Our Vision
The Lotus Mental Health is an independent charity with a clear vision - to normalise talking about mental health.
Even now, there are still negative stigmas that surround mental health. Many people still imagine mental health the way that it was portrayed 40, 50, 60 plus years ago - in the time when if a person displayed any sort of behaviour that was deemed as 'socially unacceptable' they would likely face life in a mental asylum.
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This association with being 'locked up' for not thinking or behaving in a way that was positive, happy, or that aligned with society norms is still fresh in the mind of many people. Not necessarily due to experience or family histories, but within films, tv shows, the history books!
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It is these negative stigmas that can often prevent people from opening up about how they are feeling, or about asking for help or support. And it is because of this reluctance, that we, The Lotus Mental Health exists and feel passionate about our cause.
How?
We are big believers in prevention is better than cure. It's this state of mind that motivates us. We focus much of our work towards children's mental health.
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By this we mean provide the people who are around children who are struggling with their mental health, with the tools, the knowledge, the information, advice, and support that they may need in order to best help struggling children and young people.
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This includes parents, carers, and school staff.
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More information about what we do can be found on our 'Home' page