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Celebrate AWARE's 20th anniversary and be one of the first 20 people to register for our Malin to Mizen cycle for only £20. As part of our 20th anniversary celebrations we are offering £20 registration to the first 20 people to register for our Malin to Mizen cycle. There is limited...

More than 60 brave fundraisers made a splash in the chilly waters of Newcastle Beach to raise money and awareness for a local mental health charity, AWARE. Saturday’s (January 9) New Year Splash was hosted by AWARE (formerly Aware Defeat Depression) who provide a range of services to help...

Following advice from the RNLI, unfortunately we had to postpone the scheduled Splash Event on 1 January 2016.   However, we are now delighted to have a new date organised for Saturday 9 January at 10:30am with all the finer details remaining the same.   Participants are asked to...

Let’s face it most of us overindulged at Christmas, so now it’s January we will probably need to work off the festive excesses. It’s always hard to start exercising, but the secret is getting started. Exercise is not only good for your waistline; it is also good to help...

Mental Health Charity AWARE (formerly Aware Defeat Depression) is hosting, ‘Singing Star North West’ a singing competition for young people from schools across Derry on Friday 26th February 2015 at the beautiful Guildhall. Applications are still open and any young person with a keen interest...

The global social media charity drive #GivingTuesday is set to take Northern Ireland by storm on Tuesday, December 1st and AWARE will be part of it! Giving Tuesday is a worldwide movement that started four years ago as a response to the spending splurge of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. It has...

One of Northern Ireland’s leading mental health charities has echoed calls for former Mayor of London Ken Livingstone to apologise for saying an opponent, who had previously suffered from depression, needed"psychiatric help". AWARE (formerly Aware Defeat...

AWARE will be holding the fifth in a series of public talks in The Roe Valley Arts and Cultural Centre, Main Street, Limavady on the 26th November 2015 at 7pm (refreshments at 6.45). As the only charity in Northern Ireland dedicated to helping those with depression, the charity hope that the...

Leading depression and mental health charity AWARE has launched Northern Ireland’s first Mindfulness Day and is encouraging us to be more mindful of each other, especially on November 10 from today onwards.   The event saw a range of people from the third sector and the business...

AWARE has launched a three year ‘Traveller Mental and Emotional Wellbeing Project.’ Funded by the Public Health Agency (PHA), this project aims to reduce the stigma surrounding mental health within the Traveller community and provide practical support to promote mental and emotional...

AWARE are part of the Together For You project. Throughout the month of November, Together For You are running a campaign to encourage Men to look after their mental health and wellbeing by seeking help early.  By asking the question “Are you trying to remain strong and silent?”,...

We are delighted at how successful the recent public talk in Craigavon was. The event entitled, “Let’s Talk about it… A conversation on depression” was held in The Craigavon Civic & Conference Centre, Craigavon on Wednesday 28th of October and was well attended by members of...

One of Northern Ireland’s leading mental health charities has called on the Stormont Assembly to ensure mental health patients here aren’t left behind patients elsewhere in the UK following the launch of a major campaign calling for more funding in England. AWARE (formerly Aware Defeat...

We are launching our Annual Mindfulness Day on Tuesday 10 November at the Stormont Hotel and are inviting all our supporters to attend.   The event will explore the benefits of Mindfulness from a participants point of view as well as hearing all about Mindfulness from our expert...

On the run up to World Mental Health Day on Saturday 10 October, we asked our Facebook and Twitter followers to tell us things they do to improve their mental health and well-being. Each person that commented with their #AWAREDOT idea was then entered into a draw to win a signed Stephen Ferris...

We are very excited to be part of the latest fundraising initiative from leading hairdressers Peter Mark. The 'Petermarkathon' will be happening during October 23 - October 26th.   Peter Mark salons in both Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland will be fundraising for the the AWARE...

Join with Team Aware in October this year as we take on the Titanic 5k and 10k Runher. Aware will be entering a team to support all those in NI affected by depression. This year we are teaming up with Runher to offer you the opportunity to run/walk or jog for AWARE and support all those people...

Since its launch in October 2013, Together For You, a partnership project funded by the Big Lottery Fund, has reached over 24,000 individuals in Northern Ireland with their mental health services, including those delivered by Aware. Led by Action Mental Health (AMH), services are delivered in...

An up and coming illustrator from Holywood, who has dealt with depression and anxiety since her teens, is auctioning her latest work to raise money for Aware.  Organised by AWARE Support Group facilitator and event organiser, Aoife Kenny, this magical night that will have you singing along...

If you love the songs from all the Disney classics you’ll not want to miss this fabulous fundraising event on Saturday, May 23rd at the Maldron Hotel in Derry in aid of Aware Defeat Depression and Link Music. Organised by Aware Support Group facilitator and event organiser, Aoife Kenny, this...