CAMPAIGNERS are launching an attack on mental health stigma in Glasgow by training people to challenge attitudes.

The groundbreaking programme will train leaders from Greater Glasgow, who will work with groups to identify the challenges of mental health stigma and discrimination and act to change it.

Glasgow is one of four areas to pilot the project, including Ayrshire and Arran, and Lanarkshire.

Organiser, See Me, Scotland's national drive to end mental health stigma, will then recruit from across the country.

Those taking part will undertake a six-month training designed to equip people who have experience of a mental health problem with the skills they need to change attitudes.

They will then motivate local groups to work together to identify where discrimination exists and devise ideas and projects to change it. This could involve workplaces, health and social care, or children and young people's facili-ties to ensure people with mental health problems are valued equally.

The community project is part of See Me's movement to ensure equal rights for people with mental health problems, of whom 89% still report experiencing stigma and discrimination.

Rebekah Moore, from See Me, said: "We want thousands of people all over Scotland who can bring about changes in all aspects of society.

"The community champ-ions programme equips and empowers people who want to take action against mental health discrimin-ation to be strong leaders."

For information, visit www.seemescotland.org.

rachel.loxton@eveningtimes.co.uk