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Stage: Latest news | London's recovery starts with you | Discussion

Have your say on this mission around "better health and wellbeing for Londoners most affected by the pandemic."

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Added by Talk London | 20/04/2020 - 07/08/2020

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Stage: Latest news | Life during lockdown | Discussion

How are you doing? How are you feeling at this time?  

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Timeline

STAGE: Evidence gathering

Life in lockdown

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20 April 2020

9 June 2020

Londoners have responded 7020 times

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Your mental health

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20 April 2020

7 August 2020

Londoners have posted 171 comments

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London's recovery

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10 June 2020

Londoners have posted 378 comments

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STAGE: Programme design

How your feedback has started to shape London’s road to recovery

Happened

29 September 2020

November 2020: Workshops with key partners from health, voluntary sectors, local authorities and community organisations

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December 2020: Mental health and wellbeing impact assessments and action planning with London’s Strategic Coordination Group (SCG) – coordinated by Thrive LDN

Happened

February 2021: Briefing our key partners and stakeholder across the health and care sector and developing our early engagement plans

Happened

March 2021: leadership and governance for the mission transferred to the Thrive LDN Advisory Group, working closely with the Leaders’ Group and Social Recovery Board

Happened

April 2021: Thrive LDN led engagement with the mission’s Working Group to revisit the mission narrative, develop project options and to align expectations of our key London partners

Happened

The Mayor launched a citywide public awareness campaign on bereavement to help direct Londoners to information, advice, and support to cope with their grief.

Happened

24 May 2021

June - July 2021: Thrive LDN worked in partnership with Cruse Bereavement Care to deliver free, one-hour webinars on Bereavement and Loss Awareness, aimed at workers or volunteers supporting bereaved Londoners.

Happened

Find out more

July 2021: Good Thinking started working with faith groups to support the development of further, culturally competent bereavement resources which will be available from the autumn

Happened

Launch of new wellbeing resource pages on the Thrive LDN website, marking the start of the mission's Wellbeing Campaign

Happened

1 September 2021

Take a look at what's on offer

Renewed commitment to the #ZeroSuicideLondon campaign as we marked World Suicide Prevention Day

Happened

10 September 2021

Find out more and take the training

September 2021: Continuation of a pan-London Wellbeing Campaign, focusing on protective factors. Meanwhile, wellbeing training offers for Londoners and those supporting them begun being rolled out

Happened

September - October 2021: Delivery of a further five Bereavement and Loss Awareness webinars, taking the total to ten sessions

Happened

Find out more and sign up

Thrive LDN and the Mayor’s Peer Outreach Team host London’s World Mental Health Day festival, led by and for young Londoners.

Happened

10 October 2021

Read about the festival: Never Alone LDN

October 2021: Engagement around the wellbeing champion concept and resources stepped up

Happened

November 2021: Ubele/BAMEStream trial bereavement training offers to support black Londoners

Happened

November 2021: All London boroughs offered free training for councillors supporting mentally healthier conditions for both themselves and the communities they serve via webinars by Thrive LDN

Happened

Marking National Grief Awareness Week, Good Thinking launched a workbook on how to support a bereaved person in a culturally sensitive way

Happened

2 December 2021

Winter 2021: Research into existing 'community champions' networks, mapping what already exists in London and opportunities to engage with and support these champions with additional resources, tools and training

Happened

Celebrated London's first Great Mental Health Day, which aims to get us talking about mental health and how we can improve our wellbeing

Happened

28 January 2022

Read our blog post on supporting your mental health

Supported Children's Mental Health Week

Happened

7 February 2022

See how Thrive LDN and partners marked the week

Thrive LDN hosted a roundtable on support for children and young people with bereavement and loss, attended by charity partners, policymakers, education sector staff and young Londoners with lived experience of loss

Happened

9 February 2022

February 2022: Good Thinking launch faith-based bereavement resources for Buddhism, Judaism and Islam

Happened

Download the faith-based bereavement resources

February 2022: Ubele/BAMEStream hold immersive bereavement workshops for councillors, therapists, community workers and others supporting Londoners from Black or racialised communities experiencing grief, bereavement and loss

Happened

February 2022: Launch of radical self-care training workshops by Thrive LDN in partnership with the Innovation Unit and Mind in the City, Hackney and Waltham Forest

Happened

February 2022: projects for the Mayor’s Right to Thrive Innovation Fund underway

Happened

March 2022: Good Thinking launch faith-based bereavement resources for Christianity, Hinduism and Sikhism

Happened

Download the faith-based bereavement resources

Discussion stigma and barriers to bereavement support at the UK Commission on Bereavement Faith Roundtable

Happened

21 February 2022

Marked the National Day of Reflection with the UK Commission on Bereavement

Happened

23 March 2022

April 2022: Launch of a short guide for supporting the mental health and wellbeing of displaced Ukrainians arriving to the UK

Happened

Click here for the guide, training and further resources

9 - 18 May 2022: Marked Mental Health Awareness Week, including a Thrive LDN hosted panel on loneliness and the cost of living crisis

Happened

Catch up on the discussion here

16 - 22 May 2022: Celebrated Creativity and Wellbeing Week with a theme of 'get creative, get outdoors;

Happened

Celebrate Right to Thrive projects at event with KCL

Happened

22 June 2022

Hold workshop with champion groups to develop wellbeing champion programme and resources

Happened

7 July 2022

What do you do to improve your mental health?

Happened

24 January 2022

Londoners have posted 159 comments

Add yours

London's Great Mental Health Day 2023

Happened

27 January 2023

Read more about the event and get involved

Register to become a wellbeing champion

Happened

30 May 2023

Find out how to become a champion for wellbeing in London

Mental Health and Wellbeing

Discussions

Better health & wellbeing

Your mental health

Timeline

Life in lockdown

Your mental health

London's recovery

How your feedback has started to shape London’s road to recovery

November 2020: Workshops with key partners from health, voluntary sectors, local authorities and community organisations

December 2020: Mental health and wellbeing impact assessments and action planning with London’s Strategic Coordination Group (SCG) – coordinated by Thrive LDN

February 2021: Briefing our key partners and stakeholder across the health and care sector and developing our early engagement plans

March 2021: leadership and governance for the mission transferred to the Thrive LDN Advisory Group, working closely with the Leaders’ Group and Social Recovery Board

April 2021: Thrive LDN led engagement with the mission’s Working Group to revisit the mission narrative, develop project options and to align expectations of our key London partners

The Mayor launched a citywide public awareness campaign on bereavement to help direct Londoners to information, advice, and support to cope with their grief.

June - July 2021: Thrive LDN worked in partnership with Cruse Bereavement Care to deliver free, one-hour webinars on Bereavement and Loss Awareness, aimed at workers or volunteers supporting bereaved Londoners.

July 2021: Good Thinking started working with faith groups to support the development of further, culturally competent bereavement resources which will be available from the autumn

Launch of new wellbeing resource pages on the Thrive LDN website, marking the start of the mission's Wellbeing Campaign

Renewed commitment to the #ZeroSuicideLondon campaign as we marked World Suicide Prevention Day

September 2021: Continuation of a pan-London Wellbeing Campaign, focusing on protective factors. Meanwhile, wellbeing training offers for Londoners and those supporting them begun being rolled out

September - October 2021: Delivery of a further five Bereavement and Loss Awareness webinars, taking the total to ten sessions

Thrive LDN and the Mayor’s Peer Outreach Team host London’s World Mental Health Day festival, led by and for young Londoners.

October 2021: Engagement around the wellbeing champion concept and resources stepped up

November 2021: Ubele/BAMEStream trial bereavement training offers to support black Londoners

November 2021: All London boroughs offered free training for councillors supporting mentally healthier conditions for both themselves and the communities they serve via webinars by Thrive LDN

Marking National Grief Awareness Week, Good Thinking launched a workbook on how to support a bereaved person in a culturally sensitive way

Winter 2021: Research into existing 'community champions' networks, mapping what already exists in London and opportunities to engage with and support these champions with additional resources, tools and training

Celebrated London's first Great Mental Health Day, which aims to get us talking about mental health and how we can improve our wellbeing

Supported Children's Mental Health Week

Thrive LDN hosted a roundtable on support for children and young people with bereavement and loss, attended by charity partners, policymakers, education sector staff and young Londoners with lived experience of loss

February 2022: Good Thinking launch faith-based bereavement resources for Buddhism, Judaism and Islam

February 2022: Ubele/BAMEStream hold immersive bereavement workshops for councillors, therapists, community workers and others supporting Londoners from Black or racialised communities experiencing grief, bereavement and loss

February 2022: Launch of radical self-care training workshops by Thrive LDN in partnership with the Innovation Unit and Mind in the City, Hackney and Waltham Forest

February 2022: projects for the Mayor’s Right to Thrive Innovation Fund underway

March 2022: Good Thinking launch faith-based bereavement resources for Christianity, Hinduism and Sikhism

Discussion stigma and barriers to bereavement support at the UK Commission on Bereavement Faith Roundtable

Marked the National Day of Reflection with the UK Commission on Bereavement

April 2022: Launch of a short guide for supporting the mental health and wellbeing of displaced Ukrainians arriving to the UK

9 - 18 May 2022: Marked Mental Health Awareness Week, including a Thrive LDN hosted panel on loneliness and the cost of living crisis

16 - 22 May 2022: Celebrated Creativity and Wellbeing Week with a theme of 'get creative, get outdoors;

Celebrate Right to Thrive projects at event with KCL

Hold workshop with champion groups to develop wellbeing champion programme and resources

What do you do to improve your mental health?

London's Great Mental Health Day 2023

Register to become a wellbeing champion

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