12th Post

Hello, everyone! My name is David and I have been a Talkbank member for a few months now.

Having had a long-standing mental health problem, I have found Talkbank to be both a positive and engaging experience. Both staff and members are a friendly bunch and have made my time here extremely enjoyable, as well as educative and informative.

If you fancy getting involved yourself, I am sure you would be made to feel quite welcome.

Today we have been completing our preperations for the new issue of the Talkbank Times, which should be available by 10th October, World Mental Health Day.

Jim and Claire have been completing their interview on what it is like to take part in the Talkbank training course, while Helen and myself have been attempting to write a small article on Sanity Fair.

Josie has been looking for positive quotes to put in the Talkbank Times.

In the meantime, we all continue to monitor the media for signs of discrimination against those who suffer mental ill health.

11th Post

Today we've managed to get loads done for the next Talkbank Times. David and Josie have finished their wordsearch, Helen and David have finished the "Meet a Mindbloggler" interview and Claire has interviewed Joe about his role as a carer.

Tenth. Post

Hello, my name is Jim Griffiths. This is my first week as a member of the Talkbank Action Group, having just completed the Talkbank Media Training course.
We discussed the Talkbank Times and have set a deadline for all items for this to be in by Monday 1st October as we want to have the latest edition published for World Mental Health Day. Helen and Dave are working on the "meet a mindblogger" feature, Claire and myself are doing a "meet a talkbank training course member" and Faz is researching World Mental Health Day which is on the 10th October 2007.
For World Mental Health Day, we are going to have a film night in the film theatre at Staffordshire University. We are hoping to show the Sanity Fair DVD, filming from the Food for Thought conference and some of the television training from the Talkbank Training Course. This will be on the 10th October and further details on the time will follow.
Natalie has arranged a 'presentation day' for everyone who has completed the Talkbank Training course this year. It will be on Wednesday 3rd October at 1pm, and we'll be able to watch the films from the TV training and there will hopefully be a buffet!!

Thanks, Jim

9th POST

hi I'm Josie
I'm writing the post this for the talkbank action group.
we are pleased that the reply letter that we had back from channel4 regarding
the comments and certain words that was used in your programme, big brother, have been noticed.
words that was used are psycho schizophrenic,
we are so glad that in future big brother will recognize and pick up these words
when they are used and deal with them appropriately.