Mind Magazine July 2017 Mind Magazine July 2017 | Page 5

Mind news Thanks to you… A marathon effort The Heads Together campaign was the official charity partner of this April’s Virgin Money London Marathon, putting mental health very publicly in the spotlight. Led by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry, the campaign launched last May and has already raised £8.5m to help encourage more conversations about mental wellbeing. Mind is one of eight charity partners that have been involved in delivering the campaign. A huge thank you if you were one of the 1,000 people running the London Marathon directly for Mind. It’s amazing to know that every step taken by every runner in the ‘mental health marathon’ will help us be there for everyone who needs it. To watch the Duke, Duchess and Prince discussing this inspiring campaign, search ‘Heads Together’ on YouTube. we’ve been there for more people than ever over the past year. In 2015/16: 61,862 queries were answered by our helplines 16.7 million views of our online info – 63% more than 2014/15 41,477 people used Elefriends, our online support service Mind Magazine 5