Our Details

TAMHI
187 Duncairn Gardens
Belfast
Northern Ireland
BT36 7WS

Phone: 07849324360
Email: tamhi2011@outlook.com
Web: tamhi.btck.co.uk

Category: Mental Illness

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TAMHI

Mental Health Charity based in Belfast NI 

About Us

TAMHI is a mental health awareness charity set up in 2011 by Joe Donnelly and Stephen McLaughlin in memory of Thomas "Tammy Tucker" McLaughlin who took his own life in 2009.

TAMHI stands for Tackling Awareness of Mental Health Issues and the charity is set up to work with sport groups willing to use the power of sport to promote Positive Mental Fitness.

Sport is reflective of our society as a whole and therefore it is important that sport addresses the importance of promoting a positive mental fitness for all. The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that one in four of us will experience a mental illness at some point in their lives. 

Participating in sport has a positive contribution to make to a person’s welfare if their experience is one that reflects the positive values of sport;


  • Fun
  • Friendship
  • Commitment
  • Honesty 
  • Teamwork
  • Fair competition
  • Inclusion


TAMHI works with sports groups to support the development of an infrastructure that supports positive mental fitness.
 
 The Sports Develop-Mental Approach 

TAMHI supports clubs to develop the 4P's

  • Policies
  • People
  • Programmes
  • Partnerships


Key aims of promoting positive mental health in and through sport

1. To raise awareness within sport of the importance of positive mental fitness and how this  can have an impact on physical health. 
 2. Engaging young people and young men in sport to reach out to those with mental health  concerns.
 3.To raise awareness of the risks of self–harm and importance suicide prevention within  sport.
 4. Highlight the importance of training with Governing Bodies, Mental Health Groups and clubs for their  coaches and volunteers, to support them in spotting early signs of emotional  difficulty and risk in current participants. 
 5. Creating an environment where people can ask for help and support when needed.