Events
See Me, our partners, volunteers and supporters, host a range of in-person and online events throughout the year with a focus on tackling mental health stigma. Check out what’s coming up.
We know that when people get together to share ideas, learning and experiences around mental health stigma and discrimination, great things can happen.
Below, we’ve got a list of upcoming public events and activities that you can get involved with to broaden your understanding of mental health stigma, share your experiences of tackling it, gain inspiration and think about the steps you can take to put an end to it.
The Anti-Stigma Sessions
New for 2025 is our online Anti-Stigma Sessions.
The mission to end stigma doesn’t lie solely with See Me – across Scotland, people are doing their bit to tackle stigma in their communities and organisations, through research, workshops and projects that are making a real impact.
This year, we’ll be showcasing some of the work that individuals, communities and partners are taking forward to reduce stigma and discrimination in Scotland through our monthly online Anti-Stigma Sessions.
The Anti-Stigma Sessions will share learning from projects and research across Scotland from See Me, volunteers, our partners and supporters.
We’ll be profiling leaders in the anti-stigma space, sharing innovation and critical thinking, encouraging people to act against stigma and featuring lived experience throughout.
You can expect to hear more about our intersectional approach, ways to tackle public stigma, using the arts to tackle stigma and much more, with insight from experts, researchers and people with lived experience of mental health problems and mental illness.
See below for upcoming sessions.
If you’re hosting an event or session that’s connected to anti-stigma work that you’d like to advertise on this page, send the details to info@seemescotland.org.
What's On
Spoken Word and Open Mic night
27 August, 6.30pm - 8.30pm
Inn Deep Bar, Glasgow
Our spoken word and open mic night returns with a very special collaboration.
The fifth Speakin’ Oor Mind event, created by See Me and its volunteers, will join up with the Postpartum Poems series, shining a spotlight on maternal mental health while also exploring the topic of mental health stigma.
Taking place in Glasgow’s Inn Deep bar, the event provides a great opportunity for experienced performers and newcomers alike to share experiences and thoughts in a creative way.
Will you join us?
📅 Wednesday 27 August
⌚ 6.30pm - 8.30pm
📍 Inn Deep, 445 Great Western Rd, Glasgow G12 8HH
If you have any questions, or would like to make us aware of any accessibility or mobility requirements, contact us at Maeve.Grindall@seemescotland.org.
Anti-Stigma Session: Intersectional Mental Health Stigma in Scotland
28 August, 11am - 12.30
Online
We are hosting our second Anti-Stigma Session at the end of the month.
This session will introduce intersectional anti-stigma interventions as essential for reducing stark inequalities in mental health.
Health stigmas – including mental health stigma – are often considered in isolation, rather than looking at them in combination with other factors affecting people’s mental and physical health outcomes and overall quality of life.
This includes stigmas related to social identities and coping behaviours, as well as wider social, political, economic and environmental factors, including access to resources and decision-making power. Siloed approaches can create additional barriers in terms of access to, and quality of care received.
Intersectionality acknowledges that people’s lives are influenced by a wide range of factors and that we can’t understand any one stigma experience outwith the context in which it is produced and maintained.
By looking at stigma and discrimination from an intersectional perspective, we’re better equipped to understand people's lived realities, which will help us to understand the wide range of actions needed from our programme to challenge mental health stigma in key settings and communities – and to help others to take action.
About the session
We will share our learning from developing and piloting intersectional anti-stigma materials over the last few years with a range of community, third and public sector partners.
These materials raise awareness of the historic roots of intersectional mental health stigma and discrimination and how this manifests in Scotland today, deepening inequalities.
Through presentations, panel and break-out room discussions, we will explore frameworks and community-led actions at different levels to counter intersectional stigma and discrimination related to mental health.
Guest speakers will include:
Dr. Karla Perez Portilla – Lecturer in Law, Glasgow Caledonian University
Aneel Singh Bhopal - Deputy Chief Executive Officer, West of Scotland Regional Equality Council
We will also provide follow-up tools for use in your own practice to take action on intersectional stigma and discrimination in your own setting.
This session is open to all but will be of particular use and interest to those looking to make changes within public, third and community sector organisations.
Event information and resources will be available prior to the event through the Online Event Page for ticket holders.
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