Tamhi Tackling Awareness of Mental Health Issues

Tamhi Tackling Awareness of Mental Health Issues Mental Health Charity: Sports, Youth & Schools Creating an environment where people can ask for help and support when needed.

About Us

TAMHI is a mental health awareness charity set up in 2011 by Joe Donnelly and Stephen McLaughlin in memory of Thomas "Tammy Tucker" McLaughlin who took his own life in 2009. TAMHI stands for Tackling Awareness of Mental Health Issues and the charity is set up to work with sport groups willing to use the power of sport to promote Positive Mental Fitness. Sport is reflective of our society as a whole and therefore it is important that sport addresses the importance of promoting a positive mental fitness for all. The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that one in four of us will experience a mental illness at some point in their lives. Participating in sport has a positive contribution to make to a person’s welfare if their experience is one that reflects the positive values of sport;


Fun
Friendship
Commitment
Honesty
Teamwork
Fair competition
Inclusion

TAMHI works with sports groups to support the development of an infrastructure that supports positive mental fitness. The Sports Develop-Mental Approach

TAMHI supports clubs to develop the 4P's

Policies
People
Programmes
Partnerships

Key aims of promoting positive mental health in and through sport

1. To raise awareness within sport of the importance of positive mental fitness and how this can have an impact on physical health.

2. Engaging young people and young men in sport to reach out to those with mental health concerns.

3.To raise awareness of the risks of self–harm and importance suicide prevention within sport.

4. Highlight the importance of training with Governing Bodies, Mental Health Groups and clubs for their coaches and volunteers, to support them in spotting early signs of emotional difficulty and risk in current participants.

5.

Great session with one of our outstanding clubs who use the Power of Sport to make a huge difference to their community ...
28/10/2025

Great session with one of our outstanding clubs who use the Power of Sport to make a huge difference to their community in Larne and surrounding communities.

Tonight had a very specific focus on Alcohol Awareness and Drug Awareness.

A hybrid approach was adopted, with talks and workshops for the seniors 1st and reserves teams , and both u16 teams.

We played Choice Ball, used the new Thumbs πŸ‘ and thumb πŸ‘Ž paddles which where a great asset as we talked about signs, dangers of alchol and drug abuse , and using these to cope.

Was great to catch up with an old friend from a former life , and to chat to 3 young lads who came up after the 1st session and talked about the amazing youth work they do outside the club.

Wellington Rec Wellington Rec Youth have always rolled out the red carpet to anything around mental health.



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28/10/2025
β€œEvery team has a silent struggle. Some players fight battles you’ll never see.”One too many people in clubs knows someo...
27/10/2025

β€œEvery team has a silent struggle. Some players fight battles you’ll never see.”

One too many people in clubs knows someone who has passed away due to mental health struggles.

Every team has someone struggling β€” a player, a coach, maybe you.

The pitch hides a lot.

At TAMHI, we believe sport can shape, change, and save lives.

That’s why we built tools, drills, and free training to make every club a place where minds grow stronger.”

Too much mental health initiatives, and we fall into this, are great at raising awareness as a certain point in time , but only about 10% of the club people benefit and then after 8 weeks its yesterdays news.
We have probably the best model in sport, backed by evidence that has volunteers and players at the heart of what we do.

THE POWER OF SPORT πŸ’š

We believe clubs like yours shape, change, and save lives.
TAMHI is here to be your mental health teammate β€” with the free tools, training, and support to make that happen.

⚽ Access our Mental Wealth Drills that teach mental health through sport

πŸŽ“ Take our free Leading Wellbeing online training (for everyone aged 14+)

⏱️ Learn in small, easy, bite-size pieces β€” built for busy volunteers

Download the app in the links below:

We have Gold ...but sometimes it just goes into the void.Mental health awareness on the field of play or in the Sport ha...
25/10/2025

We have Gold ...but sometimes it just goes into the void.

Mental health awareness on the field of play or in the Sport hall

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25/10/2025
23/10/2025

THE POWER OF SPORT πŸ’š

We believe clubs like yours shape, change, and save lives.

TAMHI is here to be your mental health teammate β€” with the free tools, training, and support to make that happen.

⚽ Access our Mental Wealth Drills that teach mental health through sport
πŸŽ“ Take our free Leading Wellbeing online training (for everyone aged 14+)
⏱️ Learn in small, easy, bite-size pieces β€” built for busy volunteers
πŸ“² Download the TAMHI App to get it all in one place

πŸ“± Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tamhi.app3722ai&hl=en_GB

🍏 Apple: https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/tamhi/id1670383776

Together, we’ll keep using The Power of Sport to build stronger minds and stronger communities β€” all year round. πŸ’ͺπŸ’š

The Power of Sport We are rebranding our Mental Wealth Games capacity programme supported by The National Lottery Commun...
23/10/2025

The Power of Sport

We are rebranding our Mental Wealth Games capacity programme supported by The National Lottery Community Fund Northern Ireland

THE POWER OF SPORT πŸ’š

We believe clubs, shape, change, and save lives.

TAMHI is here to be your mental health teammate β€” with the free tools, training, and support to make that happen.

⚽ Access our Mental Wealth Drills that teach mental health through sport

πŸŽ“ Take our free Leading Wellbeing online training (for everyone aged 14+)

⏱️ Learn in small, easy, bite-size pieces β€” built for busy volunteers

πŸ“² Download the TAMHI App to get it all in one place

πŸ“± Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tamhi.app3722ai&hl=en_GB

🍏 Apple: https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/tamhi/id1670383776

Together, we’ll keep using The Power of Sport to build stronger minds and stronger communities β€” all year round. πŸ’ͺπŸ’š

The ever successful proggram involving St. Malachy's College and Belfast Royal Academy continued today and it was proble...
22/10/2025

The ever successful proggram involving St. Malachy's College and Belfast Royal Academy continued today and it was problem week were we done mental wealth games based in relations to problems within your life.. there are already signs of some very very strong leaders πŸ‘ŒπŸ€©πŸ™Œ

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Up at Edmund Rice College for some life goals mental wealth game training the team got there 1st crack at coaching today...
22/10/2025

Up at Edmund Rice College for some life goals mental wealth game training the team got there 1st crack at coaching today πŸ’ͺ😎

Brilliant session with the St Ronan's College Lurgan Leadership Team. These guys have already did so much for mental hea...
22/10/2025

Brilliant session with the St Ronan's College Lurgan Leadership Team.

These guys have already did so much for mental health awareness leading assemblies for years 8 to 10.

They now have the games based approach up their sleeve and we can't wait to see how they deliver.

After we met our friends a Chat to talk projects and link ups.

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Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
6pm - 7pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm
6pm - 7pm

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