The campaign promotes awareness around mental health difficulties and raises money towards our vital work. Participants carry an item of their choosing for 24hours in recognition of the invisible burden that a mental health difficulty can represent.  

#CarryTheBurden2021 runs throughout May 2021, coinciding with Mental Health Awareness Week, which runs 10th – 16th May 2021. 

Taking part is easy:

1.    Choose your item

Big or small, outrageous or every day.  Maybe an object that is important to you or means something to your mental health.

2. Take a Selfie
Start the day with a selfie of you and your object, post it online, and let us know why you’re helping to carry the burden this May: “I’m carrying the burden to support Leeds Mind because….

3.  Keep us Posted
Share your updates throughout the day, using the hashtag #CarrytheBurden

4. Share the Love
1.   Complete your Carry The Burden challenge with a final update.
2.   Make a donation to Leeds Mind via this page

Our VisionBetter mental health for all - The aim of our work is to help people build on their strengths, overcome obstacles, and become more in control of their lives.We have faith and optimism in our clients and so the services we deliver are built around their needs. We support the people of Leeds to discover their own resources to ‘recover’ from periods of poor mental health, and to live life independently with their mental health condition.