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.....prejudice ..... stereotyping .....bigotry ..... stigma ..... 

 

     It’s lazy thinking 
   It breeds intolerance
It’s selfish           
 

Whatever word you use for it prejudice

  • takes away its victims’ humanity and shoves them into groups that are in some way “not one of us”
  • excludes people from the mainstream of community life and it can lead to disadvantage and potentially depression or mental breakdown

It is arguably the greatest contributor to human isolation and mental ill health in communities across the world

 

……and it seems to be getting worse

     

Three examples   

  • Antisocial behaviour is the biggest worry of a third of respondents to the British Crime Survey published January 2008.  

  • In 2000 25% of the UK population admitted to being prejudiced about race. By 2007 that figure had gone up to 30%.
  • More than a quarter of those surveyed think poor people are lazy or lack will power, compared to a fifth in 1995.

(from British Social Attitudes 2008 a report produced by the National Centre for Social Research)

 

 
Wherever we are, whether it’s on an internet blog, in queues for the bus, in shops, or in cars it seems we’ve grown used to aggression and intolerance.
 
Challenging these attitudes is what this website is all about
 

We think it’s time to challenge Stigma wherever we find

 it

 and 

Reclaim our humanity and our empathy  

    

 

  

STUFF STIGMA 2008

The Conference

More than 100 delegates attended the empathy conference on March 31 that launched Norfolk's three-year Stuff Stigma campaign

click here for highlights

audience homepage

Recent articles

  A selection of event suggestions (in: Empathy conference)
Apr 4, 2008

Delegates at the Empathy Conference were challenged to come up with ideas for events that could be used in Norwich to combat stigma. Here's a selection.
  2008 conference picture gallery (in: Empathy conference)
Apr 3, 2008
 
Latest News

 

Think Tank chairman Robert Ashton was interviewed by the Norwich Evening News' Sam Williams as part of an article about depression in the workplace.  The article was printed on April 23, and included some advice and guidance for employers on how to help staff.

You can download a pdf of the article here