Coast to Coast | Virtual (Fully Interactive)

Coast to Coast Virtual Cycle-220kms. Participate from anywhere and at any time.

Cycle Against Suicide is a national charity deeply invested in suicide prevention efforts. Through our programmes in schools, neighbourhoods and workplaces, we weave prevention into the very fabric of communities.

With 3 out of 4 suicides each year being male, there is a particularly pressing need now for a targeted approach to mental health awareness, education and suicide prevention among young and middle-aged men in Ireland.

As we call on the government for a gendered specific campaign targeting males, we are asking people and communities to join our virtual Coast to Coast cycle to support the work of Cycle Against Suicide as we help call for:

• Mental health awareness campaigns to increase men's mental health literacy. Access to information on mental health awareness is key to helping men recognise the signs of mental illness, show concern, and determine the right time to seek help.
• Awareness campaigns reframing masculinity. Men's conformity and adherence to so call traditional masculine norms impacts their experience an expression of mental health difficulties leading to a range of negative outcomes, including social isolation and reduced help seeking behaviour.
• Mental health support services and suicide intervention campaign. To raise awareness of the mental health support services available to men would help normalise mental health and give men the tools to address their mental health without stigma.