No Shame- Traveller Youth Mental Health Project

23/12/2025

23/12/2025

Christmas is about family, togetherness, and tradition but it can also be a tough time. If you’re feeling stressed, low, or carrying more than you let on, you’re not alone. There’s no shame in how you’re feeling.

No shame in needing space.
No shame in talking things out.
No shame in asking for support.

This Christmas, be kind to yourself and look out for your own. A check-in with a friend or family member can make a real difference 💜

From us at No Shame, we’re wishing you all a safe, supportive, and hopeful Christmas. You matter, and you’re never alone.
Merry Christmas 🎄

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08/12/2025

“Proud to have joined Thomas Joyce today as a panelist on Involve CLG’s No Shame podcast. We discussed Traveller inclusion and how tools like the STATUS Toolkit can support youth services to create, monitor and evaluate meaningful Traveller engagement.
Thanks to host Patrick McDonagh and technical advisor Mary Lennon for facilitating such an important conversation. Looking forward to hearing the final edited version in the coming weeks!” - Cathy Lynch, Involve CLG No Shame- Traveller Youth Mental Health Project Youth Work Ireland Meath

04/12/2025

🕯Free Counselling for the Traveller community in Galway🕯

The Traveller Counselling Service has partnered with TORIE Counselling to provide free counselling in Galway

🤳Call 086 308 1476
*This is not an emergency service*

03/12/2025

Have you heard our new recently added No Shame Podcasts on Spotify. Why not check them out!
Some great and interesting conversations to listen too

We’ve got three new podcasts waiting for you on Spotify, Don’t miss them!

#4 -Breaking the Stigma with Meath Travellers’ Workshop
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0j0OadKRI8mNFw3Mu8zMDy?si=TPbTkoFaSrKu8_NHSpAR9A

#5 -Conflict - Teaching Young People to Handle It Better.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7HaxjuWtAMYHhyfeCFPiyL?si=y4NasWJGS-a1u4RwLzSN0Q

#6 - Empathy Online - Building Kindness in the Digital World.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2CxBYG4otd3JHP81FCvcmU?si=SBR0WAmGTP6wKUNqdTN30Q

12/11/2025

We’ve got three new podcasts waiting for you on Spotify, Don’t miss them!

#4 -Breaking the Stigma with Meath Travellers’ Workshop
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0j0OadKRI8mNFw3Mu8zMDy?si=TPbTkoFaSrKu8_NHSpAR9A

#5 -Conflict - Teaching Young People to Handle It Better.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7HaxjuWtAMYHhyfeCFPiyL?si=y4NasWJGS-a1u4RwLzSN0Q

#6 - Empathy Online - Building Kindness in the Digital World.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2CxBYG4otd3JHP81FCvcmU?si=SBR0WAmGTP6wKUNqdTN30Q

05/11/2025

More podcasts coming soon stay tuned 🔬
Great to have young voices on our podcast.
Have you got a youth group interested in being part of the No Shame Podcast?
If so we have many more episodes lined up for 2026
Email: noshame@involve.ie

Great to have Patrick and Mary from Head Office join us at Involve Meath Trim yesterday! 🎬 Our senior group did a fantastic job supporting the No Shame Project recording and shared their views with confidence and pride 💚

03/11/2025

Mental health issues are particularly stigmatised within both the Traveller community and Irish society. Mental health service providers often lack the cultural competence to address Traveller mental health needs effectively.
Collaboratively developed by College members, Traveller representatives, mental health professionals and other interested parties, this document aims to:
Raise awareness of Travellers as an Irish ethnic group
Raise awareness of their specific additional and often complex issues around mental health problems
To offer practical, culturally sensitive solutions to improve mental health services for Travellers.

We’re proud to have been part of the development team behind a new position paper highlighting the mental health needs of the Irish Traveller community.

This collaborative paper, developed with Traveller representatives, College members, and mental health professionals, sets out practical, culturally sensitive recommendations to improve support for Travellers’ mental health.

Read the full paper here: https://irishpsychiatry.ie/portfolio/traveller-mental-health/

23/10/2025

Youth worker Patrick McDonagh is involved in the No Shame Traveller Youth Mental Health project and he said the idea is to get people talking. The board game comes in standard size for playing on a table and in giant size for outdoors.

Recently, Changing Ireland reported on the board game Letter Lingo, created by community workers in Co. Leitrim, and now much in demand. Equally of note, th ...

02/10/2025

Today we were invited to attend & have a stand at the Jigsaw Meath Advocacy Event & Launch "Talk About It" (Stigma Reduction Campaign) Hosted by Jigsaw Meath Youth Advocates & supported by Comhairle na nÓg, Meath.
This event brought together young people, volunteer organisations, and health service providers to review and contribute a youth voice to the CYPSC 2025–2027 Strategy.

Thanks for having us

Jigsaw Meath
Involve Youth and Community Services
Involve Youth Project Meath

01/10/2025

This morning we held a coffee morning at Involve Youth and Community Services Head office with staff from Involve and Travellers' Voice magazine. This was held to support the Traveller Road to Hope & Change, a National Campaign to raise awareness around Traveller Mental Health and Su***de Prevention.
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Pavee Point
Exchange House Ireland

01/10/2025

Together, we rise above challenges and shape a brighter tomorrow.
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