MONTREAL – Canadians and people around the world shared a record 154,387,425 messages of support for mental health on Bell Let’s Talk Day and drove $7,719,371.25 in new mental health funding by Bell Canada.
“An amazing outcome for our 10th anniversary Bell Let’s Talk Day as the mental health message resonated like never before,” said Mirko Bibic, president and CEO of Bell Canada and BCE, in the company’s press release. “With record numbers of Bell Let’s Talk Day messages and the countless activities supporting mental health in every region of the country yesterday, Canadians took action to show they want everyone who lives with mental illness to get the help they need. Thank you everyone for your truly inspiring support for progress in mental health.”
“We’ve made incredible progress in increasing awareness and acceptance of mental health issues, and now we’re making every action count. I invite you to learn more about the actions large and small you can take to create positive change for people living with mental illness,” said Mary Deacon, chair of Bell Let’s Talk.
This year’s eligible Bell Let’s Talk interactions is an increase of more than 6% over last year. Eligible interactions included Bell mobile calls, long-distance calls and texts as well as tweets, retweets, filters, frames and video views on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and YouTube – all at no charge to participants beyond what they would normally pay their provider for phone or online access.
Social media engagement on Bell Let’s Talk Day reached 29,041,988 interactions yesterday, with #BellLetsTalk once again the top Twitter trend in Canada and worldwide.
For the full release, including a recap of all the Bell Let’s Talk Day events across Canada, videos, and some of the projects funded, please click here.
