All Party Group on Rugby / All Party Group on Mental Health

ALL PARTY GROUP ON RUGBY

A meeting of the All-Party Group on Rugby has been arranged to take place on Thursday 9 May, from 9.30am-10.00am, in Room 144.

All Members are welcome to attend.

For further information please contact Alan Robinson on 028 9332 9980 or email office@alastairross.org.

ALL PARTY GROUP ON MENTAL HEALTH

A meeting of the All-Party Group on Mental Health has been arranged to take place on Tuesday 14 May, at 12.30pm, in Room 144, with lunch provided at 12 noon.  All Members are welcome to attend.

The focus of the meeting will be the management of mental health and well-being to promote suicide prevention. There will be an opportunity for MLAs to discuss the presentations and agree positive steps to address the high instance of suicide in Northern Ireland.

Programme

12:30pm Sue Ramsey MLA, Chair  - Introduction  

12.40 pm Dr Philip McGarry, Chairman, Royal College of Psychiatrists –presentation on the Protect Life Strategy

12.50 pm Siobhan Doherty, Chief Executive, Aware Defeat Depression, and Pat Lynch, Head of Services - Living Life to the Full programme and Mood Matters

1.00 pm Bill Halliday, Chief Executive, MindWise  - Concluding comments

1:05 pm Open discussion

1.30 pm Close

For further information please contact Dorothy Lawrence or Christine McDowell on 028 9040 2323 or e-mail christine.mcdowell@mindwisenv.org