YOUR TOOLKIT Ribbon Mental Health Awareness Week 8 12 May Together we can #endthestigma lordmayorsappeal.org/thisisme @LMAppeal #ThisisMe
2 Ribbon Background Imagine everywhere you go during Mental Health Awareness Week you see thousands of people showing they want to help #endthestigma of mental health by wearing a green ribbon. Based on a successful campaign by PwC, the Lord Mayor s Appeal, through This is Me in the City, is piloting Ribbon to help #endthestigma. The stigma is such a huge issue in organisations and for individuals we want to address this. We are asking organisations to invite their employees during Mental Health Awareness Week, 8 12 May 2017, to wear a green ribbon as a visible sign of support and to help destigmatise mental health by: Creating a visible movement of support for ending the stigma Showing those struggling that there is support and they are not alone Demonstrating the level of support for this issue in your organisation Encouraging people to share their story and to create an inclusive cultures workplace. I am proud to be wearing my green ribbon in support of This is Me in the City. Mental health difficulties can affect any of us at any time, employers and employees, in each and every sector. Let us therefore stand together and show our support for ending mental health stigma in the work place. Alderman Dr Andrew Parmley, Lord Mayor of the City of London
Ribbon 3 This new initiative builds on the inspiring impact of the pioneering City-wide mental health collaboration, This is Me in the City, led by the Lord Mayor s Appeal. In partnership with Barclays, Business Healthy, City Mental Health Alliance, Mind and City A.M, the campaign encourages employees who have experienced mental health problems to share their stories with colleagues via a video message or other medium. Ribbon aligns with the This is Me in the City mission statement of: Ribbon deliveries The green ribbons come with a backing card with details of the campaign and are supplied in bags of 50. The ribbons and display boxes (if you ordered them) will be delivered between 3 April and 24 April 2017, allowing you plenty of time to distribute them to colleagues ahead of Mental Health Awareness Week (8 12 May 2017). Committed to changing attitudes towards mental health in the City: Organisations collaborating to build inclusive workplace cultures. Reducing stigma, dispelling myths and improving employee wellbeing for good. Ribbon helping to #endthestigma Your participation in Ribbon registers your company in This is Me in the City. You will receive the This is Me in the City How to Guide with support to further help you reduce stigma, dispel myths and improve employee wellbeing. By wearing the ribbon you will be joining 50,000 others To create a visible movement of support for ending the stigma To show those experiencing mental health issues that there is support and they are not alone To demonstrate the level of support for this issue in your organisation To encourage people to share their story and to create an inclusive cultures workplace lordmayorsappeal.org/thisisme @LMAppeal #ThisisMe #endthestigma WARNING! Not suitable for children under 36 months due to functional sharp point.
Ribbon 4 Running your Green Ribbon in 3 easy steps Every organisation will approach this is a different way, but, whatever your strategy you choose, there are a few things to think about. 1 Planning your Green Ribbon Identify your key stakeholders (senior managers, heads of department, mental health network, comms team, etc.) Engage with senior managers to gain their support for the campaign. Consider asking them to: engage other departments and other senior leaders lead the communications for the campaign by emailing all your employees and being involved in the PR host an event to show the organisation s commitment to this important issue Create a plan to communicate the campaign both internally and externally with agreed deadlines including social media. Include key stakeholders Plan how to distribute the ribbons efficiently Reach out to other teams around your business to help plan your campaign
Ribbon 5 Running your Green Ribbon in 3 easy steps 2 Communicating the Green Ribbon We have provided a toolkit of resources that you can access from our website thelordmayorsappeal.org/ this-is-me/the-green-ribbon Communicating your commitment internally When, where and how will you best communicate with your employees about the green ribbon? You may consider: All staff mailer think about when and by whom this should be sent. Will your CEO send it? Putting something on your intranet page signposting to your organisation s support services including EAP and private medical care Doing a leaflet desk drop Changing screen savers on all computers in the office Use digital screens and TVs in communal areas Putting posters up/table talkers in the office Promoting through social media (see page 6) Linking the green ribbons to your wider This is Me campaign To help you with the above, we have provided a variety of downloadable templates and resources as outlined on page 9. Press activity Central media activity around Ribbon is being driven pro bono Ellie Raven and Amy Tiernan from the PwC press office. They will be creating a press release, pitching the story and dealing with journalist enquiries about the campaign. How you can get involved: Provide a short quotation and photo from a leading spokesperson explaining why talking about mental health in the workplace is important to you, and why you have signed up to the Green Ribbon campaign. A select few will be chosen for the press release. Those not used in the press release can be used for your own tweets and social media campaigns. Turn your building green - some organisations will be lighting their buildings throughout London green in support of the campaign. Speak to your building manager to see if this is possible. Please let Ellie and Amy know if your organisation would like to support in the above ways at ellie.raven@pwc.com or amy.tiernan@pwc.com.
Ribbon 6 Running your Green Ribbon in 3 easy steps Social media How can your organisation and your employees get involved? You can promote your commitment through social media in a number of ways through Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook: When your ribbons arrive, tweet your support for the campaign and ask employees to get involved Add a green ribbon image on your Twitter or Facebook profile picture. Go to https://twibbon. com/support/the-green-ribbon-campaign or click here to add your green ribbon Join our Green Ribbon thunderclap by clicking here or follow the link at https:// www.thunderclap.it/projects/55419-the-greenribbon-campaign?locale=en Thunderclap enables you to collaborate with other supporters of the campaign in showing your support for the wider campaign by pledging a tweet creating a bigger impact. By simply signing up, the below tweet will automatically be sent from your twitter account, along with everyone else who has signed up, all at the same time. Your thunderclap tweet will say: Proud to support Ribbon for #MHAW17. Together we can #endthestigma of mental health! #ThisisMe Share photographs of your leading spokesperson or group of employees wearing the green ribbon Get your employees to share selfies of themselves wearing the ribbon and send them to @LMAppeal #endthestigma Nearer Mental Health Awareness Week we will circulate suggested tweets for you and your employees to use. Always remember to use #endthestigma and @LMAppeal in all communications
Ribbon 7 Running your Green Ribbon in 3 easy steps 3 Distributing your ribbons Organisations can choose how and to whom they distribute their ribbons. You may consider: Giving ribbons to heads of department, senior management, team leaders, etc., and ask them to hand out to their teams Leaving a box at reception/in the canteen Asking staff to collect a ribbon from one individual if they wish to wear a ribbon Giving them out at an event Using all your employee networks, not just your mental health network/mental health champions/mental health first aider Doing a desk drop for the whole office If you decide that you would like to use the ribbons for fundraising and would like a collection tin, please email diversity@ thelordmayorsappeal.org Running a stall in the staff areas (ie canteen) and engage staff to take a ribbon Position your stall in a high footfall area Think about what will attract people to your stall
Ribbon 8 Suggested timeline NOW 3 APRIL 10 APRIL 24 APRIL 3 APRIL 8 MAY 8 MAY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 24 APRIL ONWARDS ONWARDS 12 MAY Now you ve ordered your ribbons, start tweeting about taking part in the Green Ribbon #endthestigma @LMAppeal Start planning and engaging your senior leaders, communications team and other key stakeholders Ribbons and display boxes delivered Communicate internally your commitment to the campaign Start distributing your ribbons to employees Communicate externally your commitment to the campaign through PR, social media and join our thunderclap Mental Health Awareness Week: share selfies of your staff wearing the ribbons on social media #endthestigma @LMAppeal For more information please contact: diversity@thelordmayorsappeal.org or 020 7332 1582
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