Nail The Stigma is an initiative which aims to encourage students and staff to talk openly about mental health by final year students in Public Health and Health Promotion course in Sligo IT . The overall aim is to reduce the stigma surrounding mental health and to encourage people to speak up and talk about how they are feeling.
“What we are promoting is a positive mental health campaign where we are asking individuals to paint their baby finger nail red and the take a ...+ read more
See Change, the National Stigma Reduction Partnership and our 90 partner organisations are rolling out a month long national Green Ribbon Campaign to get people talking openly about mental health problems in May 2017. Please Talk is See Change's youth programme and is Ireland's student-led mental health movement.
More than 500,000 green ribbons will be distributed nationwide free of charge to spark a national conversation about mental health in boardrooms, break-rooms, chat rooms, clubhouses, arts venues, college campuses and around kitchen tables ...+ read more
Six GMIT students who are not actively involved in sport or daily exercise have signed up to take part in Lough Cutra Castle Triathlon in
May, as part of a major campaign to boost students’ mental health and wellbeing through sport.
The campaign was launched in GMIT this week (Monday 6 February 2023) by GMIT lecturer and artist Lynne O’Loughlin in collaboration with the Galway Triathlon Club, two GMIT student societies (Culture and Wellbeing Society and the Mental Health Society), the GMIT ...+ read more
Become a Please Talk Ambassador
We are looking for students who have experience of a mental health difficulty to share their stories
and help end the stigma on campus.
If you or a friend wish to get involved and help us combat mental health stigma on your campus please contact
[email protected] for more ...+ read more
Please Talk and its partners launch annual ‘Chats for Change’ to get students talking about mental health: research shows 41% increase in third level students seeking counselling
Please Talk, St Patrick’s Mental Health Services and the Union of Students in Ireland will launch the annual “Chats for Change” national mental health campaign on 7th November 2016 to get Irish students talking about mental health.
In partnership with Robert and Robert's, thousands of “Chats for Change” tea packs will be distributed across college campuses nationwide to encourage conversation about mental health. The ...+ read more
Here are the events happening on LIT campus for mental health week 2016:
Monday 10th: 10. 30 am Launch of LIT Kindness Campaign in association with "Pay it Forward Limerick" where students and staff pledge to do something kind through out the year.
Monday 10th : Dr Fergus Heffernan, Mental Health Day Talk, 7.30 pm to 9.30 pm Millennium Theatre LIT
Wednesday 12th: Mental Health Awareness Day 10 am to 1pm Where mental Health Organisations promote on campus. Moylish Campus
Thursday 13th: Mental Health Awareness ...+ read more
NUI Galway Psych Soc Promotes Smiling on Campus
Building upon the success of last year’s Mental Health Week, NUI Galway’s Psychological Society has been working with a large number of societies, local businesses and NUI Galway’s Societies Office to create an even more eventful and inclusive Mental Health week running from October 3rd to the 7th on the Campus. According to Soraya Matthews the Auditor of Psych Soc ‘We were overwhelmed with the response to last year’s events and are looking ...+ read more
Gambling is a pastime which many Irish people enjoy. It is deeply engrained in our culture. In fact, Ireland has the second highest spend, per person, on gambling – in the world. While for the majority of people who gamble, it is a relatively harmless bit of fun, there are many who experience harm from gambling. Problem Gambling (Gambling Addiction) is estimated to affect up to 40,000 people in Ireland. For every person with a gambling problem, there are estimated ...+ read more
Gambling is a pastime which many Irish people enjoy. It is deeply engrained in our culture. In fact, Ireland has the second highest spend, per person, on gambling – in the world. While for the majority of people who gamble, it is a relatively harmless bit of fun, there are many who experience harm from gambling. Problem Gambling (Gambling Addiction) is estimated to affect up to 40,000 people in Ireland. For every person with a gambling problem, there are estimated ...+ read more
USI and PleaseTalk have launched the national student support card ahead of Suicide Awareness Day on Saturday the 10th September. There will be 20,000 student support cards distributed across Irish college campuses on Friday, the 9th September. According to the National Suicide Research Foundation Annual Report 2014 there were almost 11,126 cases involving 8,708 individuals presenting to services in 2014 due to self-harm. The card has contact details for suicide and self-harm prevention services, such as Aware, Pieta House, Walk in my ...+ read more
Congratulations on getting into college and hope you are looking forward to the adventures that are before you. College is often one of the fondest memories for adults. While starting college can be exciting, it can also be quite daunting as there are a lot of firsts and lots of changes which can be over whelming at times. Some of these changes include:
Becoming familiar with campus environment
Finding your lecture theatres
Making new friends
Being independent and living away from home
Money woes
Peer pressure
But ...+ read more
Check out SpunOut's new campaign on recognising, managing and minimising anxiety.
SpunOut recognise the importance of looking after our mental health, and how difficult that can sometimes be. We all lead busy and fast-paced lives and often our mental health is neglected until it becomes a major problem.
One of the things that young people have been telling us is that they are experiencing high levels of anxiety and our fast paced life doesn't help. Anxiety has loads of symptoms like the ...+ read more
Please Talk UCD are hosting an "Open Your Mind!" festival from the 29th February to the 2nd March!
This is a chance for students to get involved in our mental health movement on campus, to gather more information about supports on campus, and to tackle the stigma!
For a list of events click ...+ read more
Send Silence Packing
3ts (turn the tide of suicide), Pleasetalk.org and the Union of Students of Ireland launched their collective campaign ‘Send Silence Packing’ on Monday 22nd February at Trinity College Dublin. The initiative includes a public display of 131 backpacks, representing the average number of college students who die by suicide in Ireland each year. Send Silence Packing is designed to raise awareness about the impact of suicide, connect students to mental health supports and inspire action for suicide prevention.
Today’s ...+ read more
Best Mental Health Society Award 2016
In conjunction with the Board of Irish College Societies (BICS) we are delighted to announce the Best Mental Health Society Award 2016.
Higher education is more than coursework and lectures it has the potential to offer so much more to students and societies play a huge role. We all have Mental Health therefore it is EVERYONE's concern, building on this foundation we are delighted to sponsor this award and get all societies involved in playing their part ...+ read more
Bressie recently gave a talk in NUIG about the importance of training our mental fitness in order to be able to cope with whatever life throws at you. He talked about his struggles with anxiety and how this has impacted him. Being oppressed is worse thing you can do for your mental health, you need to face it and challenge it. By Bressie introducing us to his mate “Jeffery” he has shown us how he has come to grips with ...+ read more
The ‘Chats for Change’ campaign in partnership with USI, St Patrick’s Mental Health Services and Please Talk was launched on Monday the 9th November by DJ and Radio presenter Aidan Power and runs until the 13thNovember urging third level students to talk about mental health while enjoying a cup of tea with someone.
Thousands of tea packs will be distributed across college campuses nationwide which will also include tips on how to start conversations about mental health and useful support service contacts. ...+ read more
Please Talk Coffee Morning Chats & Laughs
Thursday 8th October 10:30am-12:00pm
Hub Area Aras Na Mac leinn
( if anyone can assist that 1.5 hours it would be great )
Please Talk Candlelight Vigil
Thursday 8th October 7:30pm – 8:30 pm
Chapel
Light Refreshments will be provided
( if anyone can assist that 1.5 hours it would be great ...+ read more
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