2012
Here you can see what activities are taking place for Blue Monday 2012 on 16th January.
The Big Blue Discount by NUS 17th January 2012
To help students battle the blues at their first day back to University, the National Union of Students put 2,012 NUS cards on sale for a pound. The card provides students with a range of discounts and the NUS hope that getting the access to these discounts for such a low price will brighten the start of the year for many students.
The sale was so popular that at one point the NUS website crashed due to the high amount of traffic to it, so it did seem to be a very popular offer.
Check out the NUS here.
Cake and Laughter 17th January 2012
Justteachers Ltd set out to buck the gloomy trend by making the day National Cream Cake Day and giving out cakes to lift people’s moods.
Justteachers Head Office in Skipton also enlisted the help of local town crier Kevin Griffiths to dress up as a Laughing Teacher (think Laughing Policeman) to create a few giggles on Blue Monday.
Kevin said: “Monday 16 January is supposed to be the most depressing day of the year so justteachers plan was to brighten people’s moods and what better way than with laughter which is so infectious. It certainly cheered me up and caused a giggle.”
Check out their website.
Puuurfect Blue Monday…. 16th January 2012
Whiskas Uk have put together a great video to put smiles on faces this Blue Monday, Check it out.
Now if that doesn’t make you smile today, we don’t know what will!
A special video for Blue Monday. 16th January 2012
Claudio Kron has sent us a video they made specially for Blue Monday, Check it out.
Go to their website for more information.
Happy Blue Monday…. 16th January 2012
Well it is here and all the news of the great work to cheer people up today is flooding in, we will be updating the website with all the news as we get it so keep checking back.
First for today we have the launch of Blue Mood Month which is a great initiative from SANE who have teamed up with Feeling gloomy and Spotify. Their aim is to harness the power of music to lift everyone’s spirits and encourage people to connect more with friends and family. Blue Mood Month launches January 16th and will run throughout 2012 as part of SANE’s 25th Anniversary Black Dog Campaign.
For more information check out their press release.