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Ireland's charity dedicated to providing nightlife psychological support, crisis intervention and harm reduction information/educatio
https://linktr.ee/psycareireland

08/03/2026

Big upgrade for the PsyCare care space 💙

This weekend our team headed out to Kiloyn Manor to test and assemble our new PsyCare festival tents – designed to be quicker to set up, more practical for volunteers, and even more comfortable for the people we support at events.

Our lighting and decor team joined us to get a sense of the new tents and we are very excited for the 2026 glow up that is planned 🥳

A huge thank you to Community Fund, whose support made these tents possible. Your funding is helping us create safer spaces at festivals across Ireland.

And massive appreciation to our incredible team who gave up their Sunday to drive out, pitch tents, problem-solve and make it happen - we even got to pick some wild garlic!

Festival season just got an upgrade. ⛺✨

SaferFestivals

26/02/2026

Today we launch something we’re incredibly proud of: our new PsyCare Ireland: Welfare and Harm Reduction CLG promo video for events 2026.

Since 2022, PsyCare has supported 1,345 individuals experiencing psychological distress at 29 Irish festivals and live events.

Behind those numbers are real people:

• Young adults in crisis
• Attendees overwhelmed or vulnerable
• Individuals experiencing difficult substance-related experiences
• People who simply needed a calm, safe space

Ireland’s festival culture is world-class. Welfare provision must be too.

PsyCare Ireland is now a registered charity (RCN 20206766) and the only dedicated specialist psychological welfare and harm reduction provider operating nationally in nightlife and festival settings.

We work in partnership with:

• Event organisers
• Medics
• Security teams
• Community safety partners

Reducing escalation.

Reducing pressure on emergency services.

Protecting festival reputations.

Most importantly — protecting people.

We believe welfare should be non-negotiable at Irish events.

If you are an event organiser, funder, corporate partner or policymaker interested in building safer nightlife culture in Ireland, we’d love to connect.

24/02/2026

🔥 FACE THE FIRE. FUEL THE MISSION. 🔥

On Saturday the 18th of April, we’re inviting you to do something bold, symbolic, and deeply human — walk across fire in support of PsyCare Ireland’s frontline mental health & harm reduction work. SIGN UP VIA LINK IN BIO.

📍 Scribblestown Gardens, Ashtown, Dublin 15

This isn’t about showing off or proving anything.
It’s about courage, connection, and discovering what you’re capable of when fear loosens its grip.

🕯️ Professionally facilitated firewalk
🧠 Grounding & empowerment practices (including arrow-breaking)
❤️ All funds raised support PsyCare’s work at festivals and events across Ireland
⏰ Firewalkers gather from 6.30pm

The evening begins with lighting the fire, arrow-breaking, a full safety briefing, food, and time to prepare and ground together before walking.

✨ And it doesn’t end at the fire.

After the firewalk, we’ll gather for a thank-you celebration with:

• Musical guests
• Short speeches
• Space to connect, ground, and celebrate what you’ve just done

👥 Spectators welcome from around 7.30–8.00pm
Come help build the atmosphere, witness the firewalk, cheer people on, and celebrate together afterwards. Event finishes 11pm.

🚀 Sign up now to begin fundraising straight away.
The earlier you register, the more time you have to climb the live leaderboard, visible on our website and on the night itself.

🎟️ Fundraising bonus:

Raise €200+ to unlock prize draws — with the top three fundraisers choosing first from festival ticket prizes and the other prizes raffled among everyone else who hit the €200 target 🔥

👉 Register via the link in our bio
Once you sign up, you’ll receive FAQs, fundraising tips, and a media pack to help you get started.

🔥 Face the fire. Fuel the mission. Find your strength.

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21/02/2026

We’ve been quieter than usual on social media recently, but very active behind the scenes.

Over the past few weeks, our Board came together for a dedicated strategy day to plan the next phase of PsyCare’s development. We also travelled to Scotland for a best-practice visit, learning from established social enterprises and exploring opportunities for stronger cross-border collaboration.

These moments of reflection and learning are essential as we continue to grow responsibly and sustainably.

In the months ahead, we’ll be sharing updates on:

• The continued rollout of the NITE Programme
• Upcoming festival partnerships
• New education initiatives
• Fundraising events
• Strategic collaborations

Our focus remains the same: delivering high-quality welfare and harm reduction services, strengthening governance, and building long-term impact.

Thank you to our volunteers, partners and supporters for being part of this journey.

More updates soon.

24/12/2025

What. A. Year. (Photos Staged 💓)

If 2025 had a theme for PsyCare Ireland: Welfare and Harm Reduction CLG, it would be growth with soul. We’re still catching our breath after what’s been our biggest, boldest, and most beautiful year yet.

✅ We became a registered charity.
✅ We trained 60 new volunteers.
✅ We welcomed new core team members and two new Trustees/Directors.
✅ We hired our first two staff members.
✅ We delivered services at 14 events and supported 789 guests.
✅ We joined and the National Rural Safety Forum.
✅ We were named with actions in the National Rural Safety Plan.
✅ We graduated from the .ie Impact Programme.
✅ We won the AIB Community Fund, The Pobal Social Enterprise Scale Up Grant and held our third annual benefit concert.
✅ We won 81K from the Department of Justice for our National Nightlife Safety Programme (NITE).
✅ We adopted our first formal organisational chart.
✅Established new internal leads and teams for Logistics, Volunteer Engagement, Wellbeing, Decorations and Social Media.

From festival fields to student campuses, we showed up in force, bringing expert care, radical compassion, and deep listening to people in moments of crisis and vulnerability.

We proudly delivered services at:

Otherside Festival (x2 Paddy's Day/Halloween)
Éalú Le Grá
D8 In the Garden (x3 Nights)
District X (x2 Nights)
The Works
Body & Soul: A Wake
IYKYK Festival
Rewild Festival
Fuinneamh Festival
DCU Students’ Christmas Celebration

Behind every one of those events were more than 150 dedicated volunteers—real-life legends—who gave their time, skills, and hearts to make these services possible. We see you. We honour you.

We also want to send massive thanks to all the festival organisers, partners, and stakeholders who welcomed us, worked with us, and believed in the power of compassionate crisis support. You are changing the landscape of Irish events.

To everyone who’s backed PsyCare—whether by volunteering, funding, partnering, or spreading the word—you’ve helped us save lives, reduce harm, and bring light into some of the darkest moments.

We’re just getting started. Here’s to a safer 2026

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27/11/2025

✨ BIG NEWS: PsyCare x DCU ✨

We’re beyond excited to share a MAJOR milestone for PsyCare Ireland —
Dublin City University and the DCU Students’ Union have officially brought PsyCare in to provide welfare and harm reduction support at their students Christmas event!

With 2,000 students attending, this is the first student event in Ireland to ever bring PsyCare on board — and it marks a real step forward in how universities look after their students’ mental health, safety, and wellbeing at large-scale events.

This is what progress looks like.
This is what a compassionate, informed, modern campus culture looks like.
This is what students deserve.

At the event, our trained team will be there offering: 💙 A safe, calm space
💬 Support for anyone feeling overwhelmed
🌱 Non-judgemental harm reduction information
🤝 Collaboration with on-site medical & welfare teams

For us, this moment is powerful. PsyCare was built to protect and support people in high-energy environments — and seeing a major Irish university take this step shows just how far the conversation around wellbeing, substance use, and student safety has come.

To DCU and DCUSU: thank you for leading the way.
To the students: we’re here for you, without judgment and with open hearts.
To our volunteers: you make history possible.

✨ Safer nights. Healthier culture. Stronger community. ✨

03/11/2025

🚨 BIG NEWS: At PsyCare Ireland: Welfare and Harm Reduction CLG we've just been awarded €81,100 to launch our new national programme — NITE! 🎉

PsyCare Ireland is proud to announce we’ve received funding from the Department of Justice’s Community Safety Fund to roll out the NITE Programme (Nightlife Intervention and Training for Empowerment) — a youth-focused, peer-led initiative to improve safety and reduce harm in Ireland’s nightlife.

This programme is designed by and for young people. It provides:

✅ Practical knowledge on substance awareness
✅ Tools for self-care and staying safe during nights out
✅ Guidance on supporting friends through difficult experiences
✅ Training in when and how to seek medical help
✅ Stigma-free, accessible harm reduction resources

🧠💛 At its core, NITE is about empowerment, compassion, and preparation — helping young people care for themselves and each other.

We’re also proud to be listed in the National Rural Safety Plan 2025–2027, where NITE is recognised as a key response to improving drug harm reduction in rural communities.

The pilot will begin in 2026, with national rollout to follow.

🙌 Thank you to everyone who made this possible — our team, our volunteers, our partners, and most of all, the communities we serve.

📢 Want to collaborate? Partner with us? Support the rollout?
📩 Reach out: mick@psycareireland.org

🌐 www.psycareireland.org

31/10/2025

🌿✨ PsyCare Ireland at the IMBAS Psychedelic Research Conference ✨🌿

We’re delighted to be back here this weekend at the IMBAS Psychedelic Research Conference, hosted by Irish Doctors for Psychedelic Assisted Therapy (IDPAT). 💫

You’ll find our team at our PsyCare Ireland stall, sharing our work in harm reduction and compassionate care at festivals and events across Ireland. 💙

We’re also here to offer support — if anyone needs a listening ear or a calm space during the conference, our trained volunteers are here for you on both days. 💬

Our own Mick Ledden, Kat Ledden, Ciara Sherlock and Declan Hammond are presenting during the conference, bringing PsyCare’s voice into the national conversation on psychedelic/drug risks and mental health. 🧠🌈

Look out for our friendly team in blue hi-vis vests — we’re always happy to chat, connect, and collaborate.

Together, let’s keep building an Ireland where care, connection, and compassion are central to every conversation about psychedelics. 💚

26/10/2025

Delighted our team is back today at !

Stay safe out there in the cold everyone - and if you need any assistance our team in the blue hi-vis are here to help!

No judgement, just support for whatever is going on for you!

🤘🥰🪩💖❤️🎃

14/09/2025

Once again you have inspired and delighted us! Back for our 4th edition and PsyCare's 4th birthday party 🥳

Fuinneamh is the birthplace of PsyCare, the first festival to believe in the need for psychological support services such as ours and the place we've seen our baby organisation grow from a team of 8 with a bell tent to having 25, volunteers here this weekend!

The love, spirit and community of this festival inspires us to come back stronger and stronger each year while we also spread our vital services to other events nationwide!

Big love to Luke Reddy, the magician and initiator, the whole Fuinneamh team, native events, archetype, e-fast medical and the security guys on site!

Together in trying weather conditions to make everyone safe and have a good time! Thanks as well for the buggy! We could get used to this kind of treatment 💞

With this event our summer camping season is over but you will for sure see us in the field for more events later this months ☺️

Big love and stay safe out there for the last night in a field together for 2025 ❤️🥳

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