It's about a week since my last post and I have actually surprised myself with the amount of hours I have gained towards my volunteering challenge. I haven't taken any focus from my college work but still managed to get my overall total of hours up to 271 and a half, leaving me with 28.5 hours to go. The challenge is proving to be slightly easier thatn I thought it would be, however, perhaps that's down to the range of volunteering I do. The other day, I managed to log 5 hours within one day. I must have been really bored that day. On the other hand, a big chunk of that came from a project I am still doing for Youth Journalism International. At this rate, I nshould be finsihed way before the 28th, especially if you count Youth Council and Flying High hours.
The other thing that I would like to do this post on is Time to Talk Day 2014, a chance for many to promise to erase the stigma around mental health. The fact is that an increasing number of young people are suffering from such conditions, either down to trouble at home or stress with college or university work, amoung other things. We cannot treat young people, many of which have great potential, as outsiders just because they suffer from a mental health condition. If anything, we should be helping them get on with their lives, going to college, getting a job. They have just the same rights as all of us so why should that make them different.
Having seen much conversation about the topic on Twitter and Facebook, I came across this vlog from a fellow Team V Leader, in which he shares his take on Take to Talk 2014.
The other thing that I would like to do this post on is Time to Talk Day 2014, a chance for many to promise to erase the stigma around mental health. The fact is that an increasing number of young people are suffering from such conditions, either down to trouble at home or stress with college or university work, amoung other things. We cannot treat young people, many of which have great potential, as outsiders just because they suffer from a mental health condition. If anything, we should be helping them get on with their lives, going to college, getting a job. They have just the same rights as all of us so why should that make them different.
Having seen much conversation about the topic on Twitter and Facebook, I came across this vlog from a fellow Team V Leader, in which he shares his take on Take to Talk 2014.
I feel that we should do more to support everyone with mental health problems, however, being a young person, I get that it is important to tackle this problem first, in order to allow young people to have everyday lives without having to deal with a Stigma. If you would like to find out more about time to talk 2014, head to http://www.time-to-change.org.uk/talkday for more info. If you want to keep track of my volunteering challenge, there is a count down at the side of this blog or keep up to date with my posts which will include regular countdowns. Hope you like this post and see you back here soon.
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