Your shiny new status as a CALM Club means you’re standing with a big community of people across the UK who are creating places to share encouragement, experiences, stories, laughs, failures and successes. Being open about this stuff can be daunting, but it doesn’t need to be. We’ll be sending you loads of tools to get you going.
You’ve registered as a CALM Club
Thanks for being part of something bigger
Our hope is that we can help your group carve out a space where no conversations are off limits — whatever’s bugging you, getting you down, or making you miserable, your CALM Club is where you can let it out. Just by promoting what we do, you’re making a huge difference.
What you’ll get from us…
You’ve levelled up to be a CALM Club. That means we’ll regularly be popping into your inbox with plenty of helpful stuff for your heads. You can expect wicked resources like:
Support materials such as the CALM C.A.R.E Kit and mental health Guides
A whole bunch of beaut merch like pin badges and posters to stick EVERYWHERE
Lovely jubbly tips on how to talk about us and our services with your club
A big cheers to you lot for allowing us to start more open conversations and raising awareness so more people know CALM exists. It means more people know someone’s got their back.
What we need from you…
If you’re ready to shout through the virtual megaphone about who we are and what we do, you’ve come to the right place. Now you’re a CALM Club, you’re set to represent.
We’ll send you everything you need to get started. You might put up posters in your local bog, share deets about us in your WhatsApp group, Discord Server or socials, or wear our logo on your kit. You’ll receive all you need to spread the word to your members, so everyone knows about our services, resources, campaigns and fundraising. We’d love a hand with:
Fundraising for our critical services — we couldn’t do what we do without our incredible supporters
Starting life-saving conversations
Sharing our campaigns, resources, merch store, articles, and more with your members
These things may feel small, but they make a massive impact and help us achieve our goal of showing everyone there’s always a reason to stay.
How to talk about CALM to your club
Chances are, your group’s already a non-judgemental space where you can lean on one another for support. But it isn’t always easy to know how to talk about mental health. A great way to bring up difficult topics is doing it over a shared love of something. That makes your club a good platform for people to have tricky conversations. A huge part of CALM Clubs is making sure anyone connected to your group knows about CALM and the work we do. It’s also about normalising these chats so they feel a bit less scary.
Feeling stuck for words? Here’s a few ways you can check in with your team and tell them a bit more about CALM.
“What’s up team!
Just jumping on to tell you a bit more about our partnership with CALM. They’re here to help anyone struggling with life - and provide everyone with the skills to help prevent suicide. You can check out their website here: www.thecalmzone.net
We recently became a CALM Club. That means we’ll be learning life-saving mental health skills and supporting their services. They’ll have our back, so we can look out for one another.“
Kit your crew out with merch and materials
This is one of the easiest ways to add CALM to your club. You’ll find CALM garms, sick merch, plus all the info you need about what we do, some downloadable stuff like posters and a resource pack that will take your club to the next level.
Wanna do more? Fundraise for us
You really can do anything against living miserably. Whether it’s auctioning off art from your club, hosting a marathon gaming session, taking your hiking group on a sponsored challenge, or putting on an event for your local community. Maybe you already have somewhere you can use to host a fundraiser for us, like clubhouses, gyms, or classrooms.
There’s plenty of ways to fundraise so we can continue being there for people when they need it most. Discover inspiration, tips and all you need to get your event off the ground.
