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ldavis2100 Newbie Posts: 37	THE 24 HOUR SPONSORED TALK - Get involved! Nov 4, 2013 9:22:54 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by ldavis2100 on Nov 4, 2013 9:22:54 GMT Love to get involved with this! Count me in. I Best make up lots of pots of tea and roll lots of cigs! x

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THE 24 HOUR SPONSORED TALK - Get involved! Nov 4, 2013 10:05:25 GMT

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Post by Bex on Nov 4, 2013 10:05:25 GMT

Wonderful! I've asked Kai to make us a poster/image for the event and then I will set up a GoGetFunding page like Rebecca did with her bungee jump, as well as do a page for it on the website.

I'll assume we won't have the full 10 volunteers for now, but we can always see what happens. Perhaps if some people want to come and go in shifts then that could work too. I may ask some experts if they'd like to join us for an hour or two as well.

Has anyone got any ideas for what kind of thing they'd like to talk about/see/do?

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THE 24 HOUR SPONSORED TALK - Get involved! Nov 4, 2013 13:56:04 GMT Bex likes this

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Post by mia on Nov 4, 2013 13:56:04 GMT

We could use Beth's little game of trying to name as many MH disorders as possible. Do we want to talk quite personally about ourselves or on more of a general level? We could have a segment about what to do if you're experiencing symptoms. Maybe what us now would say to us then as advice? (Not sure if I'm making sense there?!) Plug the website and forum LOTS! If we could get the forum buzzing about what we're talking about on the hangout that would be awesome. People could tweet in questions to us.

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THE 24 HOUR SPONSORED TALK - Get involved! Nov 9, 2013 11:19:53 GMT BethH likes this

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Post by Bex on Nov 9, 2013 11:19:53 GMT

Here are the links you need everyone, please start pushing!

mindslikeours.co.uk/events/event/sponsored-24-hours-talking-mental-health/
gogetfunding.com/project/minds-like-ours-sponsored-24-hour-talk

Thanks everyone x

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mia Director Posts: 231	THE 24 HOUR SPONSORED TALK - Get involved! Nov 13, 2013 18:01:13 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by mia on Nov 13, 2013 18:01:13 GMT Hey all! Are we going to have a meeting between the people volunteering for this? I'll feel a lot more confident if we have a concrete plan for what's going to be said once we're live

Bex Director Founder Posts: 717	THE 24 HOUR SPONSORED TALK - Get involved! Nov 14, 2013 15:45:47 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Bex on Nov 14, 2013 15:45:47 GMT I want to get everyone together tomorrow if possible? If you're 100% taking part next Friday can you please let me know?
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Kimberley Ambassador Posts: 293	THE 24 HOUR SPONSORED TALK - Get involved! Nov 14, 2013 16:00:40 GMT Bex likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Kimberley on Nov 14, 2013 16:00:40 GMT Count me in for some of it :-)
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Deleted Deleted Member Posts: 0	THE 24 HOUR SPONSORED TALK - Get involved! Nov 14, 2013 16:42:36 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2013 16:42:36 GMT I can take part for a couple of hours or so on Friday evening. Do we have to be on vid or can it just be voice?

BethH Ambassador Posts: 472	THE 24 HOUR SPONSORED TALK - Get involved! Nov 14, 2013 18:43:14 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by BethH on Nov 14, 2013 18:43:14 GMT Another thing you could talk about is the variation between the quality of mental health services in different areas, e.g. some areas have longer waiting times for things like CBT and such.
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mia Director Posts: 231	THE 24 HOUR SPONSORED TALK - Get involved! Nov 14, 2013 20:41:54 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by mia on Nov 14, 2013 20:41:54 GMT Yes count me in for the whole 24 hours! Can do tomorrow after 3 to discuss things!

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THE 24 HOUR SPONSORED TALK - Get involved! Nov 14, 2013 22:23:01 GMT

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Post by MissBlack on Nov 14, 2013 22:23:01 GMT

Is half this thread of posts not coming up in recent posts section of the forum for people, or is it just me?

Bex – going off the subject of the thread here I know. However, I didn't know where else to put it. Did you get my private message on here Bex? Asking because haven’t heard back from you. As think have had some technical issues with the site, as mentioned above as an example. But I have received a few responses from another person on here, so maybe it is just a blip and need to send the message to you?

Anyway, think this is a really good ideas guys. Would love to get involved but just can’t do it personally its too much for me. So apologies to all and good luck with doing it. Anybody done this sort of thing before?

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Beth Ambassador Posts: 191	THE 24 HOUR SPONSORED TALK - Get involved! Nov 15, 2013 22:05:18 GMT via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Beth on Nov 15, 2013 22:05:18 GMT Can do most of the 24hrs. Will have to go for a drama festival half way through but apart from that i can do it!

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THE 24 HOUR SPONSORED TALK - Get involved! Nov 17, 2013 23:20:16 GMT

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Post by ldavis2100 on Nov 17, 2013 23:20:16 GMT

Can we get together this week and get some plans together about what will be going on hour by hour?
I know there's some planning with quizzes and guest speakers, but it would be great to get some finalising.

Im so excited!!

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THE 24 HOUR SPONSORED TALK - Get involved! Nov 17, 2013 23:25:39 GMT

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Post by Bex on Nov 17, 2013 23:25:39 GMT

Yeah sorry I've been a bit lacking, still really struggling with this lack of internet. I'm not deliberately ignoring anyone though.

I'm going to try and arrange a meeting, when I get some kind of internet, where we can go through everything we're doing/talking about and also test the stream to YouTube.

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THE 24 HOUR SPONSORED TALK - Get involved! Nov 18, 2013 14:32:19 GMT

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Post by Bex on Nov 18, 2013 14:32:19 GMT

Does Wednesday evening or Thursday work for everyone? My internet is being installed on the 20th and so that's the only opportunity I'm going to get.

I will be writing up a schedule tomorrow though (as I can do that offline) and then posting it on the event page. Hopefully we can get some more guest speakers involved, so do please tweet if you know anyone who may want to be a part of it.

Also, Mia is going to be putting together some questions for our trivia quizzes. We'll have one late at night/early morning which will be a mix of mental health and general knowledge. We will have another one to include members of the public either on the Friday evening or Saturday day time, whenever we think we'll have the most viewers.

Also, don't worry about where we're sitting with donations at the moment. I'm hoping that the majority will flood in when the event is actually happening. However, do still spread the word using the event page, the funding page and our Huffington Post article too (all links below).

Thanks everyone! Looking forward to it x
mindslikeours.co.uk/events/event/sponsored-24-hours-talking-mental-health/
gogetfunding.com/project/minds-like-ours-sponsored-24-hour-talk
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/rebecca-walton/mental-health-awareness_b_4268370.html

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