About Us
Our
Story
Steering Positive Minds CIC was spearheaded by a Northern Ireland family involved in motorsport for many years who have both personal and professional experience of the impact of mental ill health. Fueled by compassion and empathy. Who reached out to friends, colleagues, members of the motorsport community and Mental health organizations to commence the voluntary journey to raise awareness of Mental health within the motorsport community and beyond, creating a community of volunteer mental health champions raising awareness of mental health. Providing opportunities to connect, support one another and work together collectively as a community with a mission to promote mental health and wellbeing. We are a 'Non-Profit' volunteer-led organization funded through donations. We have introduced some merchandise and resources for you to consider purchasing to contribute to supporting our function.
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The cohesive spirit of the motorsport is fantastic, with so many mental health and wellbeing benefits. We see this as a lovely environment to nurture the community and break the stigma around mental health, fostering a network of support. As life presents struggles for us all at one point or another. Part of the work of the Steering Positive Minds community is to raise awareness of mental health with education and learning, support, resources, peer support and signposting to routes of appropriate Mental health support.
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Motorsport is particularly male dominated and it is well researched and documented that men can find it difficult to speak out or seek help when they need it. Alarmingly:
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''SUICIDE IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH OF YOUNG ADULTS UNDER 35 YEARS OF AGE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM''. (PAPYRUS prevention on young suicide)
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What we do?
Empowering Mental Wellness
Inspiring Positive Change Every Day
At Steering Positive Minds, we are a diverse community of volunteers with different skills and experience who have come together with a collective interest to voluntarily champion Mental Health. We have all completed accredited training from our Mental Health community partners for our role. We aim as a community to raise awareness of and promote mental health and wellbeing through motorsport, expanding our reach to the best of our ability. As Mental Health Champions, part of the work of the initiative is to work together to offer the wider community a safe space at events, where individuals can explore support for their mental health and wellbeing. We are available to offer an empathic listening ear and engage in meaningful conversations. We also offer a wealth of resources and programmes aimed at guiding the community towards a path of positivity, self-care and signposting to local mental health and crisis intervention support if necessary . Together, we aim to promote opportunities to face life's challenges with resilience and optimism.
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Our vision is to expand our volunteer Mental Health Champion community and embrace new members. We are proud to announce that we now have competing Steering Positive Minds Mental Health champions supporting our mission in the rally, karting and drifting motorsport disciplines. These competitors have got actively involved as volunteers in the Steering Positive Minds community initiative to raise awareness of Mental Health through Motorsport. They have volunteered part of their vehicle liveries to the Steering Positive Minds CIC initiative and Mental health organisations throughout the Island of Ireland to raise awareness of mental health. They have also completed accredited training for their role. We are all working together as a community to drive societal change.
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Together we can break the stigma and provide a strong mental health ethos utilizing motorsport in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
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Physical and mental health are interrelated. Our physical health can impact our mental health and vice versa. You will see a lot of information on our social media addressing both for this very reason.
Steering Positive Minds volunteer Mental Health Champions are not experts and mental ill-health may require treatment by professionals with the expertise to support you. However, we endeavor to empower you with the knowledge, skills, peer support, self care, positiviity, appropriate resources and signpost you to the appropriate organizations to access if you have mental health challenges.
