Category Archives: AMH News

Cooley PS pupils learn how to be Healthy Heroes with Action Mental Health ahead of move to ‘big school’

A County Tyrone primary school has taken proactive steps to safeguard its Primary 7 pupils’ mental health and well-being as they prepare for the transition to ‘big school’ next year.


What Impact did Action Mental Health have in 2020/21?

Our Impact Report 2020/21 is now available to download! Packed with stats from our recovery services, resilience services and therapeutic services, in what was a very different and challenging year,


World Suicide Prevention Day – a day of hope

Action Mental Health today (September 10) joins the annual World Suicide Prevention Day campaign which this year focuses on the message of ‘Creating Hope Through Action’. The theme carries a


AMH New Horizons Downpatrick welcomes volunteers from the Housing Executive

Action Mental Health has been taking the first careful steps back to welcoming groups of volunteers to help support and maintain its services for people facing mental health difficulties. A


Better data can help improve mental health services in Northern Ireland

Action Mental Health’s Jonathan Smyth has written an insightful blog for the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR), as it launches its in-depth review of mental health statistics in Northern Ireland.


Holding onto Hope in a Changing World

 ‘Holding On To Hope in a Changing World’ is a five week social media campaign launching on 6 September which links World Suicide Prevention Day on 10 September to World


Secret hearts and sleeping well: sound strategies for back-to-school stress

Most children have been back at school by now and are getting used to the routine of the school day. But for those who have found it difficult, Action Mental


Join AMH’s Mission for Mental Health and Go Purple for Parity

For too long, the mental health of Northern Ireland has been underfunded and undervalued. As a neglected ‘Cinderella service’, it has been in the shadows and overlooked for too long.