Mental Health & Wellbeing Fair
This Saturday, the 6th February, St Patrick’s Mental Health Services will join the Walk In My Shoes charity organization to host the Mental Health & Wellbeing Fair. The Fair will take place in the Clarion Hotel, Lapps Quay, in Cork and will start at 11am until 4pm.
The day will be full of activities and there is plenty on the programme for those who are interested in music, arts and mental health. Admission is free. Workshops in Yoga, Zumba, Drumming and Mindfulness will be held and anybody is free to join. The Movie Room will be screening the St Patrick’s Short Film Competition at 1pm until 3pm.
There will be discussions held by speakers who will talk about mental health and their own struggle with depression and anxiety. Minister Kathleen Lynch, TV Personality Alan Shortt, St Patrick’s CEO Paul Gilligan and Make-Up Artist Grace Mongey are among the celebrity speakers that will make their way to Cork tomorrow.
“I was delighted to be invited to be a part of this Mental Health Event. Speaking about mental health and sharing the message that it’s OK not to feel OK is so important. I was overwhelmed with the positive messages of support I received after I initially shared my own story,” Lifestyle Blogger and Make-Up Artist Grace Mongey said.
In a recent interview with RSVP Magazine, Grace who has been battling mental health, was asked why she decided on a career as a Make-Up Artist (MUA) and a Lifestyle Blogger: “As a MUA I want to share tips, tricks and ideas with my followers. The more I got involved with my blog the more relatable and real I wanted to be. I decided to share more personal stories about anxiety, depression weight gain and weight loss.”
St Patrick’s Mental Health Services will be hosting a series of Mental Health Fairs this year, the Cork Fair being the first one to be held and a second Fair planned for Galway on the 18th June 2016. It is also hoped that a Dublin Fair will be held in October. The Fairs will aim to create public awareness, with mental health and wellness in mind.
St Patrick’s Adolescent Mental Health Services will be launched on Saturday. It is a new service for young people aged 13-17 years to provide them with treatment for mood, anxiety and eating disorders, psychosis and ADHD. St Patrick’s Adolescent Services will operate through the Community Dean Clinic – Cork.
For those of you who are interested in learning more about coping with mental health and can’t wait until October, why not make a trip down to Cork this weekend. Here is the programme for the day. Don’t forget to register today:
Confirmed Speakers 2-3pm
Minister Kathleen Lynch, TD
St Patrick’s CEO, Paul Gilligan
Grace Mongey, Faces by Grace
Alan Shortt, TV Personality
Confirmed programme of workshops
Yoga – Himalaya Yoga Valley Centre Cork
Laughter Yoga – Therese McAuliffe, Lighting the Way
Mindfulness – St Patrick’s Mental Health Services
Zumba – Danny Payne, Women’s Fitness Plus
Drumming – Tom Quinn
Confirmed Exhibitors
Cork Mental Health Foundation
Youth Empowerment Service
Walk in My Shoes & Mental Health Reform Leaflets
Himalaya Yoga Cork
Shine
Cork Samaritans
Aware
Pieta House
SHEP (Social Health Education Project)
GROW
My Mind
Dean Clinic Cork
Reachout
My Mood and Me
SOAR
Paula Molloy
Mental Health First Aid
Youth Advocate Programmes Ireland
Get Ireland Walking
Active Connections
Teenline
Work, Injury, Cover
Youth Suicide Prevention Ireland
Parent Line
SUGRU
Lighting The Way
Women’s Fitness Plus
SPMHS S&I
Eating Disorder Centre Cork
Your Good Self
Cork Counselling Centre
Hand On Heart
Ag Eisteacht
To register for this FREE event, please go to www.cork2016.eventbrite.ie
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