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Projects & Activities

Merit Awards

Merit AwardsMental Health Ireland introduced a Merit Award in 2009 to mark noteworthy achievements of our local Mental Health Associations.

Projects submitted were judged by an independent panel from outside the association and awards were presented at our last Annual Conference in Sheraton Hotel, Athlone in May 2009.

This project honours particular achievements but also provides an opportunity for delegates at the Conference to be made aware of new projects which could be replicated for use within their respective local MHAs.




 














Longford Mental Health Association, won the 2009 Merit Award for the project Nurturing Your Mental Health Through Reading. A list of mental health issues were identified and an appropriate reading list devised following consultations with the project team who in turn sought the guidance of their own members, a Psychiatric Nurse, a GP and other health care professionals and development workers in the area of health promotion. The reading list was edited and additional support information researched such as relevant websites, information leaflets, helpline numbers, both local and national, as added support for the reader. Multiple copies of the recommended books along with supplementary materials such as mental health information leaflets/brochures and a list of accredited website addresses are available in the local library. 

Merit Awards 2009 Ann Howard Longford MHA

Ann Howard, Honorary Secretary of Longford MHA being presented with the Merit Award by Joe Casey, Director of Mental Health Ireland

 

 

Photographic Project

 Prize: The overall winner shall receive a photographic equipment voucher to the value of €250 

 Photographic Project 2009
Click on the image to download the information brochure

 
This year Mental Health Ireland is introducing a Photographic Project to complement the popular Design A Cover Art Project which MHI has organised annually since 2000 for Post-Primary Schools and Colleges, which aims to create an awareness of mental health through the medium of art.

It is hoped, through this new Photographic Project, to engage a greater number of students in developing awareness of mental health by offering them an alternative medium through which to portray positive mental health.

Open to all students attending Post-primary Schools and Colleges.

The theme of the Project is: Positive Mental Health
 

 

   

Housing

Housing in Ireland has been a bone of contention for centuries. However, housing for the great majority of people in Ireland has improved vastly in the past half century. Various schemes such as government grants, mortgage income tax relief, rental purchase schemes and many others have made it possible for many people to have good accommodation.


There is however a section of our community who live in appalling conditions and some of whom are totally homeless. A considerable number of the people who fall into this category are mentally unwell. Some are in poor accommodation because of their mental illness and in many cases their poor accommodation has exacerbated their mental ill health.


Voluntary Housing Grants from the Department of the Environment offer great potential to voluntary organisations to improve the lot of some of the people who suffer the physical torment and humiliation of living in such conditions.

Many local Mental Health Associations have done great work to support people in their area who are in urgent need of suitable accommodation. This has to be one of our most important contributions to Primary Care for the people we are striving to help.

   

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