Thrive London Update

We are pleased to share the first iteration of a new shared campaign for London called Getting Through This Together and would value your support and participation.

The campaign has been developed in response to the cost-of-living pressures, encouraging Londoners to strengthen their social networks with family members, friends and trusted others in their community – a significant factor in supporting people during this period. The campaign will also highlight the professional support and advice services which are available.

Support the campaign:

· Download the Getting Through This Together campaign toolkit which includes suggested messaging for digital channels. Thrive have also updated other winter resilience messaging within the same toolkit. Please consider incorporating alongside any other planned communications and when using the draft messages, you may wish to signpost to local services / web pages. 

· Explore the full range of Getting Through This Together assets for using across your own digital channels – you can do this via Google Drive or a ZIP file download. 

· Use #ThroughTogether or tag @ThriveLDN where you can so we are able to reshare.

As always, we would very much welcome feedback and wider insights.  

Please either get in touch directly (info@thriveldn.co.uk) or come along to a future Public Mental Health Communications Group meeting (details below).

2. Further winter resilience resources from Thrive LDN and other partners

· We have revisited our conversation starter tool to help Londoners engage with friends, family, neighbours or those they support in the community or workplace about good mental health, wellbeing and financial worries. As well as importantly knowing the most appropriate help and advice services to signpost to for professional support. 

·Thrive LDN and the Money and Pensions Service hosted a webinar on the relationship between money and mental health, and the practical ways to get support. You can watch the webinar back via YouTube or the Thrive LDN website.

For the above two items, we have included some promotional copy and assets in the most recent Thrive LDN communications toolkit.

· Thrive LDN has revisited their conversation starter tool to help Londoners engage with friends, family, neighbours or those they support in the community or workplace about good mental health, wellbeing and financial worries. As well as importantly knowing the most appropriate help and advice services to signpost to for professional support. 

· Thrive LDN and the Money and Pensions Service hosted a webinar on the relationship between money and mental health, and the practical ways to get support. You can watch the webinar back via YouTube or the Thrive LDN website.

For the above two items, we have included some promotional copy and assets in the most recent Thrive LDN communications toolkit.

This is some of the work and initiatives being delivered by Thrive LDN partners to support Londoners:

a) Good Thinking, London’s digital wellbeing service, has recently relaunched its website to support a new look and enhanced user experience. 

· To share the service, advice and resources which are freely available from Good Thinking for those struggling with stress, anxiety, low mood and sleep Download a communications toolkit 

· In November, Professor Kevin Fenton, Regional Director for London at the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID), led a panel in discussion to explore the serious impact of the cost-of-living pressures on mental health and the support available to Londoners. Watch the webinar via Good Thinking’s website.

b) Debt Free Advice is delivering a three-month advice bus tour to support Londoners through the cost-of-living crisis. The bus will visit over 35 London locations over a three-month period, providing signposting on other cost-of-living support, and host webinars on a range of topics including budgeting, debt options, and mental health. 

 Download a stakeholder toolkit to help promote the bus tour.

c) Financial wellbeing: applying All Our Health. An OHID resource that helps health and care professionals prevent ill health and promote wellbeing as part of their everyday practice.

d) The ‘London, you good?’ campaign, raising awareness of free mental health resources available for young Londoners, is drawing to a close. The campaign has signposted young people in London to access mental health services including Every Mind Matters, Talking Therapies and Urgent Mental Health Lines. NHS England – London would like to thank everyone who has played their part in supporting the campaign through sharing the ‘London, you good?’ assets. 

• Download the campaign toolkit containing suggested copy and use the social media assets from Google Drive. 

e) The London Tobacco Alliance (LTA) has developed a Christmas themed Stop Smoking London social media toolkit – 12 top tips to quit at Christmas. The toolkit includes pre-written social media posts. These are designed to use over Christmas and into the New Year, encouraging people in your borough/organisation to quit and directing them to local services as well as telephone support from Stop Smoking London – a partnership of 32 London Boroughs.

Great Mental Health Day 2023 is taking place on Friday, 27 January 2023. 

Great Mental Health Day 2023 will celebrate the power of community kindness and tell the story of how we’ve come together for one another across London. ThriveLDN will be providing some more details over the coming weeks about plans for the day – including the return of the interactive map of London. In the meantime, you can find out more on the Thrive LDN website.

The London Multiply programme is a £40m+ investment which will enable thousands of Londoners aged 19+ with no or low numeracy qualifications to access essential numeracy skills training for free. London Multiply providers will work with employers, community organisations, and local partners to support approx. 31,000 Londoners through nearly 300 free courses available across the capital. 

• Courses will help Londoners build the numeracy confidence and skills needed for work and everyday life, including support with managing everyday finances, helping children with their homework, and getting into further learning or accessing good jobs. 
• Please share this opportunity with organisations and Londoners you work with. You can retweet the Mayor here.
• You can find the right London Multiply courses for you here.
• For any questions, please get in touch with multiply@london.gov.uk