Blog. Pilot Light 10:10 Campaign
September 28, 2022 | Author Jeremy Gibson
Our great friends at The Pilot Light Campaign have been tireless advocates of our work over recent years and we’re proud to partner with them for their 10:10 Campaign which started on World Suicide Prevention Day and is running until October 10th which is World Mental Health Day.
They, like us, believe that we need to keep mental health conversations at the forefront of our minds making time to be mindful of ourselves and those around us every day. When times are tough and stress levels are high anxiety and declining mental health can occur. And with the huge pressures on all businesses right now it’s easy to miss somebody else’s suffering or to avoid making time for a challenging conversation.
Pilot Light’s Doug Sanham has a unique perspective of mental health in hospitality having come very close to suicide himself a few years ago.
The film he made about his experience (at the top of this page) is powerful and moving. It’s a huge honour for us to be able to benefit from his lived experience and honesty.
At the Pilot Light Campaign, we are proud to be partnering with Hospitality Action. The continued fierce support that they have shown the industry over the last few years is heroic. And we want to help support them, so they can continue to offer the Mental Health support for every hospitality venue up and down the UK.
Doug Sanham
The Pilot Light Campaign
Throughout the campaign The Pilot Light Instagram page is full of fantastic wellbeing tips and ideas on how you can fundraise to support our work, as we head into what's going to be a very tough winter, any help you can offer would be amazing.
You can download a 10:10 flier here, and head over the Pilot Light Instagram page for more info.