The Via Wings team are taking on the mighty Miles4Minds challenge walking from Portrush to Dromore to raise awareness of mental health issues and raise funds to renovate our Wellbeing Centre for all the community. We will walk over 69 miles from #ramore2dromore over 3 days starting on 1st July 2021 at Ramore and finishing in our home town Dromore, Co. Down on Saturday 3rd July 2021. We will be joined along the way by volunteers, supporters and some doggo friends! If you would like to walk alongside us for part of the journey, get in touch.

At Via Wings we believe mental health issues affect everyone at some point throughout life.......your neighbour, your work colleague, your childs school friend, someone you love, yourself. Northern Ireland has the highest rate of mental health issues in the UK with 1 in 4 affected. Childrens mental health illness is rising rapidly especially since Covid 19 pandemic. Current referral times to receive help are 6-9 weeks. Something has to change.

In our community, as in many other across the country we have seen first hand the devastating effects of mental illness and suicide. Not everyone can be 'fixed' but the aim of our Wellbeing Centre is to walk alongside those struggling and help to provide tools for coping through counselling, wellbeing therapies and mindfulness courses.

By taking on this challenge to walk from Ramore 2 Dromore, we walk beside those facing mental health challenges. We will remember every step of the way, when we are sore and tired and feel like its too much, how our loved ones, friends, neighbours & ourselves battle mental health issues every single day. Walking side by side as a team of women supporting each other through the journey.

Individually we can do a little, but together we can do a lot.