This year’s campaign will focus on three key themes:
- Connection
- Personal Budgeting & Financial Support
- Navigating Change & Growth.
The campaign will deliver a series of digital resources, interactive activities, podcasts and social media content to help individuals and employers address these challenges in a practical and supportive way. To benefit from all of this, and long-term support, pharmacists will need to sign up to the Pharmacist Support e-newsletter.
About the ACTNow campaign
ACTNow encourages individuals and teams to:
- Allow time for wellbeing
- Consider the needs of others
- Take action.
- Now! You can start improving your health and wellbeing by signing up to the campaign today.
PDA’s work with charity partner Pharmacist Support
The PDA donates £1 from the membership fee of each member to Pharmacist Support. In 2017, the PDA committed to making this contribution on an ongoing basis to support the work of the charity. These donations now exceed £300k.
As well as supporting the charity financially, the PDA works with Pharmacist Support to help pharmacists strengthen their working relationships with colleagues and managers. This gives pharmacists the opportunity to talk about their mental health openly, whilst ensuring they are aware of the support that is available to them if they are struggling.
This partnership also includes mental wellbeing workshops for pharmacy students that highlight practical tips on how to manage stress during the exam period, and how pharmacists can manage workplace stress.
Learn more
Get involved
Pharmacists can sign up to the ACTNow campaign here.
Not yet a PDA member?
If you have not yet joined the PDA, we encourage you to join today and ask your colleagues to do the same.
Membership is FREE to pharmacy students, trainee pharmacists and for the first three months of being newly qualified.
Read about our key member benefits here.