We think that friendships are important. They offer a shoulder to cry on, and an ear to listen at 2am. They remember us when we've forgotten who we are, and help us to find our way back when we're lost.
We want to celebrate friendship and how it's helped us when times have been hard. Some of us have used mental health services, some of us have known hard times. We all want to talk abut what our friends mean to us, and explore - through word, picture or music - how friends have helped us, influenced us, or stayed by us, as we try to find our path to recovery.
We would like you to celebrate your friendships with one another; let your friends and other people know - in one way or another - what this relationship means to you. The purpose of this is to affirm the unique meaning you have for each other in life. This can help foster our sense of worth, of connection and belonging, and prompt us to do positive things together.
We'd like you to share your experiences of friendship with us. We're interested in old friends, new friends, virtual friends, friends of friends, being a friend. We're interested in what you say and do - ideas that may assist others in their friendships, ideas that have helped after reading the site. We'd love you to get creative - send us anything from a story or a quote, to a doodle or video. But also, let your friends know you've celebrated your friendship with one another.
Indeed, share widely. You never know when you may need your "keepers of me", nor when they may need you.
We will put some self-help, community and service resources on the site that we've found useful, and develop resources about friendship and mental health - but we want you to help us build it. Let us know what you like and don't like, but please stay constructive.
We want to celebrate friendship and how it's helped us when times have been hard. Some of us have used mental health services, some of us have known hard times. We all want to talk abut what our friends mean to us, and explore - through word, picture or music - how friends have helped us, influenced us, or stayed by us, as we try to find our path to recovery.
We would like you to celebrate your friendships with one another; let your friends and other people know - in one way or another - what this relationship means to you. The purpose of this is to affirm the unique meaning you have for each other in life. This can help foster our sense of worth, of connection and belonging, and prompt us to do positive things together.
We'd like you to share your experiences of friendship with us. We're interested in old friends, new friends, virtual friends, friends of friends, being a friend. We're interested in what you say and do - ideas that may assist others in their friendships, ideas that have helped after reading the site. We'd love you to get creative - send us anything from a story or a quote, to a doodle or video. But also, let your friends know you've celebrated your friendship with one another.
Indeed, share widely. You never know when you may need your "keepers of me", nor when they may need you.
We will put some self-help, community and service resources on the site that we've found useful, and develop resources about friendship and mental health - but we want you to help us build it. Let us know what you like and don't like, but please stay constructive.