The club will run a Movember ‘Ahead of the Game’ session on Thursday, 24th October.
Movember ‘Ahead of the Game’ is a youth mental health program. It teaches players, parents, coaches, and volunteers to understand mental health, build mental fitness and strengthen resilience. Players learn how to deal with challenges in both sport and life.
The programme consists of two different sessions
- Approx. 1 hour workshop for the players on the U14/U15 team (session 1)
- Approx. 1 hour workshop for the support network of this team including parents, coaches and volunteers (session 2)
- No parents or coaches apart from the nominated person should be present during the players’ session
- No players should be present during the parent, coach and volunteer session.
Who will be delivering the ‘Ahead of the Game’ programme?
31 facilitators who are past and present inter-county players will deliver the programme in 32 counties across the country.
All facilitators have received training on the Movember ‘Ahead of the Game’ programme and are also qualified mental health first aiders following training from Mental Health First Aid Ireland.
