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Iʼve raised £2,079 to Raise money for a local Mental Health Charity S.T.E.P.S. My challenge is to Cycle from Dawn to Dusk on Saturday 12 th September 2020
- Moneymore, Co Derry
- Funded on Sunday, 27th September 2020
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This year myself and family decided to raise money for Mental Health in particular to raise money for a local charity S.T.E.P.S. S.T.E.P.S. stands for Suicide. Talking. Education. Prevention. Support. S.T.E.P.S. group was set up after a public consultation in 2012. Then Draperstown was referred to as the Suicide capital of Mid Ulster. S.T.E.P.S. promote a preventative approach and endeavour to break down the wall of silence, stigma and fear around Suicide and Mental Health.
S.T.E.P.S. started in 2012 with one yoga class we now have a range of classes – Yoga, Zumba, Physio led Pilates, Netball, Horticulture and we offer a drop in service every Friday from 7:30-9:30 for anyone who needs someone to talk to.
In 2016 due to our close partnership working with our GP we set up S.T.E.P.S. Counselling as their waiting list was 1 to 2 years for counselling. S.T.E.P.S. Counselling started in December 2016 with one counsellor, now in 2019 we have 4 fully qualified counsellors and our service runs Monday to Friday.
From December 2016 to December 2018 we have seen 185 people. 122 Females aged from 7-73 and 66 Males aged from 8-67 from 19 different towns – Draperstown, Moneyneena, Sixtowns, Tobermore, Maghera, Swatragh, Kilrea, Ballymoney, Desertmartin, Castledawson, Magherafelt, Moneymore, Cookstown, Feeny, Claudy, Limavady, Dungiven, Forglen, Bellaghy.
S.T.E.P.S. is run solely by volunteers so every penny raised and donated goes directly back into the community to support those in need. S.T.E.P.S. classes are mostly self-sustaining. However it is really hard to find funding for counselling so the majority of monies raised goes to sustaining this vital service.
Charity Number – S.T.E.P.S. Mental Health –NIC106830
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Laura McCann
Sep 17, 2020
Fantastic achievement and a very worthy cause. Laura, Peter and Emma
£20.00
Anonymous
Sep 17, 2020
Go on the boy ye!
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Sep 15, 2020
Elaine Gilligan
Sep 15, 2020
Well done Danny. Fantastic challenge for a great cause!
£20.00
Karen Donnelly
Sep 15, 2020
£20.00
Cora Robb
Sep 14, 2020
Well Done Danny
£20.00
Julie Brown
Sep 14, 2020
Well done Danny your fantastic
£5.00
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Danny McStravock
Moneymore, Co Derry
World suicide Prevention day is 10th September with this in mind on Saturday 12th September I will be hoping to cycle from Dawn (6.30am) to Dusk (8pm) in aid of S.T.E.P. S. who do tremendous work for mental health. With the current climate their work is even more important