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'Please Talk' - Students' Union campaign

'Please Talk' is an initiative aimed at safeguarding the mental health of students in Irish schools and universities by getting students talking about any problems and issues that they may be facing in their lives. It also aims to generate awareness of the many student support services that are available to them in their respective universities e.g. counselling, the Students' Union and the Health Service.

The DCU Students' Union 'Please Talk' Campaign ran from Nov 21st - 25th this year. Some of the great events and initiatives included: a Flashmob Yoga class to help reduce stress, a mental health workshop with the HSE, a secret message wall with invisible ink, an open mic evening with DCU Music Soc as well as distributing hundreds of Please Talk silicon wristbands and bookmarks around campus with details of all of the support services available to students in DCU. The highlight of the week was the Mental Health Exhibition on the Tuesday morning in the Hub where ten mental health organisations took up posts in The Atrium providing valuable information and generating awareness amongst the student body as to the very important services they offer to students in distress. Organisations that took part included Spun Out, Amnesty Ireland, The Rape Crisis Centre, Nightline, AA and Mental Health Ireland.