To help raise awareness of World Mental Health Day on 10th October, The Poetry Project will be coming to Centrale & Whitgift Shopping Centre. Croydon’s top shopping destination will be displaying specially commissioned poems created by poet James McInerney to help spread positivity and prompt a wider conversation around mental health awareness. Mental health awareness in this day and age is crucial, people are burning themselves out a lot more and are in need of extended support. This can come in a variety of forms for people, from seeing a therapist to practicing yoga and eating foods that contain terpenes that tantalize our senses and bring a new zest to the day, any one of these things can provide a better mental outlook for people who have found it a struggle in day-to-day life.

James McInerney’s poems have been turning heads far and wide in recent years, most notably on the London Underground last Christmas, as well as in Covent Garden, Wembley and even as far as Australia and the U.S. Now James’ posters are heading to Croydon for Centrale & Whitgift customers to enjoy.

James McInerney says: “I love the idea of bringing positivity to the people of Croydon. World Mental Health day is incredibly important and should not to be overlooked. Displaying my poetry in the popular shopping centre of Centrale and Whitgift will hopefully spread the important message of positivity a little further in the lead up to the 10th October.”

David Ordman, General Manager at Centrale Shopping Centre, said: “We’re proud to support World Mental Health Day here at Centrale and Whitgift and having the work of James McInerney displayed is something we are really looking forward to. Hopefully in displaying these wonderful poems we will be able to spread the message of hope and optimism ahead of the day.”

Centrale & Whitgift customers are encouraged to come down to the centre on the week leading up to World Mental Health Day to read these positive poems and take part in raising awareness of this day.

The Poetry Project will be on display between the 7th and 10th October. If you spot a poem don’t forget to share it on Instagram and tag @CentraleCroydon.