Community Is What We Create Together!

This year’s Mental Health Awareness Week (MHAW) theme, "Community is... what we create together," resonates deeply with us at Celebrity Speakers. Community is the foundation of mental well-being, providing a sense of belonging, shared purpose, and mutual support.

We believe gathering together as a community at events has never been more important. These moments of coming together provide opportunities for connection, inspiration and learning.

We reached out to some of our inspiring speakers to gather their thoughts on this year's MHAW theme and the significance of community in their personal and professional lives. Here's what they had to say:

DAVID DOWNS

What is community to you?

Community to me is the group of people that you have around you that support you, that cheer you on, that look after you and in return you look after them - a symbiotic relationship!

Can you share a personal story about a time when community support played a crucial role in your life?

I remember years ago I had terminal cancer and I used to envisage this community of people that were around me as kind of like cheerleaders. I had the idea that when I got through my treatment I would gather them all together and we would do something stupid - like all play air guitar... and we did! I got them all together and it was an amazing, energising experience, celebrating the fact that a community had helped me and my family at such a critical time and it's something that I enjoy giving back to as well. Read more…

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