Post on 28-Dec-2015
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Our Mission:To revolutionise attitudes
to mental health conditions and improve the mental wellbeing of everyone in Lancashire.
We believe:by making Lancashire a beacon county for mental wellbeing we
can reduce the number of people who experience a mental health condition
We believe:that if we ensure everyone
living with a mental health is treated as an equal the positive
effects will not only improve their lives but the lives of everyone in Lancashire
We believe our strategy can build on and enhance all the good work already being undertaken across
the county.
We want this to be more than just our strategy, we want this strategy to be a ‘Blueprint for Lancashire’.
2. Mental wellbeing is as important a factor in someone’s life as physical wellbeing. Everyone has a central role to play in their own happiness
and mental wellbeing.
3. Mental wellbeing is far more than simply the absence of a mental health
condition and is associated with a range of social and health benefits.
4. High levels of mental wellbeing reduce the likelihood of someone
developing a mental health condition and plays a crucial role in how well
someone with a mental health condition manages it.
5. Living with a mental health condition is not a barrier to someone having a full life and playing a full and
active role in society.
6. Whilst 1 out of every 4 people will at some point in their life experience a mental health condition, less than one in a hundred will ever develop a
severe condition.
7. At all times the focus should be on someone’s strengths and abilities and not on their mental health condition. When barriers appear it is society as
opposed to the person’s mental health condition that creates those
barriers.
8. Living with a mental health condition is not a negative, bad or
maligned state of being. Negative impacts come from societal attitudes and the inability to provide
or offer appropriate support.
9. Most mental health conditions can be effectively managed without specialist clinical intervention.
10. Co-production and community ownership is central to the
development of any initiatives designed to either improve mental wellbeing or support people living
with mental health conditions.
Output i)Building social connections /capital
Output ii)Interactive online resource for mental wellbeing and resilience
Output v)Targeted wellbeing in the workplace
Output vi)Awareness campaigns promoting mental wellbeing
Output vii) Promotion of mental wellbeing across the county
Output viii)Transitional personal support
Output xi)County wide remote access self-assessment
Output xii)Targeted training to normalise attitudes to mental health conditions
Output xiii)Campaigns to normalise societal attitudes to mental health conditions
Output xiv) Promotion of normalised societal attitudes to mental health across the county
Output xv)Reactive and responsive provision of information and advice
Output xvi) Altering the opinions of key decision makers, influencers and policy setters and their approaches to mental health conditions.
Next Steps:1) Formation of a ‘Steering Group’;2) Creation of a delivery plan for each output;3) Use of existing structures to unify, interlink and drive all of our work;4) Make Lancashire the beacon county for mental wellbeing.