Everyone has a loved one or friend that suffers from depression or bipolar or some other mental illness. Aware was set up in 1985 to encourage people to talk about mental illness and to get help. It has been a huge success so far, with people happy to talk about depression much as they would about other chronic conditions. However, more needs to be done in building awareness and more funding is rquired to support the many programmes that Aware now runs throughout the country.