Health & Wellbeing Committee

About Us – Kerry GAA Health & Wellbeing Committee

The Kerry Health and Wellbeing Committee brings together the chairpersons of the Mental Health Initiative, ASAP and Gambling Awareness Initiative, Inclusion and Integration Initiative and Youth Initiative, to better work with clubs. The Committee also partners with a number of agencies locally including Kerry Mental Health Association, Jigsaw Kerry, MABS, Anam Cara, South Kerry Developemnt Partnership (SKDP) and Nationally with The HSE and The Samaritans (the GAA’s mental health partners).

All clubs are encouraged to appoint a Health & Wellbeing Officer whoses role replaces the role of the ASAP Officer. This is intended to better reflect the broad nature of health promoting work the Association is engaged in.

The chairperson and Secretary of the Kerry Health and Wellbeing Committee are members of the Munster Health and Wellbeing Group.

If you are passionate about health and would like to be part of this exciting element of the Association then why not consider taking up the role and play your part in making your club and Ireland a healthier place to grow up and grow old in.

The Chairperson of the Kerry Health and Wellbeing Committee is: Bernie Reen. e mail: childrensofficer.kerry@gaa.ie

The Committee and its partners welcome opportunities to work with clubs in progressing the various initiatives and in supporting clubs in their actions and acitivites.

Details of the Kerry Health and Wellbeing Committee and the Initiatives run under the auspices of the committee are summarised in the below attachments.

1 About Us - Health & Wellbeing 2019.docx

1a Summary Info Sheets Contacts & Objectives H&W Com 12 June 2019.doc

2a Jigsaw and Kerry GAA (1).docx

2b SouthWest Counselling Centre & Kerry GAA.docx

2c Little Things & Green RibbonCampaigns.docx

2d State of Mind Ireland.docx

2e Kerry Mental Health Association.docx

2f Partnership wth the RNLI.doc

3 Introduction re Critical Incident Responsse Plan.docx

3a Kerry Critical Incident Response Plan(4).docx

4 Gambling Awareness Campaign & Alcohol and Drug Education.docx

5 Inclusion & Integration Background.docx