Hello everyone, if you don’t already know me I’m Holly Martin. I’m a second year strength conditioning and rehab student here at derby. This role means so much to me as someone who has struggled greatly with mental health issues since a young age. I know that in education mental health can lead to great loss of not only time but friends and experiences. I myself lost a whole year of secondary school due to clinical depression and bullying leading to me being isolated and missing out on learning new skills and information at school and ultimately moving to a whole new school.
As a mental health ambassador I would like to provide an open door policy to all members no matter how big or small your issue may be I have grown up around mental health issues and would love to give as much help and advice as I can even if its just giving you a person you know you can always talk to. I would also like to address awareness and stigma around any and all conditions using special times such as world mental health week and other special days to inform people. Finally I would like to create fundraising opportunities for our amazing team such as bake sales, walk/run athons and fancy dress car washes.