See Me opens up recruitment for new volunteers
- Area of Work: The ALLIANCE
- Type: News Item
- Published: 10th October 2023
See Me, Scotland’s programme to end mental health stigma and discrimination, are recruiting new volunteers to support their work.
Volunteers are central to See Me’s mission, which is why they are interested to hear from people across Scotland with different experiences and backgrounds to help further their work.
Some of the work volunteers undertake includes, but is not limited to, speaking at events, sharing their stories in the media, influencing government policy, helping to design resources, running events and encouraging other people in their communities to join the movement to end mental health stigma and discrimination
Wendy Halliday, director of See Me, added: “The work See Me undertakes is all driven by a social movement of people across Scotland who are determined to end mental health stigma and discrimination – and our volunteers are central to this.
“It’s really important that our volunteers are representative of different communities and experiences to reflect the diverse experience of people with mental health problems in Scotland.
“Our Scottish Mental Illness Stigma Study showed us that people with experience of severe, enduring and complex mental illnesses across Scotland are withdrawing from opportunities which many of us take for granted – all because of stigma and discrimination.
“Our volunteers help us to tackle this major barrier, we’re really looking forward to seeing what our new volunteers will bring to the programme.”
Interested individuals are advised applications close on Friday 20 October at 5pm.
Full details about the role and how to apply can be found on the See Me website.
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