Book week

Celebrating the power of reading with Book Week NI 2024

This week marks the ninth year of Book Week NI – a joint initiative between Libraries NI (a charity partner for Action Mental Health throughout 2024-2027) and BBC Northern Ireland. Running from October


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Conference highlights mental health issues in animal welfare sector

Working collaboratively across sectors is the key to creating safer, more compassionate communities for everyone, with benefits including improved mental and physical health in both humans and animals, according to


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Lurgan skills coach wins Action Mental Health’s ICE Award

A skills coach from Action Mental Health’s Southern Region Service in Tannaghmore, Lurgan, has been presented with our bi-annual Chairman’s ICE Award in recognition of his dedication and the work


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Menopause, mental health and the workplace

With October marking Menopause Awareness Month, there’s no better time to get talking about the perimenopause and menopause. For the third of our menopause-related blogs this month, we’ve subsequently spoken


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“I AM SOMEONE” campaign shares the stories behind the statistics

With today (October 10) World Mental Health Day, we’re excited to share details of our major new campaign, which aims to raise awareness of mental health issues in Northern Ireland


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Action Mental Health’s relocated Foyle service officially opened by Mayor

Action Mental Health’s Foyle service enjoyed its official opening on World Mental Health Day (October 10), when iconic buildings across the city of Derry~Londonderry also lit up in purple in


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Tackling the Menopause Together …

October is Menopause Awareness Month, with October 18 specifically being World Menopause Day – all of which is focused on tackling the stigma surrounding menopause and creating conversation about this


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Menopause matters …

With October being Menopause Awareness Month, this is a great opportunity to focus conversation on something which affects half the population here in Northern Ireland – and indeed, the world