Support us Fundraise for us Ways to fundraise At school There are many ways your school can help raise money for CAUSE. We have interesting fundraising ideas to get you started, but we want you to be creative and support children and young people who have a loved one living with a serious mental illness. CAUSE To DANCE is our exciting and fundraising initiative for pupils of all ages! Other ways to support us include: Dress to Dance Day Non – Uniform or Fancy Dress Days Host a Bake and Make Day Take up the Smartie Challenge Invite us to your Christmas Fair Young Philanthropy Initiative - choose CAUSE - YPI provides secondary school students with real life experience through a strong academic philanthropy course that gives them skills to assess the needs of their community and direct grants to community based charities like CAUSE making a local impact upon those needs. Name the Bunnies - an activity for very young fundraisers If you would like our support in organising your event or to register your interest please call Anne on 028 90 650 650 or email: [email protected] Schools Co-ordinator Have you lots of energy and a passion for CAUSE’s work? Are you comfortable with public speaking? Are you experienced working with or demonstrable familiarity with our school system? Well this may be the role for you! We are seeking schools co-ordinators throughout Northern Ireland. We will provide you with all the information about the charity and mental health that you need, as well as training, resources and on-going support in the role. Check out the role! Text-a-Nurse #backtoschool Text-a-Nurse is a confidential messaging service for young people aged 11-19.• Belfast Trust: 07507 328290• Northern Trust: 07480 635982• Southern Trust: 07507 328057• Western Trust: 07480 635984• South Eastern Trust: 07507 327263#textanurse #ChatHealth For more info on Text-A Nurse click here Josh Smith, TV presenter and Dr Alex George in a discussion with tips on self care, dealing with failure and doing something for yourself Tips for Parents by Northern Ireland Health and Wellbeing Champion Here is a short video by Siobhan O'Neill (Ulster University) giving tips to parents on how to manage your children's mental health Libraries NI provide helpful reading books to support children and young people with their health and wellbeing. Books from the reading well for children or shelf-help collection are available to borrow from all libraries or there are ebooks available. Manage Cookie Preferences