PEACE of Mind is a FREE new project supported by PEACEPLUS, a programme managed by the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB). PEACE of Mind is designed to address the significant mental health challenges prevalent among young people in Northern Ireland and the border counties of the Republic of Ireland.
This project is fully funded through the PEACEPLUS Programme and supported by SEUPB has been developed to help address the significant mental health challenges facing young people today. The initiative will be delivered across Northern Ireland and the border counties of the Republic of Ireland, providing valuable support and resources for schools and their students.
Free six-week Applied story telling programme
Aimed at various age groups within secondary schools
Focuses on building resilience and promoting positive mental health and wellbeing
Themes across the six weeks include:
- Social media
- Positive roles and relationships
- Conflict resolution
- Building a cohesive society
- Stress and worry
- Managing emotions
PROJECT OBJECTIVES
Provide a sustainable, evidence-backed, peer-facilitated community relations programme to improve the mental health and wellbeing of young people aged 9-25 years.
Enhance the capacity of all children and young people to form positive and effective relationships with others regardless of community background.
Assist children and young people to develop coping strategies, acquire a sense of self efficacy, and build resilience.
PROJECT ACTIVITIES
DIRECT DELIVERY
Participants will engage in a 6-week wellbeing programme focused on building resilience and promoting positive mental health.
PEER MENTORING
Young people will be offered facilitation training to deliver the programme to their peers.
YOUTH WORK TRAINING
Training for youth workers with specific attention to young people with physical or mental disabilities (Cedar) and complex social/behavioural needs (Inspire).
YOUTH ADVISORY ASSEMBLY
Led by the Open University, young people will help make decisions that will ensure the programme reflects their values.
PROJECT PARTNERS
The lead partner of the project, Verbal works through storytelling and the language arts to support positive mental health, resilience and cross-community dialogue in areas of high-level sectarianism, community conflict, deprivation and marginalisation
Inspire is an all-island charity and social enterprise with the aim of Wellbeing for All. Inspire works together with people living with mental ill health, intellectual disability, autism and addictions to ensure they live with dignity and realise their full potential; and campaign to create a society free from stigma and discrimination with a culture of compassion that focuses on people and their abilities.Click Here
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