{"id":248314,"date":"2025-10-29T17:20:20","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T17:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/248314\/"},"modified":"2025-10-29T17:20:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T17:20:20","slug":"sligo-native-aolish-gormley-honoured-as-mental-health-advocate-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/248314\/","title":{"rendered":"Sligo native Aolish Gormley honoured as Mental Health Advocate of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Aoilish Gormley from Coolaney.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/f275b035-dc29-455d-b72f-815cb33dcf44.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Aoilish Gormley from Coolaney.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Sligo native Aolish Gormley from Coolaney has been honoured as Mental Health Advocate of the Year at the Evoke Wellness Awards held in Dublin.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">The award recognises her outstanding work in maternal mental health, particularly through local initiative Ard\u00fa, a maternal mental health project in Sligo with a focus on peer support for Mothers and the Year of Care Campaign, a national advocacy effort calling for improved postnatal care for mothers during the critical first year after birth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">The campaign seeks to raise national awareness and drive policy change to ensure mothers receive comprehensive care throughout the first year after childbirth not just the first six weeks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Speaking about the award, Aolish said:<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">\u201cMaternal mental health isn\u2019t just a personal issue it\u2019s a societal one. The first year after giving birth can be incredibly challenging, full of sleepless nights, emotional ups and downs and life-changing adjustments. Every mother deserves care and support during this time. I\u2019m honoured the campaign is being recognised at a national level and ultimately I hope it helps to drive policy decisions and spark conversations our communities urgently need to have, both at a local and national level to prioritise mothers wellbeing\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">For further information on the Year of Care Campaign, visit www.yearofcare.ie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aoilish Gormley from Coolaney. 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