Welsh Assembley Launches National Mental Health Campaign

The Welsh Assembley and various national charities are launching a groundbreaking mental health campaign allowing people to literally air their views about mental health across Wales.

Over the summer the Lights! Camera! ACTION! campaign will give mental health service users and carers the opportunity to record messages and share their experiences of mental health services on film.

As part of the campaign, people will be produce their own video blogs pointing local services and national policy makers to good practice in mental health service delivery and flag up local deficits in delivery.

Service users and carers will talk to camera about what changes they want to see in services with the help of the campaign which is due to set up a mobile studio at 22 locations across Wales over the coming months.

Health Minister Mark Drakeford AM will launch the service user and carer-led national campaign at the Pierhead Building today (9 May) with the campaign set to conclude with a red-carpet event at the Senedd on World Mental Health Day in October.

Lights! Camera! ACTION! is supported by mental health charities Bipolar UK, Hafal and the Mental Health Foundation with further information available on the Lights! Camera! ACTION! Campaign page on the Hafal website.