Educational Bursaries

With our partners in education, we support equal access and opportunities to learning and development to everyone.

Educational Bursaries

Educating for Mental Health Ireland is about widening the understanding of mental health, wellbeing and recovery in Ireland and supporting access to learning and development in order for people to thrive.

“Learning as an adult is a transformative space and in Mental Health Ireland educating embodies the concept of transformation and leaving room for all the possibilities that can come from that transformative learning”. (Dr Lisa Cuthbert, CEO, Mental Health Ireland)

 

Educational Bursaries

Mental Health Ireland’s Tony Leahy Bursary

Mental Health Ireland’s Tony Leahy Bursary supports a number of students each year on specific courses that support the promotion of mental health, recovery and peer support working. The Bursary prioritises peers/people with lived experience of mental health challenges, family members and supporters.

About Tony Leahy

The bursary is named in honour of our colleague and friend Tony Leahy, who sadly passed away in 2018. He understood that change could not happen in mental health services until all voices, lived experience, providers and supporters, were at the table. He was a true champion of recovery.

Bursary Details

Bursaries for successful applicants equate to to the sum of €1,000 towards the course fees.

Course Applications

Applications for the Tony Leahy Bursary are invited from prospective students of the following course:

  • Certificate in Peer Support Working in Mental Health (Level 8), DCU

Prospective students must also apply directly to DCU for a place on their chosen course.

The closing date for applications is the 31st of July.

Please click on the button below to complete and submit the application form.

Submit this form to apply

Our Partner

Mental Health Ireland is proud to partner with Dublin City University to offer a third level certificate course which supports the promotion of mental health, recovery and peer support working.

Dublin City University (DCU)
Certificate in Peer Support Working in Mental Health

The Certificate in Peer Support Working in Mental Health is a year-long part-time course at level 8. The course is open to peer support and family peer support worker students, and the course aims to broaden your perspective on mental health and peer support.
To apply for the course, you will need to have:

  • Personal experience of mental ill health or have supported others with lived experience of mental ill health
  • Secured a placement of 19 hours a week where you can practice as a peer support or family peer support worker

For more details on placement, entry requirements, or to attend an online open day, contact martha.griffin@dcu.ie

Click here for more information on the course

Contact

For any queries relating to the DCU course, please contact the course coordinator using the details below:

DCU – Certificate in Peer Support in Mental Health Programme (Level 8)
Martha Griffin
01 700 7861
martha.griffin@dcu.ie

For any questions regarding the bursary application, please contact Mental Health Ireland at  training@mentalhealthireland.ie (include BURSARY QUERY in the subject line)

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