The West Be Well Group was set up in Galway, Mayo and Roscommon in September 2020.
Its membership includes:
- HSE Resource Officers for Suicide Prevention
- HSE Communications Officer
- CYPSC Coordinator, Tusla
- Mindspace Mayo Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing
- West Be Well Communications Coordinator
We collaborate with Connecting for Life, CYPSC and Healthy Ireland partners.
Our aims are to promote:
- Timely, safe, evidence-based mental health messages, including national mental health campaigns, at local level in Galway, Mayo and Roscommon;
- Mental health supports and services by HSE or other state funded services working in the area of mental health and suicide prevention;
- Mental health and suicide prevention education and training programmes and events.
This work is being supported by the HSE Head of Mental Health Services, Community Healthcare West. Funding is being provided through CYPSC, Healthy Ireland, the HSE National Office for Suicide Prevention and HSE Community Healthcare West.
Charlie Meehan, Head of Mental Health Services HSE Community Healthcare West, commented: “I fully support the work of the West Be Well Group and welcome the development of this website. It offers a vital platform through which to promote and facilitate easy access to key mental health supports, services, resources and messages both at regional and local community level, throughout Galway, Mayo and Roscommon.”
