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L idl's One Good Club™ five-step mental health awareness programme aims to build and encourage positive mental health promotion in the community. It was developed in partnership with LGFA and Jigsaw, the National Centre for Youth Mental Health. Twenty-six clubs were selected to participate in the One Good Club™ programme over 10 weeks in 2020. Unfortunately due to the Covid-19 pandemic, this had to be postponed, but we are delighted that it will now go ahead with these clubs in early 2021. The initiative offers clubs the opportunity to support all members and engage in activities that can promote their health and wellbeing. The programme is championed by four One Good Club™ Ambassadors – Dublin's Carla Rowe, Galway's Nicola Ward, Waterford's Caoimhe McGrath and Donegal's Emer Gallagher. The five-step programme was developed using the '5 a Day for your Mental Health', an evidence-informed framework, made up of simple actions aimed at boosting your mental health and wellbeing. The steps include 'Connect', 'Be Active', 'Take Notice', 'Give' and 'Keep Learning'. Each step provides participating clubs with a suite of suggested activities, simple enough to complete without a significant time or resource commitment. Activities include connecting with the community by hosting a coffee morning, organising fun 'get active' sessions aimed at younger members of the community not involved in sport, or introducing meditation and mindfulness as part of the 'cool down' after training. Clubs that complete all five steps in the programme will receive official Lidl One Good Club™ accreditation, as well as gear and kit for their club. Accredited clubs will also enter the running to win a Lidl One Good Club™ funding award. There are three funding awards available, with a total value of €10,000, and will be awarded to clubs who demonstrate the following: > Most Innovative Initiative - €2,500 > Most Community Involvement - €2,500 > Best Overall Programme Engagement - €5,000 The clubs that will be involved are: 32 | WINTER 2020 | www.ladiesgaelic.ie Lidl's One Good Club™ Returns CLUB COUNTY Eire Óg Carlow Templeport Cavan Liscannor Clare St Colums Cork Bun Cranncha Donegal Ballyboden St Endas Dublin Annaghdown Galway Killarney Legion Kerry Na Fianna Kildare John Lockes Kilkenny Sarsfields Laois St Marys Leitrim Murroe Boher Limerick Carrickedmond Longford Cooley Kickhams Louth Swinford Killasser Mayo St Ultans Meath Maghercloone Monaghan Clara Offaly Shannon Gaels Roscommon St Nathy's Sligo Aherlow Tipperary Ballyduff Lower Waterford Tyrellspass Westmeath HWH Bunclody Wexford Kilcoole Wicklow