SPUR is striving hard to create awareness in society about mental illness through various activities such as;
- Motivation building for the patients of de-addiction: We felicitate the patients who are off alcohol for long period along with their caregivers. This program is called ‘Manusakicha Sohala’ and conducted on first Sunday of every year since last 22 years.
- Intercollege Debate Competition: Arranged for the students of senior colleges, with the aim to create awareness about addiction and other social issues amongst them. We have been arranging this competition since 2015. Now it is conducted for the colleges from all over Maharashtra.
- Stress Management Camps: Arranging lectures on Stress Management, De-addiction and Child Psychology at banks, schools, industries and private groups, completely free of cost. We conduct workshops on “School Mental Health” for teachers of various schools in Aurangabad.
- Online Series ‘Manthan Manovikaranche’: We have arranged the interactive programs live on social media platforms, on various topics such as suicide, addiction, stress management, stigma attached to mental illness etc. Dr. Abhay Bang, Mr. Achyut Godbole and other renowned personalities have honoured us as guests for this program.
Other activities: Publication of a book called ‘Madyapash’, poster competition for students, a street play called ‘Vysan Muktichi Dindi’, a short film called ‘Dilasa’, ‘Janiv – Parisanwad’ etc. in our de-addiction campaign carried out by Society.