New spaces now available for our Creative Arts Therapies in memory of Róise Quinn
We were inundated with bookings when we first opened this new initiative earlier this year and so it reached capacity very quickly. This week, thanks to a generous donation from Debra Daly, Meadhbh Roarty, Rachel MacNamara and Cathal Quinn we can now open up more spaces sooner than we anticipated.
Debra Daly and her friend Meadhbh Roarty hiked the Seven Sisters mountains in Donegal in memory of their close friend Róise Quinn (originally from Co. Donegal) who died by suicide in 2022 after battling clinical depression since her teens. Róise was deeply creative and passionate about art. Róise’s parents, Rachel MacNamara and Cathal Quinn, chose Minding Creative Minds as the recipient of funds raised from the climb which took place on what would have been Róise’s 25th birthday.
€6720.00 was raised for Minding Creative Minds, specifically to our MCM Creative Art Therapies services, which resonated with the family due to Róise’s passion for the creative arts. They wanted to support people in availing of free therapy particularly in alternative creative forms.
Our current creative art therapies sessions are dedicated to and in memory of Róise Quinn.
With this generous donation in honour of Róise Quinn, not only are we able to help more individuals with our Creative Arts Therapies services, we are also able to expand our service sooner into other locations, and are delighted to announce that the services will also be available in Dublin City and in North County Cork in January, in addition to more spaces being made available in our location in Sandyford.
“Róise was a bright, kind, articulate, musical, artistic and very talented young woman who battled clinical depression during her late teens and early twenties. Róise fought hard but finally died by suicide in March 2022 at 22 years of age.
Her wonderful friends Debra and Meadhbh recently climbed the Seven Sisters in Donegal in Róise’s memory and in the process raised €6720.00 for Minding Creative Minds.”
– Róise’s parents, Rachel MacNamara and Cathal Quinn.