{"id":955,"date":"2020-10-09T12:21:55","date_gmt":"2020-10-09T11:21:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/?p=955"},"modified":"2020-09-30T12:25:57","modified_gmt":"2020-09-30T11:25:57","slug":"world-mental-health-day-10-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/2020\/10\/09\/world-mental-health-day-10-october\/","title":{"rendered":"World Mental Health Day 10 October"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-956 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2020\/09\/green-ribbon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"265\" height=\"190\" \/>The World Health Organisation recognises World Mental Health Day on 10 October every year. This year\u2019s theme is \u2018Mental Health for All\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Tea and talk\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mentalhealth.org.uk\/get-involved\/tea-and-talk\">https:\/\/www.mentalhealth.org.uk\/get-involved\/tea-and-talk<\/a> is a great way to come together, especially during these difficult times. Have a virtual cuppa with friends, family and colleagues and raise awareness for the Mental Health Foundation.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-959 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2020\/09\/tea-and-talk-logo-tile_0-300x212.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2020\/09\/tea-and-talk-logo-tile_0-300x212.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2020\/09\/tea-and-talk-logo-tile_0.png 665w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Find out how you can get involved in Arts and Mental Health Foundation events across the UK <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mentalhealth.org.uk\/get-involved\/arts-and-mental-health\">https:\/\/www.mentalhealth.org.uk\/get-involved\/arts-and-mental-health<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s World Mental Health Day, on 10 October, comes at a time when our daily lives have changed considerably as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The past months have brought many challenges for all of us but, in particular, for people with mental health conditions, many of whom are experiencing even greater social isolation than before.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-958 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2020\/09\/poster-300x166.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2020\/09\/poster-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2020\/09\/poster.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/>The Big Event for Mental Health <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/news-room\/events\/detail\/2020\/10\/10\/default-calendar\/the-big-event-for-mental-health\">https:\/\/www.who.int\/news-room\/events\/detail\/2020\/10\/10\/default-calendar\/the-big-event-for-mental-health<\/a> features world leaders, mental health experts and celebrity guests and the WHO Director-General to tell the world what we can all do to improve our mental health and how we can help make sure that quality mental health care is available to everyone who needs it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The World Health Organisation recognises World Mental Health Day on 10 October every year. This year\u2019s theme is \u2018Mental Health for All\u2019. &nbsp; &nbsp; \u2018Tea and talk\u2019 https:\/\/www.mentalhealth.org.uk\/get-involved\/tea-and-talk is a great way to come together, especially during these difficult times. Have a virtual cuppa with friends, family and colleagues and raise awareness for the Mental &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/2020\/10\/09\/world-mental-health-day-10-october\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;World Mental Health Day 10 October&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":572,"featured_media":957,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,240],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-annual-celebration","category-commemorative-event"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/572"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=955"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/955\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":960,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/955\/revisions\/960"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}