sweetdreamspootypie: [image description: two photos of posters in the central train station of Welli
sweetdreamspootypie: [image description: two photos of posters in the central train station of Wellington, New Zealand.The first poster is a giant one hung above the entrance-way in the main foyer. It is roughly 5 meters square, handing on the wall of an ornate archway. It has a light blue background with white text reading “Keep your mental wellbeing on track with justathought.co.nz”. The website address is yellow text highlighted in a pink stripe.The second poster is in a bus stop poster frame where adverts usually go. It has a light blue background. At the top left, in large print in yellow and white, it reads “Don’t wait for help.” Below this is smaller white text reading “Staying On Track - Free support for your mental wellbeing”. Below that in yellow text in a pink highlight stripe is the web-link “justathought.co.nz/covid19” At the bottom is a logo based on two speech bubbles, one yellow, one blue, with the text “just a thought”. At the top right of the poster is a picture of a smartphone displaying the website, with a cartoon picture of 2 people and text reading “Just a thought. Staying on track. A free online therapy course to support your wellbeing during this challenging time.End image description.]The benefits of having a government budget released that heavily featured funding for mental health services, just a few months before a plague hits.I took these photos ages ago but have only just gone to check out the site itself.Even if up till now I haven’t needed it, having these around has really helped make it feel like I’ve got community support.New Zealand has a lot of issues, and there are definitely many who need more support than they are receiving, but I’m still grateful to see the things we are trying to do right. -- source link