ISOLATED people from across Chard came together to mark the ‘Time to Talk’ campaign.

Thursday, February 7, saw events held around the county in conjunction with charity MIND to raise awareness of mental health, but even though the Time to Talk day has finished, support is still out there.

That is the message coming from Chard’s isolation support group WATCH Project.

Chard WATCH CIC (Working All Together in Chard) held an open house event on Thursday with free activities, a lunch and a raffle.

The peer support group was set up by Julie Matthews in April 2007.

She said: “We have all come together for the Time to Talk campaign, and there are three reasons why.

“The main reason is that we want people to feel free and relaxed to come in and talk to us about mental health issues.

“We also want people to come and experience what it is like being here instead of in isolation.

“Isolation affects people of all ages. We had two 18 year olds come in. What has happened to us that such a spread of ages is being affected by this.

“People are also coming in with a variety of issues, not just mental health.

“We are also saying that we are looking desperately for volunteers.

“Even if it is just a few hours a week, we need your help.”