A Lust For Life
Rising Minds
A new secondary school programme that provides practical skills and tools to help young people navigate the complexities of life by building emotional literacy, empathy, self-compassion, and communication.
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About A Lust For Life

A Lust for Life is an award-winning Irish mental health charity driven by a mission to educate and empower young people to take care of their minds through early mental health education programmes. Over the last number of years we have been working towards this mission to equip young people with the skills and tools to manage their mental health by developing and rolling out a primary schools mental health education programme. The A Lust For Life Primary Schools Programme is a free of charge 10 week teacher-led programme which aims to build resilience, increase wellbeing and enhance the emotional literacy of Junior infants to 6th class school children and has reached 50% of Irish primary schools.

Rising Minds

Now, we are growing this impact up into post-primary schools. Introducing the Rising Minds Programme, a brand new secondary schools programme developed by teachers and guidance counsellors, psychological experts, and young people.
This evidence-informed programme captures the heart of mental fitness: growing stronger through challenge, rising to meet life with skill, managing emotions, building positive relationships, and nurturing minds that are compassionate, capable, and resilient.
Over the course of 10 flexible teacher-led lessons that are anchored in empowering language, creative storytelling, and age-appropriate neuroscience, teachers can empower young people with the skills and tools to understand and manage their wellbeing, while delivering a programme that supports the JCPA and Junior Cycle Wellbeing Guidelines.
Our aim is for the programme to support young people throughout their secondary school lives, starting in 1st year and working our way up to 6th year, and November 2025 marks an exciting milestone in this journey as we launch the pilot of our 1st year programme with +1,000 young people around Ireland.
If you would like to deliver the Rising Minds programme in your school please complete a registration form to join the waiting list.
1st Year Registration Form

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How You Can Support The Programme
We want to make sure that every student in Ireland can take part in the Rising Minds Programme which is why our programme is free of charge to schools. In order to continue growing the programme content and growing the programmes reach across Ireland we need your support. Please come on this journey with us as we begin to provide the future generations of Ireland with the wellbeing tools to manage their own minds.
Support The Programme