Selena Gomez is taking her own experiences and paying them forward.
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philanthropic body The Film and TV Charity has published a toolkit promoting mental well-being within the screen industry.Titled “The Whole Picture Toolkit: For Mentally Healthy Productions,” it aims to “support and enable healthy working practices” within the industry and to destimatize poor mental health caused by working in the industry.The toolkit, which is part of a 12 month campaign to change the industry’s working culture, was developed alongside leaders of the industry dubbed “the change makers” (some of whom are pictured above). They’re comprised of industry partners and bodies, individual trailblazers, mental health experts, and sector practitioners who are trying to engender within the industry.
The toolkit offers guidance, expert advice, resources and best practice guides via a free-to-use website and the hope is that by the end of 2022 at least 100 productions will commit to incorporating it into their projects.Subjects within it include: • Creating a wellbeing plan and mental health risk assessment • How to include wellbeing messages throughout production • How to support a team’s training needs • Planning for rest and time off • Debriefing senior leadersLast month the Film and TV Charity published the Looking Glass ’21 report, which showed that bullying, harassment and discrimination were rife within the industry.“Our recent release of Looking Glass ’21 shows that there is still a long way to go to improve the industry’s mental health, but The Whole Picture Toolkit represents a pivotal moment on that journey,” said Alex Pumfrey, CEO of The Film and TV Charity. “Those who adopt the toolkit as a whole or in part are immediately grasping the challenge of changing behaviours, adopting
.Selena Gomez is taking her own experiences and paying them forward.
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Devolver Digital co-founder Mike Wilson has announced an annual game jam that focuses on mental health.Global Game Jam (GGJ) and DeepWell Digital Therapeutics announced that they are launching a new annual jam that will challenge entrants with creating a game that uses themes and mechanics that can be utilised in mental wellness treatment (via IGN).The jam will take place from May 1 to May 22. Those interested can register at the DeepWell website and submit their games.In a press release posted to their website, DeepWell explained that the game submitted must meet the following criteria:DeepWell DTx’s First Annual Mental Health Game Jam is committed to challenging our community to use their skills to create games that demonstrate how video game themes and mechanics can be utilized as treatment.For more details, see our press release: https://t.co/RphYHp8Bqc— DeepWell DTx (@deepwelldtx) March 23, 2022“The environment of a game jam is the perfect place for exploring and experimenting with new ideas and approaches to problem solving.
Drew Barrymore is the queen of candid content and being her true self all the time, and on her Tuesday episode of The Drew Barrymore Show, the star had a truly candid – and serious – conversation about a topic she's really passionate about.MORE: Drew Barrymore opens up about the struggles of dating as she details bad date experienceDrew and co-anchor Ross Mathews were partaking in the popular segment they start off the show with, Drew's News, where they discuss the week's happy and uplifting headlines.The two got to talking about the importance of mental health when Ross brought up the news that Harvard has a supremely popular class on happiness.WATCH: Drew enlists The Home Edit to organize her kitchen in the second season of Netflix's Get Organized with the Home EditMORE: Drew Barrymore delights fans with a surprising behind-the-scenes glimpse of her showHe explained that Harvard Business School class is titled "Leadership and Happiness," where the professor "uses science, academic studies, buddhist teachings, and bible verses to help students learn how to cultivate their own happiness."As the talk show host discussed the pillars of happiness and his fascination over the course, Drew grew visibly stern and pensive when hearing about the topic.When it was her time to touch on it, she said: "I love that this class has been created and developed and within seconds of the doors opening and the seats being able to be filled attendance goes like that and you can't get in."A post shared by The Drew Barrymore Show (@thedrewbarrymoreshow)Ross and Drew make great co-hostsShe continued to explain that: "I feel like this approach to the spiritual, the mental wellness, the happiness, our work life balance… it's so funny that we go
This Morning's Dr Sara Kayat is known for giving stellar medical advice on the ITV daytime show, but she's also built up a lovely community of over 40 thousand followers over on her Instagram where she shares her life as a mum. Despite maintaining that social media can be a "supportive environment," Sara revealed to OK! that she keeps her distance from Twitter in order to protect her mental health.
Having recently announced that he and his wife Rosie Jones are expecting their third child, it's no surprise Joe Wicks is feeling 'over the moon.' However, Lorraine viewers saw a different, more vulnerable side to the normally fun-loving Body Coach on this morning's show (Monday 21 March). Speaking about his documentary with Louis Theroux, Joe opened up about mum and dad's 'severe' mental health issues and the way they affected his childhood.
Kanye West is at it again.
The UK’s Film & TV Charity (TFTVC) has created a mental health toolkit to help UK producers improve their working environment and is targeting 100 productions to be using it by the end of the year.
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Lady Gaga has made a constant effort to promote mental health among young people, advocating for the importance of accessible mental health resources, this time through her Born This Way Foundation.The 35-year-old star is joining forces with Canadian mental health charity Jack.org to launch the Be There Certificate, a free online mental health course in English, Spanish and French.“Sharing this resource with each of those young people and the world means everything to me and I share it as a way to remind myself and everyone else that we each have a role to play in being there for each other,” Gaga shared to People.Lady Gaga listed the “five golden rules” on how to safely be there for someone, “Number one, say what you see. Number two, show you care.
A new public photography exhibition that shines a light on mental health awareness has opened in London. From March 9 until April 6, ‘Art of London presents Take a Moment 2022’ at Piccadilly Circus is encouraging people to take time out of their day to check in on their mental health.The exhibition, which was opened by TV doctor Dr Ranj Singh, is made of over 100 celebrity portraits and has been projected onto the Piccadilly Lights - an attraction which is seen by around 56 million people per year.
Linsey Godfrey is so relieved to finally have a grasp on her mental health.
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