Elephant in the Room-Mental Health Campaign 💛🐘💜

A youth mental health campaign ran by young people from Belfast Youth Forum and NI Youth Forum #FillTheTrunk

[JohnJo McGrady 🇮🇪✊ @johnjocfc7]

Glad to take part in the futureMINDS roundtable talk on Mental Health research with @MHC_NI @profsiobhanon, Sinn Féin MLA and chair of Health Committee @GildernewColm, @nichildcom Christine Irvine and @inezmtmurray ❤

Treat young people with respect & actually listen to them 👏

[Siobhán O'Neill (she/her) @profsiobhanon]

It is vital that we listen to young people - the second speaker at our webinar is JohnJo from the #ElephantInTheRoom group. Their recommendations bring together some themes from today's webinar & for @Education_NI as we plan the mental health in schools framework.

[Elephant in the Room-Mental Health Campaign 💛🐘💜 @FillTheTrunk]

Great discussion tonight around mental health, covids impact on it and many other things

[Danny Baker MLA @danielbakersf]

Chairing a special P&C meeting tonight (well @johnjocfc7 took over).
I really needed that today, to hear the passion they have for improving mental health, poverty and homelessness was inspirational.

Truly talented youth, who will make this place better ✌

[JohnJo McGrady 🇮🇪✊ @johnjocfc7]

Proud to present the @FillTheTrunk campaign on behalf of @Belfast_YF alongside @NIYF to the minister @CaralNiChuilin and @CommunitiesNI 💛🐘💜

Firm commitment to work going forward 👏

[Elephant in the Room-Mental Health Campaign 💛🐘💜 @FillTheTrunk]

Great to meet with the minister and her department, firm commitment to work with us to implement our asks 👏💜🐘💛

[Communities NI @CommunitiesNI]

.@Communitiesni Minister @CaralNiChuilin today met with the young representatives from @FillTheTrunk campaign group to discuss a range of mental health issues including breaking the negative stigma surrounding the issue. https://t.co/IXTbCtKjuC

[Elephant in the Room-Mental Health Campaign 💛🐘💜 @FillTheTrunk]

@OrlaithiF_MLA @amhNI @AwareNI @BarnardosNI @InspireWBGroup Very clear to see orlaithi. Many of our members massively affected due to this, some destined for law and medicine massively downgraded. Particularly of working class backgrounds which already have such negative mental health issues. Disgraceful, a U turn needed and an apology !

[Elephant in the Room-Mental Health Campaign 💛🐘💜 @FillTheTrunk]

The sheer amount of distress this has caused is unacceptable. After 5 months of lockdown and worry. We are given this. This needs fixed ASAP 💜🐘💛

[Belfast City Youth Council @belfastcity_yc]

We welcome the Minister's U-turn on GCSE Grades. However he has yet to make a change on the AS/A level Results. Many of our young people still are waiting anxiously for university places. This is completely unacceptable #ALevelProtests #ALevelsResults @CCEA_info @Education_NI

[JohnJo McGrady 🇮🇪✊ @johnjocfc7]

Amazing to present to the @niexecutive regarding the @FillTheTrunk mental health campaign. Great to get firm committments from @healthdpt their minister @RobinSwannMoH and minister @CaralNiChuilin from DFC to meet and implement our recommendations. @Belfast_YF
@NIYF

[The Irish News @irish_news]

Young campaigners to meet minister to demand mental health reform

https://t.co/18wKLbeMPQ

[Elephant in the Room-Mental Health Campaign 💛🐘💜 @FillTheTrunk]

Member @johnjocfc7 chairperson of @Belfast_YF will be representing the campaign on a @Lagmoreyouth lagmore live programme next week "Let's Talk: Mental Health" on Wednesday 29th at 7pm. Tune in 💜🐘💛

[Elephant in the Room-Mental Health Campaign 💛🐘💜 @FillTheTrunk]

Member @johnjocfc7 who is also chairperson of @belfastcc's @Belfast_YF speaking on @qnewsdesk regarding their upcoming meeting on 29th july with the @niexecutive @NIYF

"I believe these are important, they have always been important. But with covid 19 and lockdown its made worse"

[Elephant in the Room-Mental Health Campaign 💛🐘💜 @FillTheTrunk]

@k_mullan @DerrySinnFein @sinnfeinireland Great article, one of the priorities in our report. Would be great to meet and discuss this

[Elephant in the Room-Mental Health Campaign 💛🐘💜 @FillTheTrunk]

@sinnfeinireland @allianceparty @Belfast_YF @Education_NI @belfastcc @BelTel @BelfastLive @uuponline @duponline @SDLPlive @niexecutive

[Elephant in the Room-Mental Health Campaign 💛🐘💜 @FillTheTrunk]

We as a campaign have been invited to meet with the power sharing Executive regarding our campaign and proposals

This is a great opportunity as covid 19 and lockdown has had such a massive impact on young peoples wellbeing
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@moneillsf @DUPleader @RobinSwannMoH @naomi_long

[Elephant in the Room-Mental Health Campaign 💛🐘💜 @FillTheTrunk]

Brilliant 👏 @Chris_Lyttle thank you always been a supporter. The need is there, our research report shows this and shows what is needed. 💜💛💜💛💜💛💜

[Chris Lyttle @Chris_Lyttle]

Asked Health Minister to support implementation of youth-led Elephant in the Room Mental Health recommendations. Health Minister has agreed to put @FillTheTrunk recommendations on next @niexecutive Mental Health Sub-Committee agenda. https://t.co/Fv641aGVCg @NIYF @profsiobhanon

[Elephant in the Room-Mental Health Campaign 💛🐘💜 @FillTheTrunk]

Great to hear! This needs to be taken serious by this executive and not just a token gesture. We would love to engage with this working group to give the views of young people on this serious issue. @niexecutive @DeirdreHargey @DUPleader @moneillsf @RobinSwannMfH @naomi_long

[NI Executive @niexecutive]

Ministers have agreed to set up an Executive working group on mental well-being and resilience. Ministers said they are all committed to working together to improve mental health for all.

[Belfast City Youth Council @belfastcity_yc]

Thanks @ShriekingGreek for our Elephant in the Room shout out on the view! Fair play! 🐘🐘🐘

We're looking forward to meeting with @RobinSwannUUP & @peterweirmla on our important mental health campaigns work & solutions soon! @belfastcc @nichildcom @NIYF @FillTheTrunk

[Elephant in the Room-Mental Health Campaign 💛🐘💜 @FillTheTrunk]

Thanks for the shout out @nichildcom. This is doable, there are various mental health charities and campaigns who have very simple asks which can help so much. Ours are:

1. Mental health curriculum programme
2. Online safe space
3. Mental health dictionary.
#mentalhealth 💜🐘💛

[Elephant in the Room-Mental Health Campaign 💛🐘💜 @FillTheTrunk]

Fantastic meeting discussing a range of issues. But most importantly mental health with @belfastcc "people and communities committee". An important conversation in what we see as a crisis. @sinnfeinireland @duponline @SDLPlive @allianceparty @CllrBlack @SeamasBelfast @RonanMcL93

[Elephant in the Room-Mental Health Campaign 💛🐘💜 @FillTheTrunk]

Great meeting today with @fiona_ferg @GerryCarrollPBP @Chris_Lyttle @mikenesbittni Colin McGrath and Steven agnew about a Youth Assembly.We talked about our campaign and our asks like a curriculum programme and an app @SDLPlive @uuponline @allianceparty @GreenPartyNI @NIYF💜🐘💛