will continue to support the aims of Brighter Berkshire, at any meetings or events we attend where Mental Health issues are discussed or raised. Through the Healthwatch West Berkshire website, social media and all our communications we will publicise Brighter Berkshire, its events and news where possible.
We pledge to support Brighter Berkshire
Mental health needs to be spoken about and we hope that students feel more comfortable in talking about mental health with their friends and staff.
I pledge to speak up about mental health and get everyone else to do that same
Better to talk than feel alone. The world will be open enough to help others out and get others talking. Let’s get rid of the stigma that surrounds Mental Health and get it to be accepted as an illness like Physical Health
We will provide free space to help promote BB with a pop up busk over the weekend of the 6th May
Our Pledge to Brighter Berkshire is to provide FREE space to help promote BB with a pop up busk over the weekend of the 6th May.
We really believe in supporting community enterprises as the community is at the heart of what we stand for as a shopping centre and we want to help more people in understanding mental health and also showcase the great work of Brighter Berkshire.
I am holding free mental health events across Berkshire for Mental Health Awareness Week
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I want to help people with mental health problems by giving advice
I want to help people with mental health by giving advice or anything I can do to help. I have mental health myself and I feel it helps if I help others and I feel I give good advice and would do well working in this sector.
What difference do you hope to make?
It will help others to deal with their problems
I pledge to promote Brighter Berkshire during my book events
I pledge to promote Brighter Berkshire during my book events in Reading and also on my social media platform. I suffered from depression on and off and recently published a book about my experience. Generally we need to raise more awareness of mental health issues in order to do away with the stigma still attached it. I hope that there is more understanding that mental illness is an illness just like any other and what sufferers need is treatment and support instead of discrimination.
I pledge my time and skills to Brighter Berkshire
I am pledging my time and skills because Berkshire needs it and I hope to reduce stigma and discrimination.
We Pledge To Discount Tickets for Brighter Berkshire
We pledge to offer discounted tickets to Every You Every Me by Barney Norris, directed by Paul Stacey. Use the code EYEM10 at the checkout to get tickets for £10!
I pledge to think differently and to support my organisation to recognise and support our staff
I am making this pledge because I care and I know unless we constantly remind ourselves of the challenges faced by others we can easily ignore different people’s needs.
I pledge to highlight the positive impact of talking about emotional wellbeing
I want to show that talking about mental health is a strength not a weakness.
We want enhance and provide opportunities to all
Jealott’s Hill Community Landshare provide opportunity to all. We have a core ambition to extend our current provision, Community First, which supports persons with mental health conditions and build upon the work already achieved last year.
I pledge to give my time as a volunteer
I pledge to give my time as a volunteer for ‘Wokingham Your Way’ and ‘Your Voice in Action’ in the Wokingham Borough, to provide support and assist with organising activities for people with mental health conditions.
I pledge my donations from the Reading Half Marathon to Brighter Berkshire
As a GP in Newbury and GP Mental Health Lead for the Berkshire West CCGs, I would like to pledge my support for Brighter Berkshire Year of Mental Health 2017.
We pledge our support to Brighter Berkshire
On behalf of Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, I would like to pledge our support for Brighter Berkshire’s Year of Mental Health 2017. We can only continue to deliver quality mental and community health services by getting to know and listening to those who make up the wider Berkshire community.
We pledge to encourage people to talk about their experience
Nicola Strudley, Healthwatch Slough Your Pledge: We pledge to encourage people to talk about their experience of local mental health services. Why are you making this pledge? We are doing this because hearing the voice of the lesser heard is important to...
I pledge to offer volunteers to provide treatments/workshops/advice
We can offer volunteers to provide treatments/workshops/advice. We want to help the community and raise the awareness of mental illness. People are provided with tools and techniques to enhance their mental wellbeing. Marie O Brien, Institute of Pranic Healing.
I pledge to help embed mental health into all we do
I believe that there is no public health without mental health and will therefore work with partners to ensure mental health is embedded into practise.
I pledge to raise awareness of mental health and associated matters
I pledge to raise awareness of mental health and associated matters because Mental health in many ways is still considered as being a taboo subject.
We pledge our support Brighter Berkshire and wider mental health issues
We support Brighter Berkshire and wider mental health issues. We hope the difference it will make is raise profile.
I pledge to spread the word about Brighter Berkshire to all the businesses that I meet
I pledge to spread the word about Brighter Berkshire to all the businesses that I meet in the region and encourage them to pledge. I believe we need to do a lot more to discuss mental health. I hope the difference it makes will be that more people are talking about it...
I pledge to promote the understanding and importance for everyone to protect their mental health & wellbeing
I pledge to promote the understanding and importance for everyone to protect their mental health and wellbeing because Good Mental Health matters. I hope people and professionals have more awareness of strategies to help themselves and others. I hope people shall feel...
I pledge will passionately sponsor the Brighter Berkshire programme at RBWM
I will passionately sponsor the Brighter Berkshire programme at RBWM. There can be no public health without mental health. Mental health challenges become a respected opportunity rather than a misunderstood stigma. We will deliver an integrated package of high profile...
I pledge to promote mental health awareness for all ages
I pledge to promote mental health awareness and work to improve the mental health of people of all ages across Berkshire. I care about Mental Health we still have a long way to go to make talking about mental health as easy as talking about your physical health. I...
We pledge to offer our hall space for mental health first aid training
We would like to offer our hall space for mental health first aid training. We believe in supporting those with mental health and their families & friends. People are better prepared to help those facing mental health difficulties. Michael Cordova - Director, At...
I pledge to talk about my mental health issues
I pledge and I would be happy to talk to people about my experiences of mental health issues and what I did to recover. Mental health is a global conversation we should be having and the more we communicate the better our community of support will be. It will give an...
We pledge to increase staff awareness
To increase awareness of staff mental wellbeing, and promote mental health first aid through our organisational development work. Our staff deal with stresses both within and outside of a work environment and want to ensure the CCG's workforce is able to appreciate...
I pledge to run a conference about mental health in the womb
I pledge to run a conference to bring all interested parties together to work together from before a baby is born to ensure the whole family develops the best mental health. I could not get support for my family when we needed it and then it became too late. No one...
We pledge to work tirelessly to offer recovery support
Recovery in Mind will continue to work tirelessly to offer Recovery College Courses for people living in West Berkshire. We believe passionately about our mission and will do all we can to support the community of West Berkshire become a better place to live, learn...
I pledge to talk on BBC Radio Berkshire to help others to talk mental health
I pledge to support the Brighter Berkshire initiative by co-hosting the 'Talking Heads' monthly show on BBC Radio Berkshire, support the core team and to continue to develop the 'Recovery in Mind' Recovery College course for people living in West Berkshire who have a...
I pledge to encourage conversations
I pledge to encourage conversations about mental health with friends and to check in with friends I haven't heard from in a while. Recently too many lives are lost due to the stigma of mental health. Lives are saved because people are more able to let people know when...
I pledge to raise awareness about mental health and wellbeing starting at pregnancy
I pledge to raise awareness of the importance of mental health and wellbeing in pregnancy and beyond. Our experiences in the womb can lay foundations for good mental health and wellbeing for our lifetime. More people will know about the importance of emotional...
I pledge to reach as many people as possible through training and raising awareness of Mental Health and Wellbeing
I pledge to reach as many people as possible through training and raising awareness of Mental Health and Wellbeing, especially within diverse communities where this subject is still not talked about. I have seen first hand the consequences of where people do not feel...
We pledge to put mental health at the centre of our Health & Wellbeing Strategy
We will put mental health at the centre of our Health and Wellbeing Strategy. We are ambitious about improving the health of our residents and recognise that good metal health is essential for this. Measurable improvements in mental and physical health across the...
I pledge to spread the word
My personal pledge has been to help bring people together for events and to spread the message about Brighter Berkshire. We are all touched by mental health issues in some way, shape or form, my 44 year old brother in law took his life, as he couldn't see a better...
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