Walk in My Shoes

Last Friday our school had a no uniform and 'funky shoes' day in aid of the charity "Walk in My Shoes". Walk in My Shoes is a fundraising charity set up by St Patrick's Mental Health Services to help raise awareness and support for people with any form of mental health issues as it is a big issue in Ireland. Here are some statistics...

1 in 4 young people in Ireland will experience a mental health difficulty.

Ireland has one of the highest suicide rates in the 14-24 age group in the EU.

Suicide is the leading cause of death among 18-24 year old men in Ireland.

Mental health isn't talked about as much as it should. Doing charity events like this can help people to become more aware of these issues and help combat them.

Everyone came into school in our casual clothes and a few people wore unusual shoes to wear to school like high heels and slippers. If you did not wear your uniform you gave in €2 to help support this charity. 

I'm happy our school decided to hold this event in awareness of mental health because it is definitely overlooked in our country

Work Experience

I wasn't in school for the week 29th September to 3rd of October. I missed many things such as the fun walk and the beep test (thankfully). I was on work experience in FM104, I applied for a placement their early last year so I was lucky enough to get a place.

I was with two other TY's from other schools in Dublin. On our first day, we were given a lot of sheets asking us questions about our favourite music and our ideal radio station which I presumed to be free market research for them. We were also brought into the music studio where they bring bands and artists when they visit the station. We got to see how they play songs on air and how they edit conversations they have with callers.

We got to take a lot of old CDs that were going to be thrown out. I took complete advantage of the free CDs and ended up with about 20, I managed to find some of my favourite bands like Green Day, Good Charlotte and Foo Fighters.

On our last day we were brought out in the cars to deliver prizes to different competition winners around Dublin. We were given a FM104 bag full of Haribo and FM104 pens, pencils, paper and keyrings. 

FM104 "Beetle Bugs"

It was a lot of fun and I'm glad I was given this opportunity