Charity Interschools Changes Date of Popular Show
Due to a clash of dates, CAUSE has taken the decision to move its event to Wednesday 29 October 2014. The NI peer led charity hopes many equestrian enthusiasts of school age will be supporting the charity during Halloween week at Portmore Equestrian Centre.
As usual the Show jumping classes will includes, Minis (70cms), Midis (80cms), Maxis (90cms) and Super Maxis (1m) and as usual there will be prizes for top fundraisers of each class.
CAUSE established in 1995, is a unique peer-led local charity directed and staffed by past and present carers of people with a mental illness and provides emotional and practical support to such carers and families through the support of experienced carer advocates, a private and confidential telephone helpline, support groups, educational and training courses for carers and professionals as well as representing carer’s views at all levels of policy and planning forums.
Anne Holland, CAUSE Fundraising Manager commented, ‘Naturally we are very disappointed that this has occurred again however as our event is to raise funds for our Young Carers Equine Programme, we think it best that we postpone to the autumn.
1 in 4 people will suffer from mental ill health during their lifetime. Through such community events as this great annual charity show, we can highlight that there is support for carers and families of loved ones living with a serious mental illness. Many of these carers are often of school age and of course fundraising events like this are vital to help us continue our work. Participants can use the show packs we have already sent to schools, teams and individuals. More information will be posted in Horseweek at beginning of September and on our Facebook page and website.’
CAUSE Young Carers Equine Programme offers children, young people and siblings caring in a mental role with a unique opportunity to improve their mental well-being by working with the natural behaviour of horses alongside a specifically designed therapeutic programme.
There are many reasons why young carers caring for a person with a mental illness may remain hidden including the absence of readily observable evidence of the illness and its episodic nature. In addition many young carers are very loyal to their parents and would feel guilty asking for help, fear family breakup or the stigma associated with being labelled as having a parent with a mental illness.
You can help transform the lives of young mental health carers and siblings by:
Texting FOAL14 £3 to 70070
Online at www.justgiving.com/youngcausecarers
For further information call Anne on 90650650 or email fundraising@cause.org.uk
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