Mind and Rethink mental illness, the charity working to ending the discrimination and stigmatisation that is targeted at the mentally ill, has been given over £15 million by the government for its ‘Time to Change’ campaign. With Comic Relief providing an additional £4 million the message that the campaign promotes will be able to reach millions of extra people all around the country.
Paul Burstow is minister for care services at the charity and he has said that at some point in their lives, one in four people has some form of mental difficulty. Many of these people have to deal with discrimination from their friends and even family. While speaking in Crystal Palace, he commented, “People are facing discrimination every day and that is why we are giving millions to this valuable campaign.”
Mind chief executive is Paul Farmer and he has welcomed the donation and thanked Comic Relief and the government for their contribution. He has recently said, “Our campaign, Time to Change has made significant progress in recent years. We are bringing a real change about in society and we are going to keep at it until we have a country free from discrimination targeted at the mentally ill.”
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