action mental health
Enhancing quality of life and employability for people with mental health
needs.Action Mental Health (AMH) actively promotes the mental health and
well-being of people in Northern Ireland. Action Mental Health grew from humble
beginnings in Downpatrick in 1963 when it was known as the Industrial Therapy
Organisation. Back then it was tucked away out of sight, in tune with the
stigmas of the day. Today however, AMH has emerged as the standard bearer within
Northern Ireland’s Third Sector – helping to smash the stigma of mental illness
for all sections of the community. Action Mental Health is multi-faceted,
offering myriad services. Integral to the organisation is its nine New Horizons
services, dotted across Northern Ireland – north, south, east and west, where
clients benefit from a variety of personal development, vocational skills and
employability training options including accredited qualifications and work
placements. A variety of resilience-building techniques are also pivotal to our
range of services delivered to school children and young people in further and
higher education. Services provided also include a full range of therapeutic
counselling for children, young people, adults, families including services for
the deaf community. The charity also offers a whole gamut of services for young
and old alike, designed to promote mental well-being for those in work and
currently unemployed; those affected by chronic pain or debilitating long-term
illnesses; people living with eating disorders and also a dedicated service in
Bangor for people with learning disabilities.
