DESIGN IN MENTAL HEALTH AWARDS 2019
Recognising excellence in a sporting setting
The presentation of eight awards celebrating creativity, teamwork, service-user engagement, product innovation, imaginative thinking, excellence in construction and refurbishment, and individual achievement, an entertaining after-dinner speech by doctor, journalist, broadcaster, and campaigner, Dr Phil Hammond, focusing on the importance of mental wellbeing in all aspects of life, and a collection which raised over £1,200 for a teenage mental health charity, were among the highlights of this year’s Design in Mental Health Awards Dinner on 21 May.
Held from 21-22 May, the Design in Mental Health 2019 conference, exhibition, and dinner took place for the first time at a new, larger venue – the Ricoh Arena in Coventry. Guests arriving for the 2019 DiMH Awards Dinner, held on the show’s first day within the Ricoh Arena, began their evening in relaxed style with a drinks reception. Once all were seated in the Premier Lounge, the Master of Ceremonies, Andy Powell, introduced the DiMHN’s chair, Jenny Gill, who thanked the Step Exhibitions team for their part in organising the dinner, the evening’s sponsors, Safehinge Primera, Kingsway Group, P+HS Architects, and Anti-Ligature Shop, and charity partner, stem4. The latter is a charity founded in June 2011 by consultant clinical psychologist, Dr Nihara Krause, which aims to encourage the early identification of, and intervention in, de-escalating teenage mental health conditions.
Head of fundraising
stem4’s head of fundraising, Miquel Leon- Canete, gave a brief address setting out the organisation’s key goals and touching on some of its more high-profile activities during tea/coffee and dessert. Andy Powell had earlier explained that on each table was an envelope into which diners could contribute to the charity and its work; the night’s collection raised over £1,200. After Miquel Leon-Canete’s speech, Andy Powell called on dinner guests to take part in ‘the now legendary’ Heads and Tails game, enlisting the help of DiMHN board member, Jeff Bartle. The game involves an individual – here Jeff Bartle –
The room in which the dinner was held overlooks the football/rugby stadium at the Ricoh Arena.
tossing a coin repeatedly, but prior to each toss every participant places their hands either on their head or on their behind, representing a head or a tail. Once the toss goes against them, the participant sits down and is eliminated, until just two are left, each of whom must make an opposing choice. This year’s winner, Anthony Kubo Hanjari, a senior quantity surveyor from Kier, received a case of wine, which he generously auctioned within his company, with the proceeds going to stem4.
Perceptive and knowledgeable on healthcare issues
This year’s after-dinner speaker, Dr Phil Hammond, is extremely well-known for his perceptive ‘take’ on healthcare issues; he qualified as a GP in 1991, and currently
works in a specialist NHS centre for children and adolescents with chronic fatigue syndrome/ME, but is also an accomplished broadcaster. In a lively half- hour’s presentation, he addressed mental health in its many facets from a personal perspective, both as an individual, and as a GP. Recalling a childhood partly spent in Australia, he particularly remembered the wise words of his grandmother, and the often more ‘close-to-the-knuckle’ advice of an eccentric uncle, on meeting life’s challenges. He also spelled out his ‘formula’ for sound mental health, exhorting dinner guests to remember, in their daily lives, and to act upon, the acronym, CLANGERS, which he explained stood for ‘Connect, Learn, (be) Active, Notice, Give Back, Eat well, Relax, and Sleep’.
THE NETWORK | JULY 2019
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