From the networks
There is a strong societal awareness that to take care of our physical health we can go to the gym or eat well, but there is not an equivalent understanding of how to take care of our minds. Fellow Andy Gibson therefore sought to answer the question “How do we design our society to give us everything we need to stay mentally healthy?”, or in simpler terms “what’s the mental health equivalent of 5-a-day?
Andy used an RSA Networks Exchange event to pitch and gather support for a project examining this question and gained interest and insight from other Fellows including Tessy Britton, Ian Gilmour and others. The Mindapples project, one of many discussions around the theme of mental health which has sprung up on the RSA Networks platform, allowed the project to build further momentum.
If you want to find out more about the project or get involved, or if you have experience in campaigning, fundraising, strategic advice or website building that you would like to share, you can go to the Networks Platform (http://networks.thersa.org/). Alternatively, you can visit the project website, www.mindapples.org, to find out more about the project and share your opinions to help reach the project’s initial target of 1,000 responses. You can choose to remain anonymous or be a featured profile. If you’d rather contact someone directly, please email the RSA Networks team at networks@rsa.org.uk.
For a fuller, more personal account of this project from Fellow
