A question of money: the Hats Off campaign
- Author:
- FRIEDLI Lynne
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Mental Health Promotion, 1(4), December 2002, pp.32-34.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
The past decade has seen a wide range of campaigns worldwide devoted to challenging the stigma surrounding mental health issues and attempting to change public attitudes and behaviour. Such campaigns are notoriously difficult to evaluate and have also been criticised for failing to address the structural causes and sources of discrimination against people with mental health problems. In response to some of these problems, Mentality's 'Hats Off' campaign adopted a traditional fundraising strategy, based on the hypothesis that, like any other marginalised group, the user/survivor movement is best placed to define and achieve its own empowerment and, with adequate resources, can do so.
- Subject terms:
- mental health problems, public opinion, service users, social exclusion, stereotyped attitudes, survivors, user participation, voluntary organisations, discrimination, empowerment, financing, fund raising;
- ISSN print:
- 1475-9535