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Mercury launches partnership with mental health charity Aware

14 Dec , 2020  

Mercury has formally announced its corporate partnership with Aware, a leading mental health charity in Ireland.

As part of this partnership, Mercury and Aware have committed to working together to promote awareness initiatives around the importance of helping to break down the stigma associated with mental health and to create increased awareness with the construction industry specifically.

Two members of Mercury’s Executive Management Team (EMT) Tony Duddy, Managing Director of Data Centres & Building Services and Joanne Cluxton, Group Human Resources Manager were joined by Aware’s Stephen Butterly, Head of Fundraising and Business Development and Drew Flood, Business Development Executive for a socially distanced partnership launch event outside Mercury’s Dublin Headquarters.

Mercury’s staff members, along with many other businesses and individuals across Ireland, took part in the Aware 5K run which took place in December.

This initiative forms part of ‘Our Planet, Our Duty’, the responsible business pillar of Beyond50, our five-year strategy. As part of the ‘Society & Community’ principle of ‘Our Planet, Our Duty’, Mercury is committed to engaging with the communities in which we are located. We strive to ensure our projects respond to the needs of the local community and address some of the environmental and societal challenges that impact them. As part of this initiative, Mercury will also be engaging in further partnerships across the regions in which we are located.

Aware undertakes to create a society where people affected by stress, depression, bipolar disorder and mood related conditions are understood, supported, free from stigma, and are encouraged to access appropriate therapies.