Time to Change West Sussex

Time to Talk Day is February 1st - the message is it's ok to talk about mental health. West Sussex Rocks is our new anti-stigma campaign

All the resources you need to host a pebble painting party or organise a walk and talk pebble hunt are right here:

For all the information you need to host a pebble party, click here.

For your own invitation that you can fill out and send to guests, click here.

For tips on painting pebbles, click here.

Crawley Library pebble party

There will be a pebble party at Crawley Library, Southgate Avenue, RH10 6HG, on Time to Talk Day (February 1st). For more details email .

Time to Change West Sussex

The Time to Change West Sussex hub is one of the first four in the country and is led by the local health and well-being board. It's a partnership between West Sussex County Council, Coastal West Sussex Mind, Chichester District Council, the Pathfinder West Sussex Alliance, Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Mental Health Trust, the Capital Project Trust and local Time to Change champions.The national campaign, which is run by Mind and Rethink Mental Illness, aims to create a sustainable social movement that will last long into the future.

How you can get involved

The Champions Fund

The Champions Fund, launched by Time to Change West Sussex on World Mental Health Day (October , is a pot of money that can enable you to put on an event that aims to end stigma about mental health. Grants of up to £500 are available to people in West Sussex with lived experience of a mental health issue to host an activity that could range from a simple coffee morning or a film showing, to a stall at a fair, a concert or various arts projects.

The idea is that events are put on that give people who have experienced a mental health problem the opportunity talk with people that have not. This is called 'social contact' and is key to promoting mutual understanding and respect.

To be eligible, applicants must have signed up to become a Time to Change West Sussex Champion and

• Be 18 or over;

• Live in West Sussex and

• Have lived experience of a mental health problem.

Interested in applying? Find out more about the grants by emailing .

As an employer, you can sign the Employer Pledge, demonstrating your commitment to change how we think and act about mental health in the workplace and making sure that employees who are facing these problems feel supported. 

Find out more  or email .

Events and activities

Time to Talk Day, February 1st, 2018. West Sussex Rocks campaign as above.

Mental Health Awareness Week, May 8th-14th,2018. Update about our events in Mental Health Awareness Week coming here soon.

Past events

World Mental Health Day, October 10th 2017

We had several events happening around World Mental Health Day in addition to the exciting launch of our Time to Change West Sussex Champions Fund.

• Firstly, on Sunday 8th, a team of runners took part in the Chichester Half Marathon in aid of Coastal West Sussex Mind. Most of the team were from Rolls Royce, Goodwood, for whom we are charity of the year. It was a great day out and a big thank you goes to all who took part to raise money for us.
• On World Mental Health Day itself, we were at Rolls Royce, Goodwood, with a stall raising awareness about mental health, talking to people about and supplying information to members of staff.
• We also had a special event at Bognor Library raising awareness and challenging attitudes to mental health as well as lots of information about where people can get support.
• Meanwhile, at HMRC, Worthing, there are two separate events in aid of CWSX Mind, an information stand and a coffee morning.
• The following day, Wednesday, we had a stall in the foyer of Tesco, Durrington. At our Worthing hub, The Gateway, service users planned for spring by planting bulbs in the garden.
• Then on Thursday our service users and staff in Midhurst hosted an art exhibition and cream tea. In the evening, we took part in the Adur and Worthing Councils' Waves Ahead conference in Shoreham.
• Friday was another big event for us - our Time to Change West Sussex Employer Event in Horsham. About 30 employers from across the county joined us to find out more about how they could commit to changing attitudes and behaviours around mental health in the workplace by signing an Employer Pledge.
• In addition, it was Worthing's Mental Health Awareness Week which had a packed timetable of events and activities through the week at Offington Methodist Church. It culminated in a concert on Friday evening, with a retiring collection in aid of Coastal West Sussex Mind. Thanks to everyone for their support.

Time to Change's impact

• Since Time to Change began in 2007, 3.4 million adults in England have improved attitudes towards mental health problems – that’s an improvement of 8.3% between 2008 and 2014. More than 473 organisations have signed the Time to Change Employer Pledge, including Marks & Spencer, BT, E:on, Lloyds Bank, Tesco, British Gas, Unilever, Royal Mail, the Bank of England, WH Smith, Pizza Hut, every Government department, universities, sports clubs, and councils.
• We’ve worked with more than 4,300 schools, We’ve more than 7,000 Time To Change champions working in local communities, We have 175,000 Twitter followers and 315,000 Facebook likes.

Find out more about Time To Change

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Get involved

• Volunteering
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• Fundraising
• Service user involvement
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• Anti-stigma and awareness raising