2011 - 2012 Mental Health Hero Winners
The calibre of the nominations have been superb and it has been a pleasure to help showcase just a few of the incredible mental health ambassadors who are all heroes.
Thank you so much to all who have taken part in these awards. With special thanks to our charity partners SANE, The Mental Health Foundation, The Centre for Mental Health, and Emergence.
Community hero - Individual
Kay Quinn – Touched by Suicide (24h helpline ROI)
Community hero - Organisation
Men Get Eating Disorders Too
Community hero - Extraordinary carer
Bethany Pearson
Professional hero - Research and Academic
Dr Glenn Roberts - Recovery Devon
Professional hero - Therapist
Dr Amanda Caine - Department of Psychology(Rochdale), Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
Professional hero - Mental Health organisation
Sue Lussenden - Raise Mental Health Ltd
Business hero - Heroic SME
Gossip School - Body image education
Business hero - Corporate
Sainsbury's - Customer services Birmingham
Creative hero - Writer (inc. blogs)
Matthew Johnstone – ‘I had a black dog’ (book)
Creative hero - Amateur
Gareth Stubbs & Jeroen Coenen – egoinvenio
Creative hero - Professional
In this category we have joint winners:
Jason Pegler - Chipmunka (publishing)
Kayla Kavanagh - Singer/songwriter/activist
Creative hero - Group
Cooltan Arts
Creative hero - Celebrity
Ruby Wax and Judith Owen - (Losing It tour and forums)
Highly Commended
As well as our overall winners, we believe there to be some outstanding achievements that cannot go overlooked, so we decided to give a ‘Highly commended’ badge of honour to these fantastic individuals and organisations:
Olagola - facebook group and community
Geof Lynn - Campaigner, carer, and for his work with Recovery Devon
Katya O'Neil - Campaigner for youth mental health
Nicola Mason – The Purple Ladies (fundraiser)
Red FM Radio - Mind Your Mates Campaign
Tony McLaren - Breathing Space
To Write Love on Her Arms
Jake Lyron - theshrinkfromplanetzob.com
Trevor Preston – Changex (DVD/CD exchange)
Fiona Art - FionaArtStigma (blog)
