• Everyone deserves the best no matter what their illness

• Mental illness can have devastating results not just at the time someone experiences it but long afterwards

• Just one episode of mental distress can mean you might not get the job you want or the education you need you may also be stigmatised by public services

• People are treated differently when they say they have a mental health problem

• Let us try to build a society where people with mental health problems have the same rights and chances as anybody else

• One in four people experience mental distress at some point in their lives

• Lets take away the stigma and discrimination surrounding mental health issues

• Around 19,000 young people are admitted to hospital for deliberate self harm each year

• Suicide is the biggest killer of young men in the U.K.

• Quote “My mental health problem is my best kept secret because even close friends and family have been influenced by the media

• More people claim sickness benefit through mental illness than there are unemployed in this country

• More than half all employers are reluctant to hire someone with a history of mental illness

• People are 3 times more likely not to return to work if they take sick leave for a mental health problem

• Transitional stage of young people moving from school to college fleeing the nest very frightening

• What counselling is available in college? Do the counsellors liase with health authorities counsellors?

• What percentage in our experience of students use the counselling service