- Social Entrepreneurs Ireland Impact Award 2016
- Creative Ireland Award 2018
- Social Innovation Fund Ireland Award 2018
- Lifetime membership UCD Psychological Society (conferred 2018)
- Google Impact Award Challenge 2019
- Mental Health Media Award 2019
- Sockies Gold award for Best Social Media for an NGO
- Sockies Silver award for Fuck Covid19
CAREERS
Are you passionate about the mental health of our future generations?
If so, then come join us! Our mission is to empower and educate all young people in Ireland through early preventative mental health programmes driving positive changes in their lives and our world. We have spent the last few years focused on the development & phased launch of our primary school wellbeing and resilience programme, now available for junior infants – 6th class pupils.
Take a look at the exciting roles we have available:
Head of Fundraising and Events
The new role of Head of Fundraising and Events will be responsible for developing and implementing a comprehensive fundraising strategy to support the charity’s mission. This role will also oversee the planning and execution of key flagship events to raise awareness and funds for our cause.
Dublin
Permanent / Full Time
Fundraising and Events Executive
The role involves securing funding through Trusts, Foundations, and Grants, overseeing public fundraising activities, and supporting the administration and logistics of major events such as The Rising and Sound Supper.
Dublin
Permanent / Full Time
Programme Administrator
We are seeking a highly motivated, detail-oriented, and innovative programme administrator to support the development, delivery and roll out of A Lust for Life’s primary and secondary Schools Programmes. The programme administrator will be responsible for supporting the day-to-day operations of the programmes, supported by A Lust for Life’s Head of Programmes. This person will work well as part of a team but also independently, this role will provide fantastic opportunities to develop creative, organisational, administrative, and project management skills.
Dublin City Centre
Permanent / Full Time
About Us
Award winning youth mental health charity with a focus on early prevention education. The impact we wish to achieve is to create a generational circuit breaker in how we talk about and treat mental health in Ireland, by giving children and young people tools and skills to enhance and protect their mental health from the earliest age
Our vision is a world where every child and young person mentally, emotionally and socially thrives.
Our Awards
Our Values:
- Head: We believe in the power of critical thinking informed by young people, science and research
- Heart: We feel passionately about positively influencing young people’s lust for life
- Guts: We are unafraid to challenge and to be disruptively creative in our solutions
