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5-19th January 2024 | Co. Dublin
PROGRAMMING POLICY
First Fortnight is a charity-based organisation with the expressed aim of challenging mental health prejudice through the creative arts. We believe the arts allow us to create a space where people can talk about mental health issues in a non-scripted manner. Once that conversation has begun, we hope this will then help to change people’s perceptions about an issue that affects us all with one in four of us set to experience a mental health problem at some point in our lives. With that in mind, we hope to make the First Fortnight of each year synonymous with mental health awareness, challenging prejudice and ending stigma.First Fortnight TEAM
| Chief Executive Officer | Maria Fleming |
| Therapeutic Services Manager | Iniekio Emily |
| General Manager | Grace Kelly |
| Festival and Volunteer Coordinator | Daniel Culleton |
CONTACT DETAILS
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Address
12-13 Earl Street South
Dublin
Co. Dublin Telephone
+353 (0)1 598 6263
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