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WE ARE PRESENT TODAY
A platform dedicated to spreading awareness, supporting and educating young minds about Mental Health.
We are here with you. WE ARE PRESENT TODAY.
What is
"We Are Present Today"?
"We Are Present Today" is a mental health project that focuses specifically on Anxiety and Depression through the aim and purpose of spreading awareness, supporting and educating young minds.
By means of Educating
Through "We Are Present Today", we hope to offer and provide you with necessary and relevant resources available online and offline whether it be improving the mental wellbeing of yourself or someone or for purely educational purposes.
By means of Engaging
Through "We Are Present Today", we hope you, your family members, your friends or anyone can find and benefit from all the support and services available from already established mental health charities. Below are groups including the likes of CALM, Mind, Samaritans and more which act as foundations for providing information and a helping hand.
By means of Suggesting
Through "We Are Present Today", we aim to fully provide and offer you the best and worthwhile experience while learning about Mental Health. Learning should always be a two-way street and we appreciate all the suggestions that you may feel relevant.
Disclaimer
Some of the following and mentioned resources are not owned by ourselves. This website acts as a compilation for a more convenient and easier navigation and access to resources with regards to mental health.
Acknowledgements to the resource and support group owners linked and mentioned.
© 2023 We Are Present Today. Created by Mathieu Hillarion and Vince Mojares
Talk To Us
Hey there, how are you feeling today? Is there anything we can do to help?
Disclaimer
Some of the following and mentioned resources are not owned by ourselves. This website acts as a compilation for a more convenient and easier navigation and access to resources with regards to mental health.
Acknowledgements to the resource and support group owners linked and mentioned.
© 2023 We Are Present Today. Created by Mathieu Hillarion and Vince Mojares
Talk To Us
How can we help you today?
Disclaimer
Some of the following and mentioned resources are not owned by ourselves. This website acts as a compilation for a more convenient and easier navigation and access to resources with regards to mental health.
Acknowledgements to the resource and support group owners linked and mentioned.
© 2023 We Are Present Today. Created by Mathieu Hillarion and Vince Mojares
Talk To Us
We're glad to hear you're okay! If there's anything we can do to help, just let us know!
Disclaimer
Some of the following and mentioned resources are not owned by ourselves. This website acts as a compilation for a more convenient and easier navigation and access to resources with regards to mental health.
Acknowledgements to the resource and support group owners linked and mentioned.
© 2023 We Are Present Today. Created by Mathieu Hillarion and Vince Mojares
We Are Present Today First Blog Entry
19th of February 2021
Disclaimer
Some of the following and mentioned resources are not owned by ourselves. This website acts as a compilation for a more convenient and easier navigation and access to resources with regards to mental health.
Acknowledgements to the resource and support group owners linked and mentioned.
© 2023 We Are Present Today. Created by Mathieu Hillarion and Vince Mojares
Who Are We?
"We Are Present Today" is a mental health project that focuses specifically on Anxiety and Depression through the aim and purpose of spreading awareness, supporting and educating young minds.
What do We do?
We provide resources and support to anyone experiencing a mental health problem or simply want to learn about it. We run this platform to improve your well-being, raise awareness and promote understanding.
Our Story
Mathieu Hillarion (right) is a Mental Health Nursing Student at Cardiff University and his reason for studying it? To help others. Working as a nurse in the mental health field is a highly challenging job – you are likely to be caring for people with a range of conditions, from autism and schizophrenia to dementia and addiction. The needs of the people you are caring for are likely to be particularly high, and extremely individualised. This presents a huge amount of challenges in the daily job and requires patience but nothing that Mathieu can't handle.Vince Mojares (left) is a Personalisation Analyst but apart from the Technology world, he is hugely interested in the Third Sector. He actively seeks out opportunities to help and volunteer and has been fortunate to become a part of various kinds of charitable and helpful organisations whose vision and aims all share the same message and concept; to HELP. He is currently volunteering for childcare, mental health and learning disability projects such as Be Friends, LOL Friday's and Philippine's Kythe Organisation and Project SMILE and hopes to transfer his knowledge and experience to this project.What inspired Mathieu and Vince to start "We Are Present Today" are their passion for helping others. They both believe that there needs to be a genuine understanding and an appreciation of the needs and wants of the people in the society. A shared desire to defy barriers. To drive this, we need people who really care about the world around them.
What's the Meaning of the Logo?
As we were designing the logo, we ensured that it's not just something that would be enticing for the public to look at. As much as it is important for the logo to portray attractiveness, there's a more significant part that we had to take into consideration and that was the meaning. This is when we then decided to apply a Design Thinking Approach for the logo. How did we achieve this? By Empathising.Empathy is about developing a deep understanding of the challenge and an important part of Mental Health. For you to be able to help, you must first of all understand. Empathy is potent in a way that it gives someone the knowledge of understanding other people’s needs just by putting themselves in the shoes of another person. Therefore, we asked ourselves, if I was someone who's suffering from mental illness, what would help calm myself?We incorporated the colour yellow as the main and primary background colour. There's something very positive about this colour that makes you feel lively and energetic the moment you lay your eyes on it. Recent research found out that people in a yellow-coloured room appeared to be more active and conscious than people in another room.We used blue as the primary text colour as this colour stands true to its appearance. Peaceful, calm and gentle, blue has tremendous power to manage stress. It's a very soothing colour that helps calm your mind, slow down your heart rate, lower your blood pressure and reduce anxiety. Blue is believed to have a cooling and astringent effect.Additionally, we used the colour white as a background shade behind the circular heart emblem because it symbolises clarity and freshness.
Disclaimer
Some of the following and mentioned resources are not owned by ourselves. This website acts as a compilation for a more convenient and easier navigation and access to resources with regards to mental health.
Acknowledgements to the resource and support group owners linked and mentioned.
© 2023 We Are Present Today. Created by Mathieu Hillarion and Vince Mojares
Educate
Through "We Are Present Today", we hope to offer and provide you with necessary and relevant resources available online and offline whether it be improving the mental wellbeing of yourself or someone or for purely educational purposes.Below are available resources linked to Mental Health from Articles, Books and Videos to stay educated.
Articles
- What is mental health?
- “Mental illness is like any other medical illness”
- Mental Health and the Covid-19 Pandemic
- Mental Health - Harvard Health
- Building Better Mental Health
Books
| Title | Author | Year | ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mindfulness: A practical guide to finding peace in a frantic world | Mark Williams and Dr Danny Penman | 2011 | 9780749953089 |
| Overcoming Low Self-Esteem, Second Edition | Melanie Fennell | 2017 | 9781472119292 |
| Overcoming Social Anxiety and Shyness, Second Edition | Gillian Butler | 2016 | 9781472120434 |
| Stress Control: A Mind, Body, Life Approach to Boosting Your Well-being | Jim White | 2017 | 9781472137104 |
Videos
