My name is Noel Hoare and I started as a Recovery Education Facilitator with REGARI Recovery College in Roscommon town in December 2022, having previously volunteered here.
I trained in co-delivering and co-facilitating workshops relating to mental health topics with Advancing Recovery Ireland in 2018, now known as Mental Health Engagement and Recovery. I have also completed studies at Dublin City University in Peer Support Working in mental Health and Trauma Informed Practice and I recently completed training in seminars 1 and 2 of the Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP).
I am a native of Roscommon town and have always been interested in mental health and well-being and I have a lot of lived experience through supporting people I know who experienced mental health challenges. I have supported a number of local and national charities that help people with their mental health and well-being through accessing services and supports.
My hobbies/interests include farming, walking, biodiversity, history, archaeology, gardening, sky boxing, music and reading. In fact I believe that music is the universal language! I am also passionate about complimentary medicine and use it to support my mental health and well-being.
Hi all,
My name is Dermot Flatley. I recently started working with the REGARI recovery college in Roscommon Town in September 2021, as a Recovery Education Facilitator. I am also currently working towards a Masters in Humanistic and Integrative Psychotherapy at the Tivoli Institute in Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin.
I have always been passionate about the area of mental health and wellness, specifically since I have had my own lived experience of mental health challenges. I have been on that recovery journey for many years now. I have found the recovery journey to be a very unique, and ongoing experience, and not an end goal. Once you start that journey which is not linear, while there will inevitable be dips here and there, the overall direction is up not down. Had I the insight, knowledge and connection provided by recovery education sooner in my life, then my own recovery journey might have started earlier and been easier.
Through the collaborative nature of our workshops and modules here at REGARI, I am grateful to be part of a team responsible for promoting mental health education, reducing stigma and helping to normalise the conversation around mental health. REGARI supports people who might be struggling or needing connection to build their own tools and resourcefulness, in an environment that is safe and supportive. It is a great privilege to work with others who share that same vision. I believe the transformative learning and empowerment that comes from peer to peer shared experience is vitally important to that recovery journey.
Kind regards,
Dermot
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My name is Julie, and I am happy to be a new Facilitator with REGARI. I have recently shifted tracks from the hospitality sector to pursue my passion and interest in the challenges associated with recovery and wellbeing in our daily lives. I consider myself privileged to be participating in the delivery of recovery-oriented education as the principles of a holistic, person-led recovery service align with my personal ethos of respect for lived experience, empowerment, and the co-production of services.
Having had a lifelong relationship with transformative education I believe that it fundamentally strengthens us, both on a deeply personal level and on a broader societal level. I love my facilitation role and look forward to working more with the REGARI team as the co-production and co-delivery process continues. The diversity and plurality of voices involved in recovery collaborations makes recovery education a truly formidable tool for everyone!
As facilitators we are often thanked by the students in REGARI, and I would like to reiterate my thanks to them. Their humility, kindness, intelligence, and wisdom give me faith for our future.
Warm wishes,
Julie