PROGRAMME
LAOIS
15th - 22nd September 2012 Promoting Health and wellbeing
Community Support
Ourselves
Talk
Nurture
Nature
Engage
Cope
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Saturday 15th September I MIND ‘Stay Connected’ Portlaoise Comhairle na Nog in association with Youth Ireland (Laois) Youth Mental Health Conference Venue: Parish Centre, Portlaoise Time: 10am (all day) Location: Portlaoise Pre Book: No booking required
Sunday 16th September Rossmore 5k. walk. ROSSMORE Venue: Assemble at Oisin Park Time: 12.30pm Location: Rossmore Contact: Mary Hennessy 087 2581016 for more details ________________________________________________________ DUNMORE WOOD LOOP 5K DURROW Venue: Assemble at Dunmore Wood Car Park Tiime: 2pm (until 3.30pm) Contact: Noeleen Dunphy on
DURROW
MONDAY 17TH SEPTEMBER Wellness Workshop Mountmellick Suicide Or Survive Details: The Wellness Workshop is a day filled with practical and easy to use tips and strategies that will help you to take responsibility for your own mental health. Venue: Mountmellick ICA, Davitt Road, Mountmellick Time: 10am – 4pm Location: Mountmellick Pre Book: Yes. Booking required. contact: SOS on 1890 577 577 for more details ________________________________________________________ Coffee / Tea and Light Refreshments will be served Stress and Coping with it Portlaoise John Bannon – Cognitive Behavioural Therapist / HSE Venue: Parish Centre, Portlaoise Time: 11am – 12.30pm Pre Book: Booking not required, General enquiries to Community & Enterprise 057 86 74337 / 74338 ________________________________________________________ Walk in the Slieve Bloom Mountains Clonaslee Details: Guided walk by Mick Dowling Venue: Assemble at Clonaslee Community Centre Time: 11am – 1pm Pre Book: Booking required. Contact: Mick Dowling at 087 4106493.
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Graiguecullen 4K Walk Graiguecullen Venue: Assemble in Shamrock Business Park, opposite ‘Doyle’s’, Graiguecullen Time: 7pm Contact: For more info, contact Sean Kelly on 087 9103930. ________________________________________________________
My Journey to Wellness Caroline Mc Guigan, CEO Suicide or Survive (SOS) Building Resilence for Positive Wellbeing Portarlington Finola Colgan, Mental Health Ireland Venue: Community Centre Portarlington Time: 8pm Pre Book: Booking not necessary.
TUESDAY 18TH SEPTEMBER SafeTALK Rathdowney Josephine Rigney, Suicide Awareness Officer / HSE Details: A suicide alertness skills programme to prepare participants to identify persons Who may be having thoughts of suicide and to then connect them to the appropriate resources and supports. Venue: Church of Ireland Hall, Rathdowney Time: 10am – 1pm Pre Book Yes. Contact: Josephine Rigney, HSE Suicide Prevention Resource Officer 086-8157850 ________________________________________________________ Healthy Food for a Healthy Mind Mountrath & Cookery Demonstration Carola Diettrich, Dietician, HSE Dublin / Mid Leinster Venue: Respond Community Centre, Kiln Lane, Mountrath Time: 10.30 – 1pm Pre Book Booking not necessary. Contact: Storm Powell, Laois Partnership Company Ltd ________________________________________________________ on 057 86 86 62732 for more information Mental Health Matters Training Workshop Portlaoise Mental Health Ireland / Laois Partnership Company Ltd. Venue: Respond Community Centre, Portlaoise Time: 10am-1pm Pre Book Booking essential. Please contact Storm Powell on 057 86 62732 ________________________________________________________
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‘The Power of Words - Healthy Reading Portlaoise at your Local Library’ Bernie Foran, County Librarian, Laois County Council Venue: Portlaoise Library Time: 11.00-12.00 Pre Book: Booking not necessary. Please contact Bernie Foran, Laois County Council on 057 86 74312 All of us face challenges at some time in our lives. Laois Libraries have a selection of books that can help you cope with everyday stresses and tap into your own skills and develop new ones. This talk explains how. ________________________________________________________ Luggacurran 8k walk. Luggacurran Venue: Assemble at Luggacurran Community Hall Time: 7pm Contact: Please contact Olive Lacey on 086 1567758 for more details ________________________________________________________
Your Games, Your Health: The Link between Sport & Wellbeing
Portlaoise
Welcome by Liam O’Neill, President GAA Guest Speakers include: Michael Duignan, Offaly Player/RTE Commentator & Author of “Life, Death and Hurling” Colin Regan, GAA Community & Health Promotion Manager Martin Scully, Chairman of Leinster GAA Venue: GAA Leinster Council Buildings Time: 8.00pm – 10.00pm Pre Book Booking not necessary. Contact Laois Sports Partnership for more details on 057 8671248 ________________________________________________________ Stress in the Workplace Portlaoise Melanie Guing / Midland Business Training Venue: Laois County Enterprise offices, Portlaoise Time: 7.30pm to 9pm Pre Book: Yes. Please contact 086 8807547 for booking and more details.
WEDNESDAY 19TH SEPTEMBER ‘Mind and Body book therapy, Mountmellick Healthy Reading for Teens at your local Library’ Bernie Foran, County Librarian, Laois County Council Details: Talk gives details on how Laois Libraries stock a selection of self help books that cover a range of everyday issues experienced by teenagers e.g. stress, anxiety, loneliness, depression etc. Venue: Mountmellick Library Time: 11.00-12.00 Pre Book: Booking not necessary. Please contact Bernie Foran, Laois County Council on 057 86 74312 4
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Laugh Your Worries Away Portlaoise Laois Traveller Primary Healthcare Programme Details: Laugh your worries with a morning filled with laughter and chat. Come along and learn how laughter can release any worries or stress! Venue: Old Parochial Hall Portlaoise Time: 10.30am Contact: 057 8682210 LTAG Coffee / Tea and light refreshments will be served. ________________________________________________________ Monavea 5k. walk Monavea Venue: Assemble at St. Abban’s track Time: 7pm Contact: Mary Whelan 087 2890730 for more details ________________________________________________________ ‘Tuning into Your Teenagers Emotional Portarlington & Physical Well-Being’ Dr. Niall Muldoon, National Clinical Director CARI (Children at Risk Ireland) Venue: Colaiste Iosagain, Portarlington Time: 8pm Pre Book: Booking not necessary.
Cookery Demonstration
with Edward Hayden, Chef, Author Featuring on TV3’s ‘Ireland AM’ Show
Portlaoise
Dr. Henry O’ Connell,
Portlaoise Consultant Psychiatrist Laois / Offaly Mental Health on ‘Ageing & Mental Health’ Evening organised by Staff at Links Centre, St. Fintan’s Hospital, Portlaoise Venue: Links Centre, St. Fintan’s Hospital, Portlaoise Time: 8pm Location: Portlaoise Pre Book Tickets are €10 per person. Please contact Joe Sheridan on 057 86 96932 for tickets and details.
Healthy Mind, Healthy BODY Details:
Venue: Time: Pre Book:
Mountmellick Motivational Talk by Dr Eddie Murphy, Clinical Psychologist as seen on RTE’s “Operation Transformation” Exploring the links between Healthy Minds & Healthy Bodies Community Arts Centre, Mountmellick 8.00 – 9.30pm Booking not necessary. Contact Laois Sports Partnership for more details on 057 8671248
** Join us and Dr Eddie for Fun Walk in Emo on Sat 22nd Sept **
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THURSDAY 20TH SEPTEMBER SafeTALK Abbeyleix Josephine Rigney , Suicide Awareness Officer / HSE Details: A suicide alertness skills programme to prepare participants to identify persons Who may be having thoughts of suicide and to then connect them to the appropriate resources and supports. Venue: Respond Community Centre, Mountrath Road, Abbeyleix Time: 10am – 1pm Pre Book: Yes. Please contact: Josephine Rigney on 086-8157850 ________________________________________________________ Art as Therapy Portlaoise Angela Delaney, CNS in Art Therapy Interventions, St. Fintan’s Portlaoise Details: The workshop will use the creative processes of art to explore and promote mental wellbeing. Venue: Dunamaise Arts Centre, Church Street, Portlaoise Time: 10am – 12.30pm Location: Portlaoise Pre Book: Yes. Contact Angela for more information on 057 86 96931 or Community & Enterprise on 057 86 74338 ________________________________________________________ Introduction to Creative Visualisation Wolfhill / Meditation & Spiritual Healing Venue: Glosna House Holistic Centre, Wolfhill, Co. Laois Time: 1.30pm – 4.30pm Pre Book: Yes (places limited) Contact: 087 7693966 marie@glosnahouse.com ________________________________________________________ The Swan 7k. walk. The Swan Venue: Assemble at Swan Cross Time: 7pm Contact: Padraig Fleming 087 3279899 for more details ________________________________________________________ ‘Coping with Loss in our Lives’ Graiguecullen Rita Kelly, HSE Venue: Parish Centre, St. Claire’s Church, Graiguecullen Time: 8pm – 9.30pm Location: Graiguecullen Pre Book: Booking not essential. ________________________________________________________ ‘Down but not out – Living with depression’ Mary Mc Evoy, Actress & Author of ‘How the Light gets in’ Mary is one of Ireland’s best-loved actresses and played Biddy Byrne in RTE’s ‘Glenroe’ for almost twenty years. She is also a very successful stage actress. Her book ‘ How the Light gets in’ gives an insight into her undiagnosed depression. ________________________________________________________
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Margaret Healy / Chair of Farm Family & Social Affairs / IFA Venue: Killeshin hotel, Dublin Road, Portlaoise Time: 8pm Pre Book: Booking not necessary.
FRIDAY 21ST SEPTEMBER Stress & Change Portlaoise John Farren, GROW Community Mental Health Awareness Staff Details: An introduction to Wellness Recovery Action Planning - learn the skills to take control of your own wellness in all aspects of your life.” Venue: Bridge Street Community Mental Health Centre, Portlaoise Time: 11am – 1pm Location: Portlaoise Pre Book: Not necessary ________________________________________________________ Loss to Suicide: A Personal Experience Portlaoise Bernie Carroll / Midlands Living Links Details: Private Individual speaks of their personal loss supported by Midlands Living Links (Suicide Bereavement Support group) Venue: Portlaoise Parish Centre Time: 11am –1pm Pre Book: Not necessary. For more information, contact ________________________________________________________
Saturday 22nd September Healthy MIND, Healthy BODY – Fun Walk (4.5km) Emo Dr Eddie Murphy from RTE’s ‘Operation Transformation’ will lead the Walk in the grounds of EMO Court Venue: Commencing from EMO Village entrance gate, Emo Court Time: 11am Location: Emo (parking in grounds of EMO N.S.) Pre Book: Free of Charge. Registration from 10.30am at EMO Village Entrance gate. Contact: Laois Sports Partnership for more details on 057 8671248
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OTHER EVENTS DURING THE WEEK Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday Mental Health Matters Portlaoise Finola Colgan, Mental Health Ireland Venue: Scoil Chriost Ri, Portlaoise (Transition Students) Time: During School hours ‘Suicide is Preventable’ initiative by Clergy of St. Peter & Paul’s Parish. Information on available supports and services in the ‘Link Up’ and in Church Porches.
For further information on Laois Connects week, please contact: Honor Deevy, Community & Enterprise, Laois County Council, Portlaoise T: 057 86 74337 / 74338 E hdeevy@laoiscoco.ie Web: www.laoiscommunityforum.ie/laoisconnects