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DUBLIN PEOPLE ARE the least willing to work with someone who has a mental health difficulty, according to new research released by See Change.
The report was released in time for the 5th annual Green Ribbon campaign run by See Change throughout the month of May, which encourages people to speak out about their mental health.
The organisation found that people in Dublin are least willing to work with someone with a mental health difficulty in the future, with just 58% respondents saying they would be willing to.
This figure is 8% lower than the average for the rest of Ireland, which came in at 66%.
In Leinster, excluding Dublin, just over two thirds (68%) said they would be willing to work with someone experiencing mental health difficulties.
Elsewhere, 70% of people in Ulster and Connacht gave the same response. Munster saw 69% of respondents say they would be willing to work alongside those with mental health issues. A total of 977 people responded to the survey conducted by Kantar Millward Brown on behalf of See Change funded by HSE NOSP.
Meanwhile, the report also found that almost half of people in Ireland under the age of 35 would hide their mental health difficulties from friends and family, with 46% of respondents in that age group saying they wouldn’t conceal that they had difficulties.
Overall, 38% of the 977 people surveyed said that they would conceal a mental health issue.
Since the Green Ribbon campaign launch, 500,000 free green ribbons have been distributed nationwide.
John Saunders, CEO of See Change, said: “People spend a large portion of their days at their workplace and in many ways what happens at work influences other parts of our lives. See Change has identified the workplace as a key setting for social change around attitudes to mental health problems to take place for this reason.
Saunders said that they established their “See Change in the Workplace” six step pledge programme to help challenge mental health stigma.
“Without open discussion of mental health problems in the workplace, valuable time is wasted hiding something that can often be easily supported within an organisation.”
“Creating an environment where people can be open and positive about their own and others’ mental health is vital in reducing the stigma towards mental health,” he said.
More information about events taking place across the country this month for the Green Ribbon campaign can be found here.
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You can find out more about See Change at www.seechange.ie.
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Tough shit, Get over it. Should the cops, coffee sellers and caterers, medics, street cleaners, employees of hundreds of other companies that will be both attending and working at the event itself also be able to choose not to turn up? What drivel.
@Mr Snuffleupagus: and clickbait
All workers are entitled to withdraw their labour as they see fit.
@Benjy Dempsey: The big stars don’t want to touch Trump with a 50 foot pole. It’s telling that performers have to be forced under contract to be in The Donald’s presence.
@Benjy Dempsey: So you think you can tell your boss you’re not going to work for any reason you like then, Benjy? Right so. Saying so, doesn’t make it so. If you don’t do your job, you get sacked. At least, out there in real world.
Yes I am pretty sure you can’t refuse to provide some one service just because you have a prejudice against them.
@benjy are employers entitled to withdraw wor as they see fit?
Benji, Wally, bill… Whatever…. You now saying that ni bakery was right to refuse to bake?
@Mr Snuffleupagus: Another butt-hurt Trump FanBoy.
@Benjy Dempsey:
Of course they can, but if they breach their contract…bye bye or a fine!
Mr Snuffle, ,You might recall the Luas workers withdrew their labour a while back and not only did they not get sacked they won an 18% pay rise.
Thats showbiz baby!
perfectly fitting for a trump event to have women being forced to do things they don’t want to do.
@stopit:
It’s their job, if they don’t like it leave. Funny how “principles” seem to disappear when there is a threat of the money disappearing! Plenty more waiting to join! Imagine if employees decided whom their company could do business with! Sack em and move on!
That’s why we have unions. To keep greedy hogs in their place.
Considering they have performed at Radio City Music Hall in New York since the 1930s, they’re in pretty good shape.
@alphanautica: Great gams, them girls!
They could do a routine from Hamilton. Or dress as cats and when President Elect Tiny Hands goes for a handshake, there’s a ready made “Pussy Grabbing” headline available for publication. I’m sure the Rockettes have had to deal with many letches in their time, but being forced to do it on an official level is creepy.
Trump will be thinking quietly to himself soooo many pussies and I only have two hands
@Tweed Cap: Somehow I can see Alec Baldwin dancing with a Rockettes type lineup on SNL in the coming weeks!
@Daisy Chai NSaw: Have you never heard of what Bill Clinton or JFK got up to in The White House?
@Eamon Mac Gowan: Yes. Does whataboutery make Trump less of a pussy grabber?
@Daisy Chai NSaw:
Says the QUEEN of whataboutery!!!
@Warthog: Your mammy’s calling you for your tea. Run along.
That’s millenials for you. They think their rights are being trampled on if their employer tells them to do something.
It’s a job, get over it. I don’t like Enda much but hey, he was going to be at my child’s school for something, and on that day I still sent him to school.
@The Girl: Umm, terrible comparison that makes no sense whatsoever.
If they don’t want to do it, sack em.
There’s plenty of hot sexy dancers all over America who would love to get that gig.
@Eamon Mac Gowan: as if you’d know, LOL!
Shows the increasingly unpatriotic tendenies of the Left not just in the US but in the West generally.
Incorrect use of the patriotic, Rosa Parks (if that is your real name).
@Rosa Parks: Patriotism is a disease of the mind.
They should honour the president erect
Another pure bs lazy journalism propaganda piece. Never let the truth get in the way of a good story.
@John Fergus:
Par for the course at this stage.
Actually this has nothing to do with Donald Trump.
The dancers are in dispute with the owners of the outfit.
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