{"id":11096,"date":"2018-04-06T15:45:34","date_gmt":"2018-04-06T15:45:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/?p=11096"},"modified":"2018-04-06T15:49:52","modified_gmt":"2018-04-06T15:49:52","slug":"ford-launches-mental-health-awareness-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/11096","title":{"rendered":"Ford launches mental health awareness campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_11100\" style=\"width: 582px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11100\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/ford-mental-health-1.jpg\" alt=\"Ford mental health campaign\" width=\"572\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/ford-mental-health-1.jpg 572w, https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/ford-mental-health-1-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/ford-mental-health-1-50x28.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 572px) 100vw, 572px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-11100\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Don&#8217;t let mental health be the elephant in the room &#8212; Ford&#8217;s campaign to raise awareness of mental health issues.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Far too many people suffer mental health problems in silence. One common problem is simply that people never seem to find the right opportunity to discuss how they&#8217;re feeling.<\/p>\n<p>To try and help with this problem, Ford has launched a national awareness campaign in conjuction with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.time-to-change.org.uk\/\">Time To Change<\/a> campaign, which is being run by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mind.org.uk\/\">Mind<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rethink.org\/\">Rethink Mental Illness<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Around one in four people in the UK experience mental health problems <em>each year.<\/em> Young men are particularly at risk, but research shows that only one in three men are prepared to talk openly about their feelings. A similar number said that they would be <em>&#8220;embarrassed&#8221;<\/em> to seek help for a mental health problem.<\/p>\n<p>A vehicle can be a very private and therapeutic place to talk. With no interruptions and no need for intense eye contact, two-thirds of people questioned by Ford said that they were\u00a0<em>&#8220;more comfortable&#8221;<\/em> talking about problems when in a vehicle.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cA vehicle is a great place to start talking because it\u2019s like your own private bubble, where you\u2019re on a journey together and you\u2019re shoulder to shoulder,\u201d says Ford engineer and employee champion, Matt Loynes, who came through the lowest point of his mental health issues with the support of a friend. \u201cThis is about getting everyone on-board and making it part of the culture to take a moment to listen to friends, colleagues and family, to understand and to find the right help for them.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>If you have a friend, loved one or colleague who is affected by mental health issues, it&#8217;s not always easy to know how to help.<\/p>\n<p>To give you some ideas, Ford and Time to Change have created five \u2018top tips\u2019 that could help you spot the signs and offer the necessary support:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Text\/Call Reach out \u2013 start small<\/li>\n<li>Find a good time and place<\/li>\n<li>Go for a coffee<\/li>\n<li>Ask how they are \u2013 listen without judging<\/li>\n<li>Treat them the same<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11102\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/ford-mental-health-2-sm.jpg\" alt=\"Ford Mental Health Awareness van\" width=\"650\" height=\"311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/ford-mental-health-2-sm.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/ford-mental-health-2-sm-300x144.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/ford-mental-health-2-sm-624x299.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/ford-mental-health-2-sm-50x24.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ford has launched a mental health awareness campaign in conjunction with the Time To Change.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[1694,2144,2145],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11096"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11096"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11096\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11105,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11096\/revisions\/11105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}