The Stoptober campaign is being run once again this Autumn. If you have/know of any events happening in Powys during the 9th – 28th September that Powys Local Public Health Team can piggy back please let them know asap. They are also looking for smokers wishing to take part in the Stoptober campaign to become local heroes (profile below).
· Stoptober It will be launched on the 8th September in Cardiff. At this launch will be the CMO, leads from PHW and the local heroes who will be taking part in Stoptober
· From the 9th Sept - 28th Sept is the local awareness raising / recruitment phase which will see seven bigger roadshow type events taking place across each Health Board area. Merchandise and marketing collateral by way of posters and leaflets will be available for organisations / stakeholders.
· Heroes: They would like to ‘recruit’ several local heroes across Wales. One or two or more across each Local Health Board area for them to work with local press, local social media channels etc… to drive the message and help others who are attempting to quit.
These heroes should:
Ø Be a smoker
Ø Have a strong reason why they want to give up
Ø Be willing to take part in smoking cessation services (121s of face to face contact, meetings, phone calls)
Ø Be media friendly (i.e they are not too shy)
Ø Be willing to have the media contact them, upload video blogs to social media, be interviewed by the TV)
Ø Have a willing family who will support them through the quit attempt who would also be willing to talk to the media.
· They are also looking for families who have had their lives affected by smoking - be that through lung cancer, respiratory disease etc.. These families should also be media friendly if possible and willing to tell their stories to encourage others to give up smoking and access the Stop Smoking Wales support services.
Contact: 01874 712738 Email: Kate.Heneghan@wales.nhs.uk
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