We’re proud to launch this special episode of our Janno Signal podcast, featuring Sandeep Saib, Senior Business Development Executive at CMS, in time for World Mental Health Day 2024.

Our longstanding partnership with CMS has seen us collaborate on many inspiring projects, including CMS’s This is Me mental health campaign. The theme for this year’s World Mental Health Day is ‘It is Time to Prioritize Mental Health in the Workplace’ and we couldn't be more grateful to have Sandeep join us to share her personal insights on mental health and wellbeing.

In this special episode, hosted by our very own Head of Podcasts, Sassy Clyde, Sandeep opens up about her own mental health journey, as well as her role as an advocate for mental health and suicide prevention across many groups and organisations. She also shares her thoughts on supporting mental health in the workplace.

This isn’t the first time we've had the pleasure of working with Sandeep - who guest-edited an edition of our weekly ContentED bulletin in January 2023, where she shared her personal experiences for Time to Talk Day, highlighting the importance of mental health and having much-needed conversations about it, to fight the stigma and discrimination that still exists in today’s world.

Sandeep’s honesty and courage have been inspirational for those navigating their own mental health challenges. We’re really grateful to her for contributing to this crucial conversation once again.

Don’t miss this heartfelt episode, launching today in honour of #WMHD2024. We hope to continue the dialogue on mental health and suicide prevention, making our workplaces and communities more supportive and understanding places for all.

Tune in here, we hope you enjoy the episode.

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Resources:

Crisis support

NHS (24 hours): 111 (select option 2 for mental health support)
Samaritans (24 hours): 116 123 email jo@samaritans.org
Shout (24 hours):Text 85258
CALM: Campaign Against Living Miserably (5pm – Midnight): 0800 58 58 58
HOPELINE UK (9am – Midnight; service for under 35s): 0800 068 4141 or text 07860 039967, or email pat@papyrus-uk.org

General emotional support

Samaritans
They offer emotional support for people in a crisis, available 24 hours a day.

Telephone: 116123
Address: Freepost RSRB-KKBY-CYJK, P.O. Box 9090, Stirling, FK8 2SA
Email: jo@samaritans.org
Website: www.samaritans.org

Hub of Hope:

Provides a list of organisations within your area who can help with emotional support. They also have information leaflets on a wide range of mental health topics.

Website: https://hubofhope.co.uk/

Listening Place:
Anyone who, for whatever reason feels life is no longer worth living, can find a place with a warm and open listener who will give them time.
Telephone:020 3906 7676

Address: The Listening Place unit 1, Cambridge Court, 210 Shepherds Bush Road, London, W6 7NJ
Website: https://listeningplace.org.uk/

Sane
SANEline is a national out-of-hours mental health helpline offering specialist emotional support, guidance and information to anyone affected by mental illness, including family, friends and carers. They also provide a free text-based support service called Textcare and an online supportive forum community where anyone can share their experiences of mental health.

Telephone: Every day, 4pm to 10pm on 0300 304 7000

Textcare: www.sane.org.uk/what_we_do/support/textcare
Support Forum: www.sane.org.uk/what_we_do/support/supportforum
Website: www.sane.org.uk

Papyrus UK
Charity that offers emotional support to people under 35 who are suicidal. They can also support people who are concerned about someone under 35 who might be suicidal.

Telephone: 0800 068 41 41
Text: 07786 209697
Email: pat@papyrus-uk.org
Website: www.papyrus-uk.org

Rethink Mental Illness

A non-profit organisation that directly supports almost 60,000 people every year across England in getting through crises, living independently, and realising they are not alone.

Address: 28 Albert Embankment, London, SE1 7GR

Telephone: 0121 522 7007

Email: info@rethink.org

Website: https://www.rethink.org/

Suicide&Co
Helps with specific kinds of grief that comes from a variety of personal experiences of losing a loved one to suicide.

Address: 27 Great Smith Street, London, SW1P 3AZ
Email: info@suicideandco.org

Website: https://suicideandco.squarespace.com/

Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide

Focuses on peer-led support to adults impacted by suicide loss.

Telephone: 03001115065
Address: Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide National Office, 14-16 New Lawn Road, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, DE7
Email: admin@uksobs.org

Website: https://uksobs.org/