Claregalway school wins suicide awareness award

COLAISTE Bhaile Chláir has won the Cycle Against Suicide Ambassador School Award. It was presented to the school at a ceremony held at the Royal Hospital, Kilmainham.
The awards recognised the efforts of 83 schools around Ireland who have completed the Ambassador School Programme, and become actively involved in mental health promotion.
The Ambassador School Programme, one aspect of a wide range of Cycle Against Suicide initiatives, is school-led, and involves the completion of Five Gears over the course of a year, all of which are aimed at raising awareness of the message that It’s OK not to feel OK; and it’s absolutely OK to ask for help.
Coláiste Bhaile Chláir was awarded the status of Ambassador School by Cycle Against Suicide in recognition of its fulfilment of the Five Gears, and its exceptional commitment to the promotion of positive mental health.

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