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This year’s Mental Health Awareness Week has a slight different focus as the whole world is navigating how to adapt their daily routines in the new normal of social distancing. Staying physically and mentally healthy is key to staying positive during lockdown, but it's not easy.

The Independent Health and Fitness and Evening Standard Healthy at Home channels offers different advice on how to eat well, keep the body moving and manage anxiety during this time.

Scroll down to hear from our CRM wizz and Mental Health First Aider to hear how he has been managing life in lockdown.
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The Headline Numbers
The Independent continues to perform highly as people look to trusted news sources in this time of uncertainty. Unique visitors to our site in the UK is up 54% YoY and 60% YoY in the US.
Evening Standard continue to deliver the paper daily to the homes of Londoners. The 230 vendors are clocking up the miles, each day they walk 1,400 miles and in just one week they walk the equivalent distance of London to San Francisco.
Opportunities
The Evening Standard's Healthy at Home editorial strand, launched within ES Lifestyle in response to the lockdown, delivers interactive content such as live work-out classes and cook-alongs, keeping us stimulated and happy. Become the headline partner with:

● In association branding across all content ●
● Social support ●
● Bespoke content ●
For more details on the opportunity please contact Mark.Burborough@esimedia.co.uk
The Scoop
Inside knowledge from the team
Name: Darshan Loganathan
Job: Head of CRM and Commercial Systems and Mental Health First Aider

Scoop:
These are anxious times for a lot of us, but it’s also allowed many of us to spend a lot more quality time with our families. I especially look forward to the family lunchtime picnics in our garden.

It does wonders for the our mental health to swap the screen time for the outdoors every so often. Saying that we also can’t wait for the kids to be back to school.

If you have found this time challenging, here are some useful tips on how to manage your mental health during lockdown.
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