Reach Out is the interactive resource we use at mindyourmind in our community outreach. We frequently visit local community hubs and schools to talk to young people about mental health. Reach Out provides basic mental health information, and talks about general misconceptions in regards to how we perceive mental health.
Since we use this tool so often, it’s important to us that the content and the style of the game remain relevant. We know that things are always changing, and we need to reflect that. So we decided to revamp Reach Out. There will be two new versions, one designed for high school age youth and the other for post secondary age youth.
To create this tool, we brought in a whole new team of youth! This team was created with 10 volunteers, eight were brand new to mindyourmind. We were all very excited to work alongside some new faces! The team came in for a weekend-long design studio, where we took apart the old version on Reach Out piece by piece, figuring out what we liked and what we didn’t like. We looked at content and made new questions for the game, picked new categories and completely changed the look and feel of the entire tool! After the weekend, we met up a couple times in the following weeks to continue finalizing details.
This group did an amazing job in recreating this game. The new versions of Reach Out now have a fresh and unique look to them, and we can’t wait to show the final product to everyone!
