World Hearing Voices Day, Friday 14th September 2007
World Hearing Voices Day was held on 14th September 2007.
Our international awareness day intends to combat the secrecy and stigma surrounding hearing voices. The aim is to celebrate voice hearing as part of the diversity of human experience and raise awareness of the fact that hearing voices, in and of itself, is not a sign of mental illness — indeed many people hear voices, such as painters, author’s, spiritual mediums and others are sought after, for their voice hearing capabilities.
Each year Hearing Voices Networks and Groups worldwide mark the occasion with an activity or event to:
Read our press release here here
To commemorate World Hearing Voices Day we are holding a competition with an exciting prize to be won enter the competition here
Events around the world can be found here:
Australia
14th September: Afternoon Coffeehouse ‘SpeakEasy’ ‘Hear our Voices’ to celebrate World Hearing voices Day: For further information go here
Austria
14th September: Meeting in Linz with the theme "Religion and Hearing Voices". For further information contact Chuck Schneider & Marlene Weiterschan
England
14th September: Accepting and working with voice-hearing: A one-day national conference for professionals and people who hear voices. This conference has been initiated and organised by people who hear voices and staff within Together's Service-user Directorate in support of World Hearing Voices Day (WHVD), to be held in London. Speakers include Louise Pembroke, Phil Thomas, Tamasin Knight, Peter Bullimore and Dirk Corstens. For more information see the conference flyer here.
Norway
13th - 14th September: A two-day seminar is being held inTromsø. For further information go here
New Zealand
13th September: Exploring frameworks for Visions and Voices: For further information go here