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Why is Mental Health Awareness So Important? 🧠 Mental health is a crucial aspect of our overall well-being, yet it often doesn't receive the attention it deserves. By participating in the National Poster Competition for World Mental Health Day 2024, you can play a vital role in changing that. Here’s why mental health awareness matters: ➡ Breaking the Stigma: Talking openly about mental health helps to reduce the stigma and discrimination that many people face. When we share our experiences and support one another, we create a more inclusive and understanding society. ➡Promoting Early Intervention: Awareness encourages people to seek help early, which can lead to better outcomes. Early intervention can prevent mental health issues from becoming more severe and difficult to manage. ➡Educating People: By raising awareness, we educate people about the signs and symptoms of mental health issues, and the importance of seeking help. Knowledge empowers individuals to take action for themselves and others. ➡Supporting Each Other: When we understand mental health, we can better support our friends, family, and colleagues. This creates a stronger, more compassionate community. Join us in this important cause by submitting your poster design. Your artwork can bring public voices into this vital conversation and create a lasting impact. How to Get Involved: Visit: www.barbarabrennan.ie or www.mhcirl.ie Categories for Submissions: ✅ Universities ✅Schools ✅Workplaces ✅Community groups ✅Disability groups Submissions open now! Closing Date: 5th August 2024. Together, let's make mental health a priority for everyone because MENTAL HEALTH MATTERS🌟💚 Have you submitted your entry yet? #MentalHealthMatters #Awareness #WorldMentalHealthDay2024 #PosterDesign #BreakTheStigma #SupportEachOther #MHPosterCampaign24 First Fortnight Mental Health Reform An Post Suicide Or Survive Health Service Executive HSE National Office for Human Rights and Equality Policy spunout Mental Health Commission IRL

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‘Safe Harbour’ is a new, free illustrated storybook that will support children who have been bereaved by suicide. It has been developed to empower parents and carers to have difficult conversations safely with their children around this sensitive topic. "We have never had a resource like this for parents before. What this book and the accompanying guide does, is give parents a language to talk about suicide with a child. Suicide is a major public health issue and each suicide directly affects many people, their families and communities," - Mary Butler TD, Minister for Mental Health and Older Persons. Read more: https://bit.ly/3RwAxPp #OurHealthService | #Healthcare | #SafeHarbour | #MentalHealth | #Bereavement | #SuicidePrevention | #IllustratedStorybook

In this week’s #TalkingHealthandWellbeing #Podcast, we talk to keynote speakers from this year’s National Health Promotion Conference in Galway focussed on Mental Health Promotion. Our guests all shared insights on implementing a systems approach to Mental Health Promotion. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts: Podbean: https://bit.ly/3zkfDgd Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3ziLZYF              Apple: https://apple.co/45EVe1s Youtube: https://lnkd.in/e8pgnV3r

We're seeking an increase in Arts Council funding to €160m in #Budget2025 to support the needs of the arts sector at a time of: 🔹 Record demand for our supports 🔹 Record shortfall in funding requests met 🔹 Escalating costs for artists and arts organisations There has been strong government investment in the arts but further infrastructural support is needed to deliver the best return on this investment, and to maximise opportunities for artists and audiences. https://lnkd.in/eeWc8Z8W

Rethink Ireland have reached the milestone of becoming a €100 million Fund for social innovation, and through the work of our awardees, we have impacted over one million people in Ireland 🌟 Together, we are #OneMillionStrong, and one of our awardees who have played a part in this is ShoutOut . They do amazing work to improve the lives of LGBTQ+ people by sharing personal stories and running educational programmes Despite positive #socialchange in society in the past years, young people are still facing homophobic and transphobic violence, bullying and isolation. ShoutOut’s educational workshops in schools and youth groups directly tackle harmful attitudes towards the #LGBTQ+ community and promote allyship, empowering students to act as advocates in their communities. Hear their Executive Director Ruadhán Ó., explain what the support from the HeadStart Fund has meant for their organisation 👇 "We can now reach any school that needs us, no matter how big or small, no matter how rurally located, or how large a town or a city. We now don't have to say no to any school because of capacity" Kudos to the rest of the awardees of the HeadStart Fund, who as Ruadhán mentions, are all doing impactful work across the country for young people to bolster their mental health outcomes 🙌 The HeadStart Fund is a three-year, €3M Fund created by Rethink Ireland in collaboration with the Z Zurich Foundation , Zurich Ireland and Health Service Executive. It supports initiatives offering early interventions, well-being and resilience programmes, and other mental health supports, to young people in #Ireland. #socialinnovation #mentalhealth #socialimpact #pride #mentalhealthmatters Bohemian Football Club First Fortnight Hair Together CLG Liquid Therapy spunout Way 2 Work Ireland

Members of Arts Council staff attended Safe to Create's AMPLIFY Report Findings today. We are proud to support Safe to Create and to have the opportunity to hear the important findings of this research & discussions on how we can make the arts more inclusive & representative of the diverse Ireland of today. Read the Report:https://lnkd.in/e3c2bJhW

The Dublin Region Homeless Executive is provided by Dublin City Council as the lead statutory local authority in the response to homelessness in Dublin and adopts a shared service approach across South Dublin County Council, Fingal County Council and Dún Laoghaire- Rathdown County Council. We established the Pathway Accommodation and Support System (PASS), which is an online system that generates vital information in terms of managing access to accommodation. The system provides ‘real-time’ information in terms of homeless presentation and bed occupancy across the Dublin region. PASS is the primary  source for homeless data in the state. We provide the placement service for all persons in emergency accommodation. We have recently automated our monthly reports to reduce human error and better utilise resources and staff time. You can see our reports here: https://lnkd.in/ezzkXKrm #YourCouncilDay Yogalakshmi Chandrasekar Pathie Maphosa Philomena Murphy Mohit Teotia

First Fortnight recognises the research from the pilot study demonstrating the positive impact of Basic Income for the Arts (BIA) on the mental health of artists. The full one-year report detailing these findings is available on our website here: https://shorturl.at/ULimF (link in bio). We encourage everyone to review and support this initiative. Sign the petition to retain the here: https://shorturl.at/p5tcD (link in bio) The latest research on the Basic Income for Arts pilot scheme confirms its beneficial effects on artists receiving the weekly BIA payments. One year into the pilot, the findings show a consistent, positive impact on nearly all indicators, including practice development, sectoral retention, and well-being. The BIA payments have also reduced deprivation rates among recipients. Artists receiving the basic income are dedicating more time to their art each week, spending less time working in other sectors, and are more likely to sustain themselves through their art alone. Additionally, they are experiencing less depression and anxiety. #FirstFortnight #MentalHealth #BIA #SupportTheArts #BasicIncomeForTheArts