Ross Abbott and Simon Nichols - 2 men,1.5 beards with 1 goal to raise mental health awareness with 0 stigma.

In this episode they are sitting down and talking about stigma and discrimination

Some of the questions Ross and Simon tackled:

• What actually. Is stigma and discrimination.
• What is the impact of negative stigma and discriminatory language
• How can we help a person who is struggling with their mental health
• Why is it not ok for men to cry

During this episode, Ross and Simon made reference to the following websites:

https://volunteersweek.org - Volunteer opportunities

https://www.samaritans.org/support-us/volunteer - Samaritans

https://giveusashout.org/volunteer-shout - Shout

https://www.bhf.org.uk - British Heart Foundation

https://www.beerdaybritain.co.uk - Beer day

https://www.grandappeal.org.uk/events/wallace-gromits-wrong-trousers-day Wrong Trousers day. This year it actually falls in July but last year it was in June so it still counts :)

This Podcast is a collaboration between Ross Abbott from Green Cross Training and Simon Nichols from Thrive. You can contact them both using their links below.

Ross Abbott:

https://www.greencrosstraining.com

https://uk.linkedin.com/company/green-cross-training-ltd

https://twitter.com/GreenCrossTRN

https://twitter.com/rossabbott_ross

Simon Nichols:

http://itstime2thrive.co.uk

https://www.linkedin.com/company/itstime2thrive/

https://twitter.com/itstime2_thrive

https://twitter.com/simonbirding

Produced by Chezzy Kennedy