The Hummingbird Project

05/09/2025

The crowds have all gone so it’s time all of us locals got back out for a night of fun! Join us a Quays Bar & Gastro Pub Portrush on the 26th of September for an interactive Pub quiz and raffle. Good craic for a good cause! See you there 😃

01/09/2025

Back to School day! 🫣 We hope everyone had a lovely summer and now that everyone is back at school we are excited to announce the overall winner of our Open your mind Schools project!

Every day throughout the Open week, hundreds of attendees visited our exhibit, with all of your amazing projects on show. They allowed us to spark amazing conversations about our area, how talented our young people are and how important looking after your emotional wellbeing is.

The votes kept coming and after every vote was counted, we had an overall winner…🥁🥁🥁🥁

Carnalridge Primary School!!!

Thank you all so much for your hard work and inspiring projects. We will be in touch with the Schools that participated later in the week about your projects but meantime 3 cheers for CARNALRIDGE!!!

Not only did you get the most votes, but 2 of your old alumni reconnected over your project after years of not seeing each other (see photo!) 🥰

20/07/2025

Well that’s a wrap for the 153rd at Royal Portrush. It feels just like when a wedding is over, when you wish you could go back and enjoy every minute of it all over again.

What an extraORDINARY week we’ve had and here’s just some of the images as we look back on an absolutely fantastic experience and campaign for our new Hummingbird Causeway charity.

We cannot thank the &A enough for giving us the opportunity to provide advice, information and raise awareness on mental health issues among some of the 280,000 golf fans attending the event.

Also praise to all our volunteers who ‘manned’ the tent and talked about all things mental health and wellbeing, and for showcasing our fantastic school childrens’ artwork about the import role sport plays in mental fitness.

To the shortbread makers, and master chocolatiers and all who donated to help us raise funds so we can provide even more vital mental health services in the Causeway Coast and Glens area, we salute you.

As well as our amazing followers for all the likes and shares and engagement. We wouldn’t be where we are today without you.

Last but not least a big shout out to our Hummingbird cardboard cutout. Between you and the hawks, the Portrush seagulls have been checking in for some of our special brand of lived experience psychotherapy.

20/07/2025

Plenty of famous birds hanging out at this year! Our very own Hummingbird helping the two working hawks in scaring the seagulls off. As well aas providing mental health support and advice to some of the 280,000 fans visiting the 153rd Championship we are glad to play a proactive part in keeping visitors’ chips safe. 😜

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20/07/2025

Last day at 😲. Everyone is coming in to watch a certain homegrown talent tee off this afternoon- but as they pass, there is opportunity to see some more stars of the show, the wonderful School exhibits, here in the Sunscreen tent near Gate 2.

Local school children’s artwork has been the talk of among visitors to the tent and we are so proud to have showcased their talent across the week. Thank you to each and every child and school who took part, helping us to raise awareness and funds for Hummingbird Causeway’s very first campaign.

For those who haven’t been, please come and have a look before the curtains close on this incredible golfing extravaganza and if you would like to support us, follow the link here.

https://hummingbirdcauseway.charitywize.com/12208/donations/

20/07/2025

https://www.newsletter.co.uk/health/hummingbird-causeway-brings-mental-health-support-to-280000-fans-at-the-open-in-portrush-5227996

As draws to a close today, we’d like to thank our local and regional press for all their support of our new Hummingbird Causeway mental health charity and our first major fund and awareness raising campaign .

We’ve been here all week engaging with some of the 280,000 golf fans talking all things mental health and emotional wellbeing.

Thanks to articles, like this in Friday’s Newsletter, we’ve been able to reach even more people across NI. has given us an amazing platform this week and we are grateful the &A has recognised the benefits of the services we provide to individuals and the wider community. Thank you.

Also to Helen McGurk for this wonderful article and to Sunday Life, the Belfast Telegraph, BBCNI, the Frank Mitchell Show on U105 and Downtown Radio and Cool FM. Wow! What a week.

It’s all hands on deck this week for the Portstewart-based Hummingbird Project and its new charitable arm, Hummingbird Causeway, as they bring their unique blend of mental health services to some 280,000 golf fans attending this week’s Open at Royal Portrush.

19/07/2025

Our wonderful volunteers have been out at about around the spectator village today, raising funds and awareness for Mental Health!

Do you want to be part of the solution in the Causeway Coast and Glens? Donate now using the link:

https://hummingbirdcauseway.charitywize.com/12208/donations/

19/07/2025

Another absolutely SWEET way of supporting the campaign to raise vital funds for the mental health of our Causeway Coast Community!

The lovely Geri from The Chocolate Manor has created handmade Hummingbird chocolate bars, and all proceeds go to support our ability to answer the call for those in distress.

You can find these beauties on sale in Ground Expresso Bars in Ballymoney, Coleraine and Portrush! Get one while you can!

18/07/2025

LEGENDARY SUPPORTERS OF HUMMINGBIRD!
Great to catch up with one of the biggest supporters of our campaign on site at today.

Jimmy gave us his time and skills for our newly launched Open your mind film which is on our YouTube channel, really worth watching to see the difference we make and how incredible our community is:

https://youtu.be/l8VUUA0ZwZc?si=Pkr80ynzT-nMl5wu

If you would like to join Jimmy in supporting our work in the community, please donate now using the link

https://hummingbirdcauseway.charitywize.com/12208/donations/

18/07/2025

Good Morning Open Minded followers!

Things are starting to get serious on the greens here at but there is so many ways you can support local business AND support Hummingbird mental health projects this week.

Our brilliant friends at Rocca* are going to be selling Irene’s world famous shortbread and taking donations all week to support the campaign.

Pop in and say hello!

https://www.facebook.com/share/18hKyJJCB2/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Shortbread has taken flight in Coleraine – quite literally. Delicate biscuits in the shape of hummingbirds have returned to Rocca coffee shop, with all proceeds going towards mental health support.