The funds raised by the ‘Top up by Ten’ campaign will go towards helping AWARE increase awareness of positive mental wellbeing in local communities and help to provide support groups and education programmes across the country.
One of the main services the funds will go towards is AWARE’s post primary ‘Mood Matters Young People’ programme. Aimed at 14-18-year olds, the initiative seeks to give young people the knowledge and skills to maintain good mental health and also build resilience to better deal with the problems and challenges they face in their day to day lives.
Brian Donaldson, Chief Executive Officer at Maxol, said: “I want to thank all of our loyal customers for their continued support and encourage them to get behind this campaign. We’re extremely proud of our partnership with AWARE and the great work they do across the country to promote positive mental health.
“Being in a position that enables us to give back and help AWARE tackle such important issues that affect so many people really does embody the ethos that is so important to Maxol as a family owned company. We pride ourselves on being right at the heart of our communities and we feel there is no better way to do this than by raising money for this very worthwhile cause.”
Maxol has been a proud partner of AWARE since June 2016. The charity, which has been operating for over 20 years, has a network of 25 support groups across the country and delivers mental health and wellbeing programmes into communities, schools, colleges, universities and workplaces.
Clare Galbraith, Corporate Fundraising Officer, from AWARE NI said: “We’re so grateful to Maxol for providing us with fantastic fundraising opportunities and helping to raise the profile of what we do. Ten pence mightn’t seem like a large sum of money, but the collective effort really can make a massive impact.
“At present in Northern Ireland we are currently funded to deliver our mental health programmes into 55% of schools, but we need to do more and that is why this partnership with Maxol is so vital for our work.”
To find out more about Maxol and their partnership with Aware NI, visit www.maxol.ie.
Brian Donaldson, CEO of Maxol and Clare Galbraith, Corporate Fundraising Officer from AWARE NI.
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