Dundalk Positive Mental Health welcome Dundalk FC support with Green Ribbon Campaign

 

Peter Cherrie, Stephen Kenny, Cillian Moran, Senator Mary Moran, Derek Pepper (SHine and member of Dundalk Positive Mental Health Forum) Gabriel Savva, Sean Bannon and Keith Ward. 

Dundalk Positive mental Health welcome  Dundalk Fc  support with Green Ribbon Campaign to give stigma on mental health issues the red card.



Dundalk Positive Mental Health Forum teamed up with Dundalk Fc at their match against Athlone on Sunday night to show their support for the nationwide SeeChange Green ribbon campaign to encourage everyone to take part in conversations about mental health.

Senator Mary Moran, Chairperson of the group warmly welcomed the support of Dundalk FC for this initiative. "We distributed green ribbons and a useful  bookmark with information on service providers in the Dundalk area to everyone who attended the match. We are extremely grateful for the support from the Dundalk FC team, Manager Stephen Kenny and officials from the club who afforded us the opportunity to promote the campaign at the match.

"While I feel we have come a long way in reducing the stigma of mental health in recent years, there is still a huge amount to be done. Having the support of a major sporting club like Dundalk FC is fantastic as it provided us with the opportunity to further raise awareness of the importance of looking after our mental health and giving  the  stigma surrounding  mental health issues the red card.
Dundalk Positive Mental Health Forum is an initiative made up of service providers and interested parties who wish to promote positive mental health awareness in Dundalk. Since its inception in 2013, the forum have held a number of awareness events in and around the Dundalk area .

SeeChange, the National stigma reduction partnership rolled out the national Green Ribbon Campaign to get people openly talking about mental health problems. More than 300,000 green ribbons have been distributed nationwide free of charge to spark a national conversation about mental health throughout Ireland.

I am delighted with the feedback we got last night from people who attended the match and am  confident  that the green ribbons and information details that we distributed  will help keep this campaign going. If the details provided help even one person to seek help then I feel it is worthwhile.
I will certainly work with my colleageus in Dundalk Positive Mental Health to keep the conversation going and reduce the stigma on mental health issues further.