Thrive Connemara is encouraging the establishment of the Connect Café Movement
It has reached out to local stakeholders, partners, and volunteers to invite them to host a Connect Café in their own area this spring.
Connemara is seen as an area where such an initiative could play an important role in the community as distance and rural isolation are associated with loneliness.
Thrive is an international movement that supports communities through engagement and activities that build and nurture mental health and wellbeing.
It is shaped and led by the community and supported by Mental Health Ireland.