Win €1,000 and a school wellbeing support package from Walk in My Shoes (WIMS).
We have some very exciting news for schools! We’ve opened applications for our 2024 Mission Possible school achievement awards that celebrate the work schools in Ireland do to promote positive mental health, both in schools and the wider community.
Mission Possible is an initiative for primary schools, secondary schools, and further education training centres (including Youthreach) all across Ireland.
Running since 2017, these awards aim to promote positive mental health and wellbeing in schools and communities.
For this year’s competition, we have something extra special for our champions – the winners receive a dedicated mental health and wellbeing support package, a role as WIMS School Ambassador, as well as a €1,000 cheque towards their school’s wellbeing initiatives. The winner of our secondary school category will also get a place for a student on our 2025/26 Transition Year (TY) Programme.
All schools have to do to enter is tell us about a mental health and wellbeing initiative they are running and what event, activity or initiative they would organise with the prize money.
There are more details on how to enter and what our winners will receive below.
How to enter the awards
Tell us what you’re doing
Highlight one specific initiative or one wellbeing event and programme in your school and upload it to our School Portal. Let your creativity shine!
Tell us what you want to do
Fill out our short application form detailing how you would use the €1,000 prize and the WIMS School Support Package, which includes a wellbeing pack and up to four hours of consultation with our team, to continue advancing your school’s commitment to wellbeing. We want to know how you plan to keep the focus on wellbeing in your school and why we should choose your school as our winner, by highlighting one key initiative or programme you want to carry out in 2025!
The deadline for applications has now been extended until Wednesday, 4 December 2024.
Our exciting 2024 Mission Possible prizes
Each category winner for our 2024 awards will receive prize money of €1,000, along with the WIMS School Ambassador role and WIMS School Support Package. The secondary school winner also receives a place on our TY Programme in the 2025/26 school year. Runners-up will receive prize money of €500.
The winners will be announced at an awards ceremony in February 2025, with the awards in the categories below.
- Primary school.
- Secondary school.
- Further Education Training Centre (including Youthreach programmes).
We’ll also be celebrating every school who enters with a certificate of participation.
A unique year for the awards
Since 2017, our Mission Possible awards have highlighted school achievements from across Ireland. We’re delighted to launch a special year for these awards.
Sinead O’Kelly, Mental Health Promotion Manager with WIMS, explains more about the positive contribution schools can make towards young people.
“Schools are in a unique position to reach young people and have a powerful opportunity to support young people’s social, emotional, psychological and physical health.”
“Wellbeing and learning go hand in hand and everyone in the whole-school community has a role to play in supporting and promoting youth mental health and the wellbeing of all members of the school community.”
Sinead also explains the further impact it is hoped that schools can make with the prizes on offer through Mission Possible, adding that “we’re excited to expand the competition this year with the WIMS Ambassador and WIMS School Support Packageso we can continue to make a positive contribution to schools’ mental health and wellbeing initiatives. We are excited to work closely with the winning schools to further enhance the promotion of positive mental health in young people in schools and communities.”
If you have any questions about Mission Possible, please email info@walkinmyshoes.ie.
