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Everybody goes through tough times
TV campaign featuring young people.
For PR Information please contact Sarah Gahan Tel: 087-6846088 (Download Campaign Picture)
Everybody goes through tough times in life and no matter what you are going through, you can be sure that somebody else has faced the same worries and problems. Tough times can be experienced at home, at school, within relationships and in our minds. Quite often people turn to alcohol, drugs, self-harm or develop eating disorders or addictions as ways of coping. Tragically and all too often, some people turn to suicide as a way of coping.
We believe that tough times are normal. If you don't go through them today, you might tomorrow, or next week, or next year. Perhaps your brother or cousin is having troubles right now?
No matter what the problem is, it's important to remember that there is always someone that can help. Even if it’s a problem that you’re not sure about, it’s better to ask for help or advice than to struggle on alone.
These are some of the issues the 'Tough Times' TV advert addressed for two weeks from June 19th, 2007
The ad was a partnership between Console, the 3Ts, the HSE National Office for Suicide Prevention, Kairos Communications and our good selves here at SpunOut.ie.
It featured young people sitting in a café to the backdrop of The Frank and Walters' song New York. The issues going through the people's heads include sexuality, relationships, depression and possibly suicide. SpunOut.ie Youth Editor Ian Howley is one of those in the ad and is one of the media spokespeople for the 'Tough Times' campaign.
At the end of the advert, viewers were pointed towards SpunOut.ie as a source of information, advice and contacts on where to go for help. We have also done radio and press campaigning and online marketing to support the campaign.
For PR Information please contact Ruairí McKiernan or Sarah Gahan
Related articles and links
Find out more about the Tough Times campaign.
Read Ian Howley's blog about the campaign.
Watch the Frank and Walters playing at the launch.
Watch the Hassle Merchants playing at the launch.
Everybody goes through tough times
Read SpunOut.ie Youth Editor, Marie Duffy's poem from the Tough Times launch.
Marie Duffy talks about the launch
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For PR Information please contact Sarah Gahan Tel: 087-6846088
