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Anna Preston raises money for Emergence

Anna Preston, clinical psychologist from Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust, who ran the Adidas Silverstone half marathon on March 1 to raise money for Emergence and to create awarenesss of personality disorder, has just told us she has raised a fantastic total of £125. We are thrilled!

Anna told us: "It was a sunny day - no cloud, breeze or shade - it was so hot!  With a knee problem I did worry that I would not get around but the knee strap I invested in worked a miracle."

Thank you Anna for your support!

 

Kayla K meets MPs to lobby about the need to Change Attitudes and Build Lives

Our very own Kayla Kavanagh and Nigel Pease represented Mind as 'Crisis care champions' in the Houses of Parliament on March 13, at an event targeted at MPs and health providers regarding mental health care during periods of crisis.

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A Big Thank you to our latest 'pledgers'

We thought we would give you a brief update on how our Pledge campaign is coming along! It's fair to say we are delighted with the numbers of you promising your support to Emergence to Change Attitudes and Build Lives for everyone affected by personality disorder. Thank you!

When we launched the Emergence Pledge at our first Open Day on July 8, 2011 we were delighted when every single person who attended the one day meeting signed our Pledge promising to support Emergence.

Since uploading our electronic Pledge form more and more people are being added all the time to the original list of 'pledgers'.

Here are some of the latest to join our ranks ... in no particular order!

Marion Bates, Ruth Ann Harpur-Lewis, Dr Christopher Paul Moore, Jenny Firth, Carole Beard, David Swann, Debbie Sumner, Susan Russell, Anthony Murphy, Steffi Copestake, Natasha Ford, Hanne Olsen and Anthony Clark.

We look forward to all website visitors joining our campaign - thank you in advance for your support.

 

Running a 0.5 marathon to raise awareness of personality disorder

We are chuffed to bits that clinical psychologist Anna Preston from Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust is running The Adidas Silverstone Half Marathon on Sunday March 1 to raise money for Emergence and to create awareness of personality disorder.

Here is why Anna has chosen Emergence - in her own words: "I am a Clinical Psychologist who for a number of years has worked with people who struggle with personality disorders. I see how much they struggle and believe personality disorder needs to be more widely recognised, both inside and outside of mental health services.

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Thank you to all our inaugural 'Pledgers'

When we launched the Emergence Pledge at our first Open Day on July 8, 2010 we were delighted when every single person who attended the one day meeting signed our Pledge promising to support Emergence to Change Attitudes and Build Lives for everyone affected by personality disorder.

Since then we have uploaded our electronic Pledge form and more and more people are being added all the time to the original list of 'pledgers'.

We look forward to all website visitors joining our campaign - thank you in advance for your support.