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Award Winning Campaign State of Mind player session presenters Phil Cooper and Carol Ede (both nurses) were successful in March 2012 when winning the prestigious Nursing Standard Mental Health Nurses of the Year at an awards dinner at the Hilton Hotel in London. Jimmy Gittins (picture centre), a former player, has now joined the training…

State of Mind has visited 15 Champiosnhip and Championship One clubs between December 2011 and September 2012 The first club in the championship leagues to access the State of Mind player presentation was Workington Town All Super League and Championship club areas have higher suicides rates per 100,000 population than the national average, with Cumbria having…

JImmy Gittins and The Steve Prescott Challenge Jimmy Gittins (Middle showing his best side), former player and State of Mind presenter will shortly be joining Steve Prescott and Paul Sculthorpe amongst many others on the  Steve Prescott Foundation challenge swimming across the Humber in Hull then cycling across the pennines to Runcorn to swim across the…

Cambridge University RL Sport State Of Mind LOGO Cambridge University Rugby League have been sporting the logo during their last student rugby league campaign All at State of Mind wish Cambridge all the very best for the start of the new season

State of Mind film up for award Angela Powers (Sky Sports) has today been shortlisted for a Mind Media award The shortlisting relates to the film she put together that was first aired during last year’s live game between Warrington and Hull in round 27 for State of Mind. The film included contributions from Adrian Volwles, Kris…

Keighley Cougars Players Session   The State of Mind player session visited Cougar Park on 28/08/12 and presented to the Championship club. Thanks to Jason Demetriou for the warm welcome. This was the fifteenth club in the lower leagues to access the training since round 27 of Super League in 2011. State of Mind are committed…

UK Suicide Strategy Launched Middle-aged men are now the group at highest risk of taking their own lives in England, statistics reveal. Key reasons could be job or money worries due to the recession, says a new government strategy to reduce the number of suicides. Suicide rates among young men – previously the most at-risk group –…

Ernie Benbow (Programme Manager of State of Mind) and Greg Burgess (North Lanarkshire’s Choose Life Co-ordinator) were invited by Madeline Moon MP for Bridgend, to make presentations to the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Suicide and Self Harm Prevention at the House of Commons on Tuesday 13 March 2012.

With the new year now upon us, we at State of Mind have taken time to reflect on our achievements during 2011. Here’s our story so far…..