Annacurra GAA club have been one of 18 clubs selected across Ireland to take part in a Healthy Club initiative. We are one of four representatives from Leinster.

We would be interested in getting your views on this initiative, and we would encourage everyone to take a couple of moments to complete this survey which we are carrying out.

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The health and wellbeing of members was firmly placed at the heart of GAA clubs at the launch of Phase 1 of the new GAA Healthy Club Project in Croke Park.
Uachtarán CLG, Liam Ó Néill, and Chief Medical Officer at the Department of Health, Dr. Tony Holohan, jointly launched the project, reflecting its collaborative nature between the GAA and the HSE. At its core, the project aims to assist GAA clubs in responding to the wide and varied health needs of their members, while extending that positive influence out to the wider communities they serve.
GAA clubs all over the world already provide great health benefits for their players, members and communities alike. Yet there exists continuous demand from clubs for guidance in many areas relating to health promotion including:
·        healthy eating and diet
·        drug and alcohol awareness
·        mental well-being and resilience development
·        suicide prevention and response
·        the promotion of health and wellbeing through physical activity
·        activities for older and non-playing members
“The GAA Healthy Club Project aims to highlight and re-enforce the great work already being done by clubs while assisting them in identifying and responding to the most important health issues amongst their membership and in their communities,” Liam O’Neill said at the launch.

“This collaboration is an extension of the long-standing partnership between the Health Sector and the GAA through the Association’s ASAP (Alcohol and Substance Abuse Prevention) Programme, and we hope this project will further assist clubs and their communities to respond to their health needs in a holistic way at grass roots level,” added Dr. Tony Holohan