Healthy Club
Oisin's Wish
"Oisin's Wish" aims to bring awareness to the need for blood donations amongst the GAA community This initiative was taken on after a request by Oisin by the Naomh Eoin Healthy Club.
The Healthy Club committee ran the donation campaign and the Area Manager of the Irish Blood Transfusion Board came to give a talk after training to adult players, club and community members on the importance of donating Blood (Images below). We salute one of our players Oisin Kelly whose vision is for all GAA players to donate Blood and this project was then unveiled at Co Convention for all Carlow GAA Clubs to donate Blood (Image on left). In the coming days a Blood Drop sign will be erected at the GAA Club grounds to promote in a visual way of donating Blood Remember One Blood Donation can save three lives.
HEED Drugs Ruin Lives
The image below shows some of the participants at the HEED DRUGS RUIN LIVES talk in Myshall community center given by Detective Peter Mc Connon from An Garda Siochána.
HEED is an acronym and stands for:
HEALTH drugs are harmful to your health
EDUCATE educate yourself on the risk and pitfalls of taking drugs
ENFORCEMENT a drugs conviction stays with you for life
DRIVING never drive with drugs in your system
The Healthy Club project aims to help GAA clubs explore how they support the holistic health of their members and the communities they serve. GAA clubs already contribute to the health and wellbeing of their members by providing opportunities to develop their physical, social, emotional, and psychological health.
The project aims to help GAA clubs identify what they are already doing well, identify areas where they can or would like to improve, and empower them to ensure that everyone who engages with their club benefits from the experience in a health-enhancing way, be they players, officers, coaches, parents, supporters, or members of their local community.
The healthy club model, which is based on best national and international practice, also aims to embed a healthy philosophy in a club while integrating health into the day-to-day club activities in a sustainable way. It also aims to place the local GAA club at the heart of the community, making it a beacon for health in the locale.
Healthy Club Manual.pdf