Lions MYMY fundraiser

Lions MYMY fundraiser

6 March 2024

NEWCASTLE Lions Club will host a pub quiz in the Harbour Inn on Friday, March 15 at 9pm, to raise funds for a local charity.

Mind Your Mate and Yourself (MYMY) was established in 2008 after an increase in suicides in the Newry, Mourne and Down area.

MYMY’s mission statement is to “value and accept everyone by providing supportive services 

and opportunities to build positive mental health and well being in our community”.

In 2015 they opened a counselling service located at 19 Dundrum Road, Newcastle. The charity has extensive experience in suicide prevention and intervention, as well as helping people with anxiety, grief and other issues.

MYMY’s counselling team are trained in trauma informed practice and in 2023, offered 1,700 counselling sessions to 200 clients.

To help meet their overheads, MYMY also have a charity shop in Castlewellan. The purpose of the shop is to build engagement with the community and can signpost people to counselling or to other agencies for help such as the food bank.

MYMY can be contacted by phoning 028 4372 7549 or email hello@mymy.org.uk.