Members, colleagues and friends of Stand to Reason kickstarted the mental health revolution in the UK and beyond continue to connect as a virtual network and stand by the values set out below:Stand to ReasonWe are committed to fighting discrimination and stigma, challenging stereotypes and changing attitudes in workplace mental health.Stand to Reason was initially a charity and a service-user led organisation that worked with and for people with mental ill health in the way that Stonewall has for gay people: raising the profile, fighting prejudice, establishing rights and achieving equality.https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/society/2007/nov/14/guardiansocietysupplement.mentalhealthWho we remainWell over 2,000 people, many of whom high achievers in their fields, remain networked drawn from a diverse range of backgrounds although we are no longer a registered charity.Most of our objectives had been achieved - the larger mental health organisations put mental health stigma and the workplace as their core objectives. Naess was awarded the RADAR human rights Person of the year award in 2008 for our ground-breaking work. His campaigning led directly to the Mental Health (Discrimination) Act being passed in 2013 - unusually a private member’s bill with all-party support - the act removed all restrictions on becoming an MP, a company director, partner in a firm, a magistrate or a juror. *********************************************Mental health doesn’t discriminate – it affects people from all walks of life.The facts about mental health and the workplace at the time of founding Stand to Reason.• About 1 in 6 people at work experience mental illness.• 40%: the proportion of employers who thought none of their employees would be suffering from a mental health problem.• 10%: an estimate of the proportion of GDP lost due to work stress.• One third of people with mental health problems say that they have been dismissed or forced to resign from their jobs.• 80%: the proportion of employers who agree that more support is needed to improve way businesses deal with mental health at work.