Health & Wellbeing within the GAA. Colin Regan Aoife O Brien

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1 Health & Wellbeing within the GAA Colin Regan Aoife O Brien

2 Introduction Ireland s largest sporting & cultural organisation Volunteers based 32-county association with a presence in all five continents 2,014 clubs worldwide (398 overseas) 700,000+ members worldwide

3 Clubs Affiliated to GAA 2,000+ clubs globally 3

4 We work with people and communities, not just players Sporting Organisation GAA Community Organisation

5 GAA HEALTHY CLUB PROJECT Ground- breaking, award winning project In partnership with Healthy Ireland, Health Service Executive (HSE), National Office for Suicide Prevention, Public Health Agency (PHA) and Irish Life (CSR partners) Began in 2013 with the aim to make every GAA club in Ireland a hub for health 150 participating GAA clubs across the 32 counties

6 The Evolution of the Healthy Club Project Phase 1 16 clubs 9,700 members Strong Foundation Phase 2 58 clubs 45,000 members Growing & Expanding Phase clubs 90,000 members Consolidation Phase 4 1,600 clubs 750,000 members National Scale

7 GAA HEALTHY CLUB Project Pillars F I T N E S S C O M M U N I T Y H E A LT H Y E A T I N G M E N T A L H E A LT H H E A LT H Y H A B I T S 83% 83% 79% 66% 79% As identified by Clubs and their members

8 KEY FINDINGS from Waterford IT evaluation 50% ,000 12,000 Clubs are now completely smoke free zones young people engaged in healthy eating programmes Older people engaged through social initiatives People in mental health & emotional wellbeing programmes People in community physical activity programmes

9 FITNESS Ireland Lights Up Partnership with RTÉ s Operation Transformation & Get Ireland Walking Bringing together communities to make exercise more accessible GAA Clubs turned on their flood lights so communities could walk in a safe, bright & enjoyable environment 150 clubs signed up across the 32 counties Over 6,000 walkers each week

10 COMMUNITY GAA Social Initiative Over 620 older people engaged Weekly social trips Nursing home visits Card nights Lunch Clubs Classic movie nights Active Age Groups Computer classes Exercise classes (age appropriate) Flower arranging

11 HEALTHY EATING Recipes For Success Cooking classes & nutrition workshop in partnership with Home Economics Department at St Angela s College Sligo Benefitted 400 young players, mainly young men aged years 62 72% increased interest in nutrition 30 56% increased nutritional knowledge

12 MENTAL HEALTH Cork Beats Stress Stress control programme in partnership with Cork GAA Clubs & the HSE Qualified HSE psychologist equips participants with the skills needed to cope with stress Over 1,200 people have completed course 25% of programme participants were male Findings from the HSE s evaluation show that participation resulted in a significant reduction in symptoms of anxiety, depression and stress

13 HEALTY HABITS Smoke Free Clubs Almost 50% of clubs have gone completely smoke free Partnership with local primary schools Signage provided to clubs through PHA/ HSE Croke Park smoke free pilot: 2017 All Ireland Hurling Semi- finals Cork V Waterford

14 Benefits of becoming a Healthy Club More members New volunteers Funding & sponsorship Positive media coverage Community goodwill

15 The Aim

16 Croke Park Stadium Situated in a high-density neighbourhood with 2,000 households located within a 500m radius Further 24,000 households in the stadium s wider 1.5km community radius Croke Park Community Fund - to date over 900,000 allocated to local groups & resident associations who are making positive and lasting contributions in local area In 2017, the fund had its busiest year with over 100,000 allocated between 58 local groups The regeneration of Croke Villas - working with Dublin s City Council to provide new social housing, a new entrance to Croke Park & a world class National Handball and new Community Centre for our neighbours

17 GAA Health Theme Days All Ireland Football/Hurling Semi- finals in Croke Park Partnership with Health Service Executive Full house 82,300 Healthy Club volunteers participate Campaigns achieved social media audience reach of circa 1,097,056

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19 Workplace Wellbeing Staff Cycle - In k donated to GAA s 5 official charities

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