Breaking Down the Wall
Rethink campaigns to break down the wall of stigma and discrimination faced by people affected by severe mental illness, brick by brick.
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What can I do right now?
Ask your MP to join the Time to Change visual pledge supporting an end to discrimination.
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What issues are we campaigning on?
Benefits: People who are ill should get a decent income and be able to take steps towards work without losing all benefits.
Employment: Rethink has helped secure a historic change which will stop employers from being able to discriminate against candidates with mental health problems.
Jury Service: Rethink thinks it’s unfair that people who are using mental health services can’t sit on a jury. We want people like Stephen Fry and Clare Allan and all people with mental illness to be treated as equal citizens
Rethink Politics aims to increase the political awareness and engagement of people affected by severe mental illness. We are also campaigning to make Parliament more representative and for a change to section 141 of the Mental Health Act which states an MP can be removed from their seat if they are detained under the the Act for six months or more.
Rethink is working to change people's attitudes to severe mental illness through Time to Change, an anti-stigma programme reaching millions of people.
