PRESS RELEASE: FEEL GOOD PLAY NEEDS COMMUNITY SUPPORT

A fun and dynamic positive mental health play - designed to teach young people simple drug free techniques to feel good and improve the emotional quality of their lives - needs the votes of local residents to secure a £10,000 grant to fund its performance across schools and community locations in the Portsmouth area.

Local charity Feel Good UK - the creators of the play - last year secured a National Lottery grant to develop the script for the play and to purchase original costumes and professional equipment. The charity has now applied to Douwe Egberts (the coffee company) for a grant award of £10,000 to pay actors to perform the 25 minute play in local schools and community locations, and it needs local residents to vote in favour of them receiving the award online.

Voting can only take place via Facebook, and residents need to log onto http://apps.facebook.com/be_a_local_star/facebook/profile/120/ where they can place their vote. They can also type in ‘Douwe Egberts’ in the Facebook search box to gain access to the voting page.

Feel Good UK has been established to teach young people simple yet effective drug-free techniques to help them eliminate stress, depression and negative emotion from their lives. By educating young people at an early age in the importance of managing their mind and emotions, the charity aims to help them stop experiencing any mental stress or decline later in their life. The charity has been established in the face of alarming UK health statistics which reveal:

• Over the last 25 years rates of anxiety and depression amongst young people have increased by 70%

• The World Health Organisation predicts depression will be the second highest cause of death globally (after heart disease) by 2020

The educational play features the charity mascot Paul Feelgood – who teaches the audience the better feeling thought approach to life - and his miserable, struggling with life next door neighbour: Peter Feelbad.

“We are excited about bringing our Feel Good UK community play to the Portsmouth community, to educate young people in our simple thought and emotional management techniques, helping them to lead happier lives. To help us really make a difference to the lives of the next generation please vote for us.” Feel Good UK CEO Steven Surridge


ABOUT THE ORGANISATION

Feel Good UK is a charitable organisation designed to help young people feel good and achieve in life. Through the provision of pioneering thought and emotional management and self esteem building workshops, our aim is to make young people aware of the huge power and importance of their daily thoughts, energy and emotions.
Teaching the latest discoveries of the world's Quantum Physicists, as well as the latest brain science to put this work in context, our pioneering simple to apply drug-free techniques are easier to apply than Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and can be applied by anyone, anywhere.

The benefits of our message:

• Improved levels of happiness in individuals, resulting in a moment by moment enjoyment of life
• Improved relationship with the self, resulting in significantly improved self confidence levels
• Higher rates of motivation and increased performance
• Significantly reduced sickness levels

To find out more about Feel Good UK visit www.feelgoodukonline.com

CONTACT
Feel Good UK, Unit 306 Victory Business Centre, Somers Road North, Fratton, Portsmouth, PO1 1PJ
Telephone: 07908 235 080 - Email: hello@feelgoodukcharity.com