IMPORTANT NEWS!
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Two pieces of important news for you today, Sportsfans.
These two breaking stories are on vastly differing subjects. The first is Charity & Depression, and the second is Football and Scandal - which actually I've had to cut & paste to another post, so actually, only one breaking story, and the other is something you'll have to search for... Are your appetites sufficiently whetted? Yes? Well pull up a chair, settle back, pour yourself a beer, relax, and I'll begin.
Just like Jackanory, and his cousin, John Dory...
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1.) Charity and Depression.
About 3 months ago, I stopped shaving. Usually I'm crisp, clean shaven, short haired, and look the very model of a modern British citizen. But after 3 months of ignoring my razor, I now look like a freakish beardy - which is what I suppose I now am. The reason I've not been shaving, is because I intend to dye all this mass of hair magenta. Yup. The whole beard, all the hair. Magenta. I think my hair-mass weighs about four kilos now, so I will look quite a shocking sight. But this act of shameless dyeing is for a purpose, not just a change of looks. I'm dyeing it for charity - for Primhe, a charity which deals in primary healthcare for people with mental disabilities & Depression. Depression affects so many people (you probably don't need to look further than a family member, the man who you see at the train station each morning, your best friend, the lady at Tesco, the man next to you at the bar...), all trying to deal with things in their own way. Whilst depression is ultimately something that individuals have to sort out themselves, Primhe is there for people at every stage along the way. I've been wanting to help Prime for quite a while - initially it was to provide some of my cartoons for Primhe leaflets & publications, but I feel that by dyeing all my hair so that I look like Animal from the Muppets, is a much more public way of helping out.
I really hope to advertise what I'm doing, to highlight that Primhe is there. So many people don't think that there are people out there to help them.
Even if I can't raise much money, if I can raise awareness, that would be great. After Stephen Fry's recent TV programme, and the amount of feedback from the press in its wake, Depression is really in people's minds at the moment (if you excuse the pun), and I really think (and hope) that people are starting to think of Depression as a real and tangible thing - a problem that many many people have to live with, and not an some affliction to excuse people's tantrums. Obviously, there are some people who don't understand, but as long as there are TV programmes, and charities out there, being loud & open about things, then that is a good thing. If anyone wants to find out more, please visit the Primhe website at www.primhe.org (which is just about to be updated), or send me an email - also if you'd like to sponsor me, then do get in touch. Just leave a comment with your email address, and I'll get back to you.
Two pieces of important news for you today, Sportsfans.
These two breaking stories are on vastly differing subjects. The first is Charity & Depression, and the second is Football and Scandal - which actually I've had to cut & paste to another post, so actually, only one breaking story, and the other is something you'll have to search for... Are your appetites sufficiently whetted? Yes? Well pull up a chair, settle back, pour yourself a beer, relax, and I'll begin.
Just like Jackanory, and his cousin, John Dory...
>
1.) Charity and Depression.
About 3 months ago, I stopped shaving. Usually I'm crisp, clean shaven, short haired, and look the very model of a modern British citizen. But after 3 months of ignoring my razor, I now look like a freakish beardy - which is what I suppose I now am. The reason I've not been shaving, is because I intend to dye all this mass of hair magenta. Yup. The whole beard, all the hair. Magenta. I think my hair-mass weighs about four kilos now, so I will look quite a shocking sight. But this act of shameless dyeing is for a purpose, not just a change of looks. I'm dyeing it for charity - for Primhe, a charity which deals in primary healthcare for people with mental disabilities & Depression. Depression affects so many people (you probably don't need to look further than a family member, the man who you see at the train station each morning, your best friend, the lady at Tesco, the man next to you at the bar...), all trying to deal with things in their own way. Whilst depression is ultimately something that individuals have to sort out themselves, Primhe is there for people at every stage along the way. I've been wanting to help Prime for quite a while - initially it was to provide some of my cartoons for Primhe leaflets & publications, but I feel that by dyeing all my hair so that I look like Animal from the Muppets, is a much more public way of helping out.
I really hope to advertise what I'm doing, to highlight that Primhe is there. So many people don't think that there are people out there to help them.Even if I can't raise much money, if I can raise awareness, that would be great. After Stephen Fry's recent TV programme, and the amount of feedback from the press in its wake, Depression is really in people's minds at the moment (if you excuse the pun), and I really think (and hope) that people are starting to think of Depression as a real and tangible thing - a problem that many many people have to live with, and not an some affliction to excuse people's tantrums. Obviously, there are some people who don't understand, but as long as there are TV programmes, and charities out there, being loud & open about things, then that is a good thing. If anyone wants to find out more, please visit the Primhe website at www.primhe.org (which is just about to be updated), or send me an email - also if you'd like to sponsor me, then do get in touch. Just leave a comment with your email address, and I'll get back to you.
posted by Chris Thomas at 9/26/2006 02:50:00 pm
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