World Mental Health Day event

Shift took part in a World Mental Health Day event in Walthamstow, north-east London.

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You can see a selection of photos from the day on our Flickr pages.

Gordon Brown also made a statement about the stigma directed towards people with experience of mental health problems:
"The day when anyone with mental illness can live free of the fear of stigma is coming but it is the responsibility of all of us to bring that day about as quickly as possible."
You can read the full statement from the Prime Minister on the official 10 Downing Street website.