Weʼre raising £1,000 for the formation of a nonprofit organisation with the aim of helping those who suffer depression and anxiety disorder.
I am looking to start a nonprofit community-based project that will aim to be a resource of support for people that suffer from depression, anxiety, and other mental illnesses. I personally use online gaming as an escape as I have suffered from depression and anxiety and still do on occasion.
I believe that building a community project will help people who otherwise find it hard to interact with others or are isolated through various reasons to have an active support structure where they can engage with others who are going through similar things.
Through the organisation I hope to bring people together so that they don't feel isolated and are able to interact with others that are in the same situation as they are.
The aim will be to get streamers to do workshops on how to start-off so the people who join the community can see a way of bringing a semblance of self-confidence going forward and hopefully bringing that into their everyday lives.
I will also be looking at bringing in counselors into the community that people will be able to book time with so they even if they find it hard to leave their homes they can still get the help they need.
Online gaming has had a negative view due to trolls but I believe it can do wonders if you find the right people, as I have done in the past. This is what I want to pass on, and if I can help at least one other person then I can be happy.
Naturally the point of starting this is to help as many as possible, and with the donations provided by people reading this I believe I can make the difference to many, especially in a time where COVID-19 is limiting people's ability to have that human interaction that is key to overcoming certain mental health problems.