Urgent appeal made for volunteers to take part in fundraising supermarket bag pack in Derry in aid of mental health charity

CAUSE, a local NI mental health charity has issued an urgent appeal for people to help them with a supermarket bag pack we have organised for Sainsbury's, Strand Road, Derry.

The charity backpack will take place on Friday May 5.

CAUSE is a regional unique peer-led charity which provides practical and emotional support for carers of loved ones with serious mental illness.

The group provides: support group facilitation, one-to-one advocacy support, a telephone helpline, training for carers and professionals, co-ordination of social activity events and opportunities for carer involvement in policy and service development

John O'Neil from CAUSE said: "Mental illness is higher in Northern Ireland than elsewhere in the UK.

"CAUSE supports mental health carers to sustain their challenging role by reducing their isolation and empowering them.

"We work all over Northern Ireland, including the Derry area."

"We are doing a bag pack at Sainsbury's supermarket on the Strand Road on Friday 5th May, and require volunteers for just a few hours, to help us with our collection.

"This can be from 10am - 6pm at a time to suit them, can any of your readers spare 2 hours to help us fundraise for mental health?"

If anyone would like to take part they can contact John O'Neil on 028 90 650650 or at [email protected].