PANDAS Glimmer Campaign 2024
We are so incredibly excited to announce that in May, we are launching our Glimmer Campaign! During two weeks in May, we aiming to raise £10,000 to fund therapy sessions for our service-users – while at the same time raising vital awareness about ‘glimmers’ (the opposite of a trigger) and how these play such an important part in mental health recovery.
Here’s the lowdown…
✨ What is the Glimmer Campaign?
PANDAS’ most uplifting and important campaign yet – a gorgeous campaign which will focus on recovery of perinatal mental illness. We’ll also be aiming to raise £10,000 to fund therapy sessions for our service users – thanks to the Big Give’s Kind2Mind, EVERY donation made to our campaign page during these two weeks will be DOUBLED!
✨ When is it?
The campaign runs from 14th-28th May 2024.
✨ What’s a glimmer?
The best way to describe a glimmer is the opposite of a trigger. The word ‘trigger’ is used a lot in talks about mental health, but ‘glimmers’ not so much. A glimmer could be something really small but meaningful to you – perhaps feeling the warmth of the sun shining on your face, or you’ve put on a nice lipstick which has made you feel good.
✨ How can I get involved?
There are three ways you can get involved…
🌟 Share your glimmers with us on social media using #WhatsYourGlimmer and we will re-post as many as we can
🌟 Donate to our Glimmer Campaign fundraising page – it goes live on 14th May!
🌟 Buy the beautiful Personalised Glimmer Journal, which Martha Brook have created in collaboration with PANDAS! £5 from every single purchase will not only go to PANDAS to help us fund therapy sessions for parents in need, but will also be magically DOUBLED by The Big Give to £10 for every one sold!
✨ What do we know about glimmers and triggers?
During April 2024 we conducted a survey with our community. Well over 1000 people filled it out (thank you!), and we learnt so much about how helpful it can be noticing those moments of joy (95% said that noticing them have helped them through a tricky time, for example!), and it was heartening to hear how much they’ve helped people in their recovery journeys. We learnt lots of interesting things, including
📣 76% people felt triggered by societal expectations during the perinatal period
📣 A third of respondents expect lifelong triggers, demonstrating the need for glimmers in everyday life.
📣 53% found solace in meaningful conversations with loved ones whilst experiencing mental health issues
📣 61% felt triggered by social media content
📣 46% found time in nature helpful in recovery
The survey helped us cement the fact that noticing the glimmers is and can be a really important part of recovery!
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Our Glimmer Campaign aims
Raise £10,000 for therapy sessions
During our two-week campaign, we will aim to raise £10,000 to fund 150 online group therapy sessions. Talking therapy is a known treatment for mental illnesses and can have good results, and we don’t want costs. to be a barrier.
Offer hope and recovery
‘Glimmers’ are highlights on the road to recovery from mental illness and we want to shout out about them because they are so lovely, while also being vitally important. We hope this campaign will aid in parents’ recovery by offering hope.
Raise awareness of PANDAS
We are growing as a charity every day, but there are still many people out there who haven’t heard about us. We hope this campaign will raise awareness of PANDAS and show parents who need us that we are there, whatever the weather.
Get involved
Donate via the Big Give
From 14-28 May, every penny donated via our Big Give campaign page is DOUBLED at no extra cost to you. So you can easily turn £5 into £10 🥰
Our campaign page – which can be found here – goes live at 12pm on Tuesday 14 May and closes at 12pm on 28 May.
We are so, SO thankful for every penny which is donated to us, especially for big campaigns like this where we have a huge target! We want you all to know that we are unbelievably grateful.
Buy our partner product
We have teamed up with a gorgeous business who are producing a special, limited edition product just for this campaign – with a percentage of the profits going to PANDAS! We’re so excited about this and will be releasing details in the next couple of weeks – watch this space! 💛
Share your Glimmers on social media
Throughout the campaign we’ll be posting Glimmers on our social media pages – and we would love it if you shared yours with us! We will re-post as many as we can. Simply create a post (this can be a reel or a photo) and tag @pandas_uk with the hashtag #WhatsYourGlimmer
We can’t wait to see all your wonderful Glimmers ✨✨✨
If you need urgent help....
If you need urgent help or are worried about a loved one, you can call The Samaritans or call 999.