Hector’s House
Our vision…
is to help everyone get access to the mental health support they need to ensure people don’t ever reach the point of suicide.
How we will do this
1. Making it easier to recognise the symptoms and improve acceptance of mental illness:
Encourage
To encourage people to talk openly about their feelings
Awareness
Raise awareness of mental health issues in educational establishments
Talk
To provide assistance regarding the problem of student anxiety or mental health issues in schools and to encourage students to talk about any problem with their teachers, family and friends
Normalise
To normalise mental health issues and to enable people to accept that it is an illness from which people can recover
Information
To raise awareness of stress that students can be under and to provide funding for professionals and information and media resources, to enable accessibility to information and help
Communicate
Raise awareness of the need to communicate and to feel comfortable talking about mental health issues and in seeking practical solutions
Age
We understand suicide is prevalent in age group 20-49 but is also present in the older generations, we would not preclude ourselves from any environment or age group, including in the workplace
2. Increase available help:
Help
To increase practical help and funding, either directly or by referral to other professionals, specialists, including charities with resources and helplines
Speed
Increase the speed of help and counselling at the point of need
3. Education:
Symptoms
Help all those in close contact with people to recognise and understand the symptoms and dangers of depression and anxiety
Causes
Advance education into the causes of depression and suicide
Empower
To empower people to act upon their understanding to facilitate an improvement
Resources
Take resources into PHSE lessons particularly in schools but also in colleges and universities in respect of mental health in young people