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Sara & Ben (It's OKAY Project) - On the bravery and power of sharing your story, advocating against metal health stigma, and all about the ‘It's OKAY Project’.
Sara and Ben are two of the three people behind the ‘It's OKAY Project’. (Shoutout to Dominic that unfortunately was not well on the day of the podcast recording).Sara is an artist, teacher, skater, mother and wife and she is the Founder and Art Director of the project. Ben is a teacher, rugby player, dad and is the administration and communications consultant for the project.‘It's OKAY Project’ was born in 2020 and it evolved from a story of bereavement and mental health struggles. The project aims to drop the stigmas attached to mental health and communicate stories of peoples struggles and achievements, through their Zine, social media campaigns and community projects.The Mental Health Zine in particular encourages a creative outlet as a form of communication for mental health battles and allows to raise important funds for creative community project as well as supporting brilliant mental health charities such as Papyrus, the UK Charity for the prevention of young suicide (under 35).In this episode Sara and Ben talk about what the ‘It's OKAY Project’ means to them, the power of sharing stories, our love of quotes, the need to bring our education system into the 21st Century and so much more.To find out more about the ‘It's OKAY Project’ check out their website https://www.itsokayproject.com/ or you can find them on Instagram and Facebook @itsokayproj
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By LauraSara and Ben are two of the three people behind the ‘It's OKAY Project’. (Shoutout to Dominic that unfortunately was not well on the day of the podcast recording).Sara is an artist, teacher, skater, mother and wife and she is the Founder and Art Director of the project. Ben is a teacher, rugby player, dad and is the administration and communications consultant for the project.‘It's OKAY Project’ was born in 2020 and it evolved from a story of bereavement and mental health struggles. The project aims to drop the stigmas attached to mental health and communicate stories of peoples struggles and achievements, through their Zine, social media campaigns and community projects.The Mental Health Zine in particular encourages a creative outlet as a form of communication for mental health battles and allows to raise important funds for creative community project as well as supporting brilliant mental health charities such as Papyrus, the UK Charity for the prevention of young suicide (under 35).In this episode Sara and Ben talk about what the ‘It's OKAY Project’ means to them, the power of sharing stories, our love of quotes, the need to bring our education system into the 21st Century and so much more.To find out more about the ‘It's OKAY Project’ check out their website https://www.itsokayproject.com/ or you can find them on Instagram and Facebook @itsokayproj