2nd May
Let’s Chat 2023 Outdoor Campaign Launch – Don’t miss your chance to get involved.
After the successful launch of the Let's Chat campaign in 2022, around 700 bench signs were put out across Derbyshire to tackle social isolation and encourage conversations while providing mental health support information via QR Code.
The signs (pictured below) went to local councils, organisations and businesses and were put on benches across Derbyshire. A map of where a selection of bench signs and indoor signs have been put can be found here.
Due to phenomenal feedback and growing requests for more signs over the winter period, we designed an indoor campaign which consisted of posters, window stickers and table signs (resources pictured below) to encourage conversations and support information and how to have conversations. Over 120 organisations participated, with 5000 resources sent out, and this number is growing. We got excellent feedback, and positive conversations were made, as well as other local authorities wanting to mirror our campaign and roll it out in their area. (attached are some comments from members of the public).
We were also lucky enough to have local photographer, Tony Fisher, go around taking images of the benches – including of people using the benches. These photos are part of a Derbyshire travelling exhibition.
Get Involved in 2023! Free Resources you can order (Pictured below)
This year we are relaunching the bench signs, with your help you can reduce stigma on mental health, help in creating conversations while also supporting people with information to get support. Organisations, charities and business can order for public-facing or employee-facing resources within Debry and Derbyshire. We would love your support in providing this information whether it is bench signs, the smaller mental health information signs for gates and fence posts as well as the indoor resources.
- To order your 2023 bench signs and fence post signs, please fill in this form
- To order indoor resources please fill in this form
- If you would like your 2022 or 2023 bench signs added to the map, please email letschat@derbyshire.gov.uk
Indoor resources are ready and available to order, and the outdoor ones are currently in production and will be sent out as soon as we can, Feel free to share this with your contacts across Derby and Derbyshire.
If you have any questions, please email luke.oldham@derbyshire.gov.uk and don’t forget to follow us on Facebook & Twitter to keep up to date on mental health, suicide prevention and neurodiversity within Derby and Derbyshire.
2023 Bench and fence post signs (below) – Ready for you to order
