2013/2014 Launch with Norah Casey

Today the group all headed out to Dún Laoghaire for a photo shoot to launch the second year of Label Jars Not People. We were delighted that Norah Casey,noted publishing entrepreneur and broadcaster, joined us and was more than happy to support our project as she too does work to promote positive mental health with Walk in My shoes. It was an enjoyable day and a great way to get our new year off to a start. We would like to thank Ms Casey for joining us and supporting our project.

Check out some of the photos below, we struggled a bit when we ere told to have serious faces but we managed somewhat :)

Who are we?

We here at Label Jars Not People are a group of young people dedicated to promoting positive mental health and reducing mental health stigma. Our project was started in July 2012 after a member of our team had experience with time in hospital for a mental illness.  It was after being discharged our team leader, Siobhán realised that something needed to be done about the stigma associated with mental health. She thought about what she had gone through, her time in hospital, her suffering in silence and her feeling alone which was all due to mental health stigma. Siobhán did not want other people to go through what she went through so with a group of friends Siobhán began Label Jars Not People, an organisation to promote positive mental health.What began last year with five people has now grown to a team of ten people who have the support from people such as Norah Casey.

As a group we have been producing t-shirts which aim to promote positivity and all money raised will be going to charities associated with mental health around Ireland. For the year 2013/2014 all money that is raised will be going to the National Suicide prevention charity, Console. Throughout the year we will be selling t-shirts for ten euro with all profits going to Console but we will also be holding events such as comedy nights and family fun days.

The t-shirts that we sell come in a wide range of colours and with a wide range of different designs. They cost ten euro and all of the profits will go to charity. The t-shirts are being produced by a local business man Damian Brady of Damian’s Photos. He has given us a good price to ensure that there is a fair amount of money going to charity from each t-shirt. The t-shirts are of high quality and are printed within ten days of the order being placed depending on the amount required and stock available. Damian has offered his full support and is committed to helping us through this projecting in the hopes that we will promote positive mental health. 

This is our second year of fundraising and we are feeling very positive about it as last year we raised a total of 1000 euro for Aware. This year is going to be bigger and better but we need your help. To support us like us on Facebook or follow us on twitter.

 To purchase a t-shirt please email us @ labelsareforjarsnotpeople@gmail.com