Local Case Studies
Name of Organisation: Birchwood Highland
Activity: Cycle tour from Wick to Fort William
About the initiative
Service users, staff and volunteers cycled from Wick to Fort William. The objectives of the initiative were team building, promoting Birchwood Highland and the anti-stigma message. We joined forces with ‘see me’ to maximise the effectiveness of the message.
Name of organisation: Newton Stewart FC
Activity: Sponsorship of senior football team
About the initiative
The player manager of Newton Stewart FC (Neil Hyslop) used to work for NSF (Scotland). He ran a peer education programme which aimed to raise young people’s awareness about mental health issues. ‘see me’ were actively involved in this programme and worked in partnership with NSF (Scotland) in order to come up with new ideas to get the important messages across to a wider audience.