End the Silence is an annual series of events to raise awareness of the issues arising from growing up with alcohol harm in the home.
Understanding the intersection of alcohol and domestic abuse
Live webinar featuring presentations by:
- Jonathan Meddings, Policy and Engagement Manager at Monash Addiction Research Centre, Australia, and
- Charlotte Hazell-Caldwell, Head of Training & Development at the National Centre for Domestic Violence (NCDV)
Followed by a panel discussion including:
- Dr Michelle Walsh, CEO at Move Ireland
Childhood, interrupted
Official launch of wide-ranging AAI report on parental problem alcohol use and its harms to children
Chaired by Ailbhe Smyth, this free event marks the launch of the latest report from Alcohol Action Ireland (AAI) through its Silent Voices initiative.
Joining AAI CEO Dr Sheila Gilheany in the discussion will be:
- Michael Hennessy, Service Delivery Manager at Move Ireland,
- Elizabeth Donlon Fox, ISPCC, National Coordinator for Childline and
- Maria O’Dwyer of Prevention and Early Intervention Network.
Traumality – Irish premiere
Irish premiere of feature-length documentary challenging the way we understand mental health. Followed by panel discussion and Q&A session.
Traumality explores the growing evidence linking childhood trauma and adversity to many of the mental health diagnoses seen today. Through world-leading experts, lived experience, and emerging science, it examines why our mental health system remains rooted in a medical model, what a trauma-informed approach could look like, and what it might take to create a society that understands people not simply by what’s wrong with them, but by what’s happened to them.
Created by filmmaker Ton Mazzone, Traumality was born from his own lived experience of being failed by a mental health system that focused on diagnosis and symptom management, while rarely asking what had happened to the person behind the diagnosis.
Healing from the Traumas of Alcohol Harm
The webinar will bring together practitioners to explore supporting those affected by alcohol-related harm within the family.
Places are available for members of IACP, ICP and ACI. Please contact your organisation to register.