VIDEO: Irish charity launches Twitter campaign to promote positive mental health
An Irish suicide support charity has launched a campaign to promote positive mental health - one tweet at a time.
Ireland and Munster rugby legend and Suicide Aware ambassador, Alan Quinlan, kicked off the charity’s Twitter chain campaign, which will see a supportive tweet promoting positive mental health being posted on the social media network every 40 minutes.
The interval was chosen to reflect recent WHO figures which show that someone dies by suicide every 40 minutes.
Who will support our first tweet? #JoinTheChain #Every40
— Support every 40 (@FlyingTheFlag40) November 30, 2015
Each tweet will include a link to a fundraising campaign to help Suicide Aware continue its work.
A number of celebrities who have backed the campaign will be involved in the non-stop flood of positive mental health tweets over the coming days and weeks.
You can get involved in Suicide Aware’s chain of support campaign, by tweeting #JoinTheChain to @FlyingTheFlag40, or by email to theamberflag@gmail.com.
