Minister Martin confirms additional funding for Minding Creative Minds as part of the Safe to Create Programme
Dr Emelina Ellis, Dave Reid and Minister Catherine Martin at the Safe To Create programme announcement. Credit: Mark Stedman
Minister Martin confirms funding of €300,000
Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media Catherine Martin, has today announced funding of €300,000 for Minding Creative Minds as part of the Safe to Create Programme. This brings the Department’s overall allocation for the Safe to Create Programme to €782,000. Minding Creative Minds is Ireland’s (32 county and Irish overseas) first 24/7 mental health and wellbeing support programme for the Irish Creative community delivered in association with Spectrum Life.
With the launch of the Safe to Create Programme last October, Minding Creative Minds announced an enhancement of its service to include specialist trauma and abuse counselling care. This service enables crucial support for anyone who has experienced trauma or sexual abuse and ensures that they can access immediate support and up to 12 free counselling sessions from a trauma counsellor immediately.
Minding Creative Minds offers a range of other in-house services to the Irish Creative Sector which includes a comprehensive Career and Mentoring service incorporating all creative art forms and a monthly peer support meeting which offers support, advice and resources to the Irish Creative Community.
The Minding Creative Minds programme includes access to a number of additional services to help users overcome various practical issues they may face including:
- Advice on practical, day-to-day issues that cause anxiety and stress.
- Legal Assistance
- Financial Assistance & Consumer Assistance
- Career Guidance & Life Coaching
- Support for non-Irish nationals & their families
- Mediation Services
Announcing the funding, Minister Martin commented:
“The Safe to Create Programme which I launched in October of last year, is built on the stark findings of The Speak Up: A Call for Change Report. The Speak Up report included key findings that the majority of those surveyed had experienced (70%) or witnessed (53%) harmful behavior. Minding Creative Minds is working closely with the Irish Theatre Institute, is an integral part of the Safe to Create Programme and is helping to lead the way to improving the damaging norms in the arts sector for the benefit of all arts workers.”
Further details on the Minding Creative Minds programme are available at www.mindingcreativeminds.ie.
Published
10/1/2023