Aware calls for more volunteers
Ireland’s leading mental health organisation, Aware, which provides support for those suffering from depression and bipolar disorder, is asking for 40 more volunteers following a 20% increase in the volume of calls to their support line.
With 450,000 people in Ireland living with depression, as well as 45,000 people experiencing bipolar disorder, the ‘Aware Support Line’ is adding a new phone line to their current service to meet this demand.
“The Aware Support Line is a crucial lifeline to the one in ten people in Ireland experiencing depression,” said Brid O’Meara, Director of Services, Aware.
“We are asking the people to join our team and be a voice of hope for someone experiencing depression.”
Top model inspired by nun
One of Ireland’s most famous models, Rozanna Purcell has revealed that an 87-year-year-old American nun is her hero.
Madonna Buder, known as the ‘Iron Nun’ is a senior Olympic triathlete, and holds the current world record for the oldest person to ever finish an Ironman Triathlon, which she obtained at age 82 by finishing the Subaru Ironman Canada in August 2012.
Book signing on missionary
Matt Moran will sign copies of his book, The Legacy of Irish Missionaries Lives On, in Knock Shrine bookshop on Sunday, August 20. The book, with a foreword by Mary Robinson, illustrates how the work previously done by Irish missionaries is now being continued by local and indigenous religious in Africa, South America, and Asia.
