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School of Applied Social Studies Institute for Social Science in the 21st Century University College Cork, Ireland and Critical Voices Network Ireland
Over the last 16 years this conference has covered many concerns around mental health systems, practices and provisions. One of these concerns centre around the lack of availability of safe spaces and places for people experiencing intense distress, a theme specifically addressed at the 2021 (online) conference. We have heard and learned from different ways/approaches, outside of the traditional hospital and community-based systems, of supporting people in distress, such as crisis houses and therapeutic farms. Sadly, locating safe spaces and places for people experiencing severe distress and crisis remains difficult. Following on from last year’s conference on iatrogenic harm we are acutely aware that we need to turn ‘first do good’ into practice.
Therefore, this year’s conference aims to explore and discuss: What constitutes a safe place/space in mental health practices? Why is it so difficult to develop and sustain safe places/spaces? Are there examples of good practices from various jurisdictions providing safe places and spaces?
We hope that this conference will bring together people with experience and interest in developing safe spaces projects in Ireland.
The Conference organisers are Lydia Sapouna, School of Applied Social Studies and Harry Gijbels (retired), School of Nursing and Midwifery, University College Cork, Ireland.
09.30 - 10.00
10:00 - 10.45
10.45 - 11.30
Conference Welcome - Lydia Sapouna & Harry Gijbels
Navigating Safety in an Unsafe World - Ciara Glynn
Families, Activism, and Community: Making Things Better for People in Extreme States
- Eamonn Flynn
15.00 - 15.15 Welcome back - Lydia Sapouna & Harry Gijbels.
15.15 - 16.00
Developing a culture of safety,care, and connection - Jess Angland Friday 14 November th Saturday 15 November th
09.45 - 10.00
Conference Welcome - Lydia Sapouna & Harry Gijbels
10.00 - 10.45
10.45 - 11.30
Stars Will Shine and Curious Minds Will Find a Way: Creating brave spaces for healing - New Script for Mental Health
Mapping Mental Health Landscapes: Space, Place and Lived Knowledge in Practice
- Sinéad Pierce
Part of the first cohort of peer support workers integrated into the HSE back in 2017, Ciara worked on a community mental health team in North Dublin for 7 years. Over this time, Ciara’s activism has grown, she now dedicates her time to developing empowering, trauma-informed spaces for those who experience distress.
Ciara strongly advocates for broadening our understandings of what causes overwhelming states, to include wider social and political influences.
Ciara now leads a team of peer workers as operations manager at Solace Café and is an occasional lecturer delivering content on peer support and the lived experience Ciara holds a MSc in Mental Health from TCD, her research focusPeer support workers integration into mental health teams in Ireland Ciara is the lived experience lead and board member at Kyrie Farm and a board member at Mental Health Reform.
Ciara believes in depathologising human distress and normalising emotional challenges.
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