Isle Listen

Supporting young people’s mental health on our Island

We aim to equip the Island’s young people with the skills and resilience to navigate the mental health and emotional challenges of 21st century life through education, early intervention and prevention skills.

Your organisation might have a first-aider. But does it have a mental health first-aider?

Become the support your people need with our mental health training courses, tailored to the requirements of your organisation and delivered by Isle Listen’s expert Wellbeing Solutions team.

Parent, Carer and Teacher Drop-Ins

Do you have worries, concerns or unanswered questions about a young person’s mental health? We offer regular drop-ins at our centres in Douglas and Castletown, where you can chat to members of our schools and therapeutic teams.

Supporting the Island’s mental health

Through early intervention and prevention, we support children and young people up to the age of 25 via our educational programme in schools and one-to-one therapeutic support. We also provide a suite of wellbeing solutions to businesses and community groups to support a variety of issues including mental health training, an employee counselling service and workplace wellbeing audits.

How we’ve helped so far

How we help

Mental health training

We equip people with the skills and resources to support someone struggling with their mental health.

Our work in schools

In-school mental health support and educational programme to meet schools’ needs for children, teachers and parents.

Employee Counselling Service

A confidential employee benefit providing counselling support and advice on issues that might be impacting employee wellbeing and performance.

Supporting parents & carers

As part of our work in schools, we help support parents and carers support children’s mental health with sessions throughout the year.

Why what we do is important

We firmly believe that mental health education should be embedded from an early age and that everyone should have access to effective mental health support at the point of need, not the point of availability

Get involved!

There’s lots of ways you can support us to remove the stigma surrounding mental health whether that’s taking part in an event, fundraising for us or involving your company.

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Our amazing fundraiser’s Hall of Fame

Tough Mucka Junior & ManXgames 2024

20th of July 2024 saw 140 of the island’s kids chase each other down through Poulsom Park, over hay bales, through tyres, under nets over walls and scramble nets and down the oldest road on the island, through the Silverburn, over some muddy mounds and through a maze of…

Utmost, Tough Mucka Champions elect?

Juan & Meg and went up to Utmost today, to catch up with Dee Marchant who has rallied the Utmost troops ready for the Tough Mucka Battle. 5 Teams at the ready, with some highly imaginative names to boot! Team Trinity Common as Muck Small, Medium, Large Underdogs The…

Tin Baths 2024

It was possibly the sunniest day in 5 months, the air smelt of pure factor 50 as the Manx public lined the quayside of our ancient capital. In the shadow of my gggggggggggggggg grandfather’s homestead, Isle listen and Castletown Ale Drinkers, ( CADS ) linked arms and dove straight…

Deep South Festival 2023

Every summer, when the sun finally cracks through the winter, you will find The Deep South Festival team getting themselves ready for a full on summer of music, sun and sand. Chris Carr, and Linda and David Kneale work tirelessly throughout the year ensuring the island has top notch entertainment…

Post War Stories – Music & Mental Health

Way back in May we were honoured to be the centre of a very special moment in Manx music. At Noa’s newly opened bakery/brewery/music venue, Post War Stories turned it up to 10 and turned back the clock with a stunning set of new songs from the latest Album, a…

The Mighty Lighthouses Challenge

The fantastic support for this annual sporting event was repeated once again for this year, as hundreds of cycling enthusiasts descended upon the ancient capital to take on the Mighty Lighthouses Challenge. The weekend kicked of with the family friendly Saturday event event, with younglings in super popular the Pedal…

Tough Mucka 2023

Isle Listen are so thankful to all the incredible brave souls who took on our inaugural Tough Mucka course last month! We have had a number of heroes who took photos on the day and are more than happy to share with you guys. See slideshow and also a link…

Junior Parish Walk Superstar

Cameron Kinley from Scoill Phurt le Moirrey / Port St Mary School, completed the Junior Parish Walk in July, finishing 12th of 69 finishers.Cameron chose to raise money for Isle Listen by asking friends and family to sponsor him to compete the walk. He really enjoys the Mental…

Night of Snooker Fundraiser

Douglas Snooker Bar – IOM recently held a silent auction during their snooker exhibition event with 100% of the proceeds donated to Isle Listen. A Night of Snooker with top professional Mr Mark Allen who is currently ranked 3rd in the world was held at their Snooker Bar on…

Discover Isle of Man are the best, every day of the Year!

Kim Tastagh is an incredible supporter of Isle Listen, and over the years has volunteered his time and his skills to produce amazing imagery for us at our sea dips and many other events. Every year he donates a cut of the profits made for the Discover Isle of Man…

Sea Dip for Your Sanity, Port Erin, 2023

Isle Listen held their 5th Sea Dip for your Sanity on Sunday, with over 200 participants enjoying the incredible weather!

3 friends embark on a 100 mile ride to raise money for Isle Listen

Ride London started as an Olympic legacy event in 2012 and is now the UK’s biggest sportive which starts and finishes in central London featuring a loop of Essex. Mark Harvey, James Gowans and Ed Walter decided to take on this challenge as a way to increase their fitness and spend…

Sammy’s Tae Bo-nanza!!!

An incredible turnout to support Sammy MacDonald’s Fundraising Tae Bo for Isle Listen!Sammy is one of our dedicated group of runners taking on the Dublin Marathon for Isle Listen this year. Donna Whalley and her team graciously gave up their time and earnings to host this event at Nobles Park…

Pride at UTMOST raises valuable funds for mental health

UTMOST supported the cause in June with a Pride day in their Onchan office. The enthusiastic team set about their mission with a bake sale, bottle raffle and a Pride themed day around the office. Their amazing contribution to support the battle for positive mental education and inclusivity combined, raised…

Raymond Raven Soars to Rushen!

FC Isle of Mans very own Raymond Raven, took the Parish Walk by the scuff of the neck, played a blinder and got a hatrick by getting all the way to Rushen on the hottest day of the year. When asked about the day, Raymond said, ‘Sqwark sqwark sqwark, sqwark’. What a bird! Raymond raised £533.31p for his efforts, a leader of the highest standards. Nice one Raymond and goooooooooooooooo Ravens!

Isle Listen Gymathon – Evolution Gym

Evolution Gym helped us launch our 2023 Gymathon Campaign, and we are truly amazed by the support from their team and wonderful clients #gainsforbrains. They kicked off on the morning of the 17th June at 7am and tag teamed all day through to 7am the following morning, everyone giving it their all, even at 2,3 and 4am!!! Incredible support, without which we wouldn’t be able to provide our work in the islands schools, where our practitioners work tirelessly to ensure our young people have a safe space to explore their emotional wellbeing.

Isle Listen Gymathon – V2 Gym

V2 Gym helped us launch our 2023 Gymathon Campaign in June this year, raising over £2000 by engaging its members to work out for 24 hours! From 7am till 7am the following day, their members sweated and panted their way and smashed their way to their 2K target. The amazing…

The Mitre Hotel Pre-loved Clothes Sale raised an incredible £600

Our amazing supporters at The Mitre Hotel in Ramsey held a pre-loved clothes sale during May 2023 as part of their charitable fundraising schedule for this year.

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Expedition Limitless Arctic Circle trek

Not for the faint-hearted! A once-in-a-lifetime adventure undertaking a 110km snowshoe trek into the Arctic Circle to fundraise £50,000 for Isle Listen.

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Jack Freeman takes on the 95-mile Raad ny foillan

Let us introduce the amazing Jack Freeman, a Fantastic Fundraiser who will be running the 95-mile Raad ny foillan in September in aid of 5 charities close to his heart, including Isle Listen.

Support Jack