India Kennedy speaks to Dr Niall Muldoon from Ombudsman for Children’s Office about his involvement in the ‘How’s Your Head’ manual, and the importance of sport for maintaining a positive mental health.
India Kennedy is a 1st year Politics and International Relations student from Donegal. Over the last few years she has worked with a number of organisations to promote positive mental health both locally and nationally. In 2020 after struggling with her own mental health at the start of the pandemic in 5th year, she, along with the help and support of The Ombudsman for Children, ISSU, SpunOut, The ETBs NPA and the clinical team at Cork University Hospital created the ‘How’s Your Head?’ manual. The manual is full of handy tools on staying positive and coping with stress, anxiety, depression and bereavement in a Covid world and was introduced into her school’s SPHE curriculum to help young people maintain a positive mental health.