Great trip to Cork with 3 activists sharing powerful insights from their experiences: when they didn’t have a safe enough space when in distress & what has been healing & empowering!! We don’t just need funding for more of the same - we need a new paradigm! #NewScript
New Script activists attended @CVNIIreland conference in Cork earlier this month, to discuss the need to create brave spaces for collective healing.
Read our blog to find out more about the key messages of our presentation👇
nlb.ie/blog/252/moving-beyon…
#NewScript activists are in Norwich today for the @BPSOfficial Community Psychology Festival ‘Untold Stories - Tales of Community Strength’!
Christiana, Magz and Anne will be there to tell the stories of the amazing work being done in our community.
bps.org.uk/event/9th-communi…
Blown away by Not on Our Watch from @KaboshTheatre - a powerful story of dignity & collective courage ✊
Go see it! 👉 bit.ly/4q7tM69#NewScript are excited to be working with Louise Matthews & Kabosh on a play about mental health, watch this space! 👀
This morning, #NewScript hosted ‘Chemical Imbalance or Power Imbalance’ at @GlorNaMona for Féile na Carraige 💙
We explored how to hold power to account for harm in the mental health system, and how creativity & community can offer real alternatives.
🔗 nlb.ie/campaigns/mental-heal…
Join us👇🏼. Today more than ever reminds us we need a different conversation about ‘mental health’. And to stand together to hold those making the decisions to account rather than the current public health messaging putting all the onus on individuals!! #NewScript#Give5
Are you joining us next week at Féile na Carraige? 👀
Join us on Monday for #NewScript ‘Chemical Imbalance or Power Imbalance?’ workshop!
Join us on Thursday for workshops and panels on Feminism, Internationalism and Solidarity!
And join us on Friday for Feirm an Phobail 2.0!
Are you joining us next week at Féile na Carraige? 👀
Join us on Monday for #NewScript ‘Chemical Imbalance or Power Imbalance?’ workshop!
Join us on Thursday for workshops and panels on Feminism, Internationalism and Solidarity!
And join us on Friday for Feirm an Phobail 2.0!
“Parents shouldn’t have to go without
food in order to get their children tge help that they
need. ”
Well done to this mum & to Karen McGuigan STEPS & @irish_news for showing how families & communities are stretched beyond breaking point
We need a #NewScript for Mental Health
“Parents should not have to go without food in order to get the help that they need.”
A west Belfast mother has said long waits for mental health services have left her relying on food banks to pay for her son’s therapy.
Read her story: tinyurl.com/bddypuyp
“My New Script has always been to call for more funding for the arts. The opportunities to heal are there.”
@SiobhanMc80 reflects on her own experience of the #NewScript campaign, during the ‘Ticking Boxes’ launch 💙
Watch ‘Ticking Boxes’ here 👉 youtu.be/WTbxQO6oUbs?feature…
Well done to Dr. McManus for speaking out.
This is why #NewScript is calling on @healthdpt@mikenesbittni to bring in a Statutory Duty of Candour, one that holds senior managers accountable & changes the toxic culture.
Read our recommendations 👉🏼bit.ly/4g4EqG9
A retired surgeon has said there was a "toxic and unnerving" environment within the Belfast Health Trust intensified by "secret files" being kept on staff.
@MLChealth reports 👇
bbc.in/4mIyLbj
"When my son was alive, I was calling out for help, and they weren’t listening. The Trust completely lacked the ability to safeguard his life”.
@conalls_mum spoke to @BelfastLive about her son Conall, the #NewScript campaign, and the message behind ‘Ticking Boxes’ 👇
We were thrilled to welcome singer-songwriter @DamoDempsey to @TheMACBelfast earlier this month for the launch of the ‘Ticking Boxes’ music video, which features Damien’s vocals 🎶
Damien shared his own #NewScript with us 💙
Watch ‘Ticking Boxes’ here 👉 youtu.be/WTbxQO6oUbs?feature…
im not a big fan of making rui like. Whipped in the sense where you remove his agency. This is just really funny to think about "neneee. neeenee. i .... made a newscript You are the star! in it :) SING. ON STAGE PLESAPESPLEPASLEPSLEPASELESA"
So grateful for Damien’s support & to have Dr Pat Bracken speaking. And most of all just people coming together sharing deep pain, joy & a determination to create change💙 #NewScript#Give5@PPR_Org#NoMoreTickingBoxes
Singer-songwriter Damien Dempsey on Friday joined with families in Belfast left bereaved after their loved ones suffered fatal mental health issues for the launch of a new music video.
Our video launched today @TheMACBelfast featuring @DamoDempsey & a message about #NewScript from @DrGaborMate.
Systemic failures need addressed, we need to re humanise services for everyone & a different conversation about mental health is needed - no more ticking boxes #Give5!
No more ticking boxes.
No more preventable harm and deaths.
The human rights-based Give 5 Framework has all party support.
Time for @mikenesbittni@healthdpt to implement it ⏰
nlb.ie/take-action/give-5
‘Ticking Boxes is more than a song. It’s a powerful truth. It speaks for every family that has been failed by systems that care more about process than people.’
Thanks to @MelanieLeahy for your support & solidarity ✊
Keep an eye on our socials this Friday at 1:30pm 👀
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Amazing work by the #NewScript activists, and all who took part in @CreativeBrainWk at @tcddublin last month 👏👏👏
Watch the full event, or find the performance by our activists at 45:16, including a rendition of ‘Stars Will Shine’ by Sean Fitz 🎤 👇
youtu.be/0Zq12h4XewQ?feature…