The 10th October 2010 (10/10/10) is World Mental Health Day.

This is a day, celebrated around the world, to talk openly about mental health, raise public awareness and try to challenge some of the stigma and misinformation around mental health conditions.

In the U.K, a number of organizations are organizing events to celebrate.

Following on from the recent Volunteer Rights Inquiry  i-volunteer is planning a seminal National Conference for Volunteers under the banner of Voice for Volunteers. Conceived as the first event of it’s kind the idea is to produce an event run, managed and led by volunteers to take place in December of this year. Any volunteers in the UK who would like to be contribute to the planning of how the event will take shop to take a few moments to fill out a short survey [...]

Exploring the Barriers to Volunteering is a chance for volunteer-engaging organisations to come together and explore their options and potential for engaging with groups who are often excluded from meaningful volunteering experiences. The Chances4Volunteering Toolkit will officially be launched at the event and delegates will benefit from a brief introduction to the resource. Workshops Delegates will also be able to attend two of three workshops on the day, each covering a different set of barriers to volunteering: Mental Health (Mark Brown, Editor of OneinFour) Learning [...]