New Guinness World Record set shines spotlight on mental health

INITIATIVE AIMED TO BREAK DOWN STIGMA

- By TOM KEIGHLEY

From left, Leon McQuade, co-founder and chief AI officer at Think Cloud; Paul Longley, founder of Think Mental Health; Joanne Brent, senior adjudicator at Guinness World Records; Jon Allanson, director regional regulatory and commercial quality operations at Smith + Nephew; and Kirstie Cawley, director of marketing and communications at Hull College

A GROUP of Hull educators and businesses have set a new Guinness World Record marking World Mental Health Day.

Hull College was joined by medical equipment giant Smith + Nephew, employee wellbeing experts Think Mental Health, and IT specialists Think Cloud in setting a world record for the most users in a mental health awareness video lesson.

The lesson made it into the record books with 916 verified participants and more than 1,400 people involved at one point during the live session.

That came in well above the 770 of the previous record, as reported by Hull Live.