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New Year Honours for Sue Jay - MBE

Sue Jay has worked for West Suffolk Mind for 15 years and has been manager at its Long Brackland office in Bury St Edmunds for ten years. In the New Years Honours list Sue been made an MBE. The honour was awarded for her services to mental health.

Sue says "For mental health to be recognised is a great honour and it'll help to de-stigmatise mental health conditions. It's the recognition that mental health is as important as physical health. There have been a lot of changes over the past ten years and I think there will be more to come. A quarter of the population at any moment will be suffering some mental distress and bringing that to public awareness is one of the main roles that West Suffolk Mind has. The trustees have been sending their congratulations and although I've been given an award, it is a team effort. It still seems a bit surreal!"

A fuller feature about the New Year's Honours is now on the BBC Suffolk website: http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/suffolk/hi/people_and_places/newsid_8436000/8436283.stm

Date: 05/01/2010

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