What We Do
New Life Counselling
- Date: 28 July, 2010
- Centre: Poleglass Bytes
- Category: Health
New life Counselling have been delivering a project on a Wednesday evening. The project has covered the effects of drugs on your mental health and well being, signs and symptoms of someone feeling suicidal. Young people have decided to gather a petition which will be presented at Stormont to highlight the high levels of suicide within the area. The project will last up to twelve weeks.
Young people from Poleglass Bytes came together for group counselling with New Life, having lost ten friends and family members to suicide within a very small space of time, including three in the space of just a week. The young people worked with New Life on their issues, the feeling of helplessness and the possibility of creating a petition.
This 8 week group counselling session expanded into a 6 month project after which the young people decided to form their own group. This was the beginning of Help Us Help Ourselves.