HUNDREDS of Barrhead students took part in a charity walk aimed at challenging the stigma surrounding mental health.
Involving 350 pupils from St Luke’s High School, the Renfrewshire Walk a Mile campaign, created by charity See Me, invited the kids to walk and talk in order to break down the barriers related to mental health.
The campaign was inspired by activist and author Chris McCullough Young’s walk around the UK where he spoke to everyone he met about mental health, to change attitudes one conversation at a time.
PC Michael Goldie, campus officer at St Luke’s, who helped organise the campaign, said: “One of the things we wanted to do was highlight to pupils that ‘it’s okay not to be okay’.
“We felt this was an important topic to discuss as it’s a subject that some people feel awkward about. We really wanted to let people know that mental health affects us all and there is support there for everyone.”
Alongside social justice manager Joe Herd, PC Goldie has also been running workshops aimed at challenging the stigma and discrimination around mental health issues.
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