Mental health charity SpunOut starts new youth campaign "Press Start"

The mental health charity SpunOut has started a new press campaign promoting mental health recovery, sharing the news online on April 12th. Targeted specifically people between the ages of 16 to 25, they share volunteers' personal recovery stories to show that not only are those that struggle with mental health not alone, but they can overcome and heal from their issues too.

Aiming to educate and inform readers "about the importance of holistic wellbeing and how good health can be maintained, both physically and mentally," SpunOut provides access to "relevant, reliable, and non-judgemental information."

The organisation is largely made up of volunteers, some who curate their online content and some who make up a voluntary board of professionals who oversee the project. On their site, they outline how to make mental health recovery goals, highlighting the important fact that each experience is individual and unique.

Realising that they were experiencing depression, Marie started on a healing journey involving therapy and social media.

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— spunout.ie (@SpunOut) April 25, 2023

SpunOut also shares articles on debunking mental health myths, resources educating readers on sexual health issues, and advice on supporting people through recovery.

The newly launched campaign is called Press Start. Over the past couple of weeks on Twitter, they've continuously shared volunteers' stories to create a steady stream of voices destigmatizing mental health recovery and providing examples of what one journey can look like.

Through the stories, SpunOut not only establishes a sense of camaraderie with the advocates, but reminds readers that they're not alone in their struggles. They also allow people to come to terms with the fact that mental health recovery can be a bit messy.

Check out some of the stories from Press Start, here: