Ms Celine Kennelly:

I thank Mr. Staunton. I will return to the topic of mental health, wellness and the need for cultural competency and support. We in San Francisco have established the first men's shed in the US. We know that men communicate and access services differently to women. We are moving forward in making sure that our mental health community is served through men talking, shoulder to shoulder. The shed started two months prior to the pandemic and very quickly pivoted to being an online resource for our community.

In their internal conversations, they are working on men's mental health programming for the San Francisco and bay area Irish communities. This is something we will be sharing with all of the centres as part of our best practice in supporting centres. As we start to figure out how best to care for the mental wellness of our gentlemen, other centres will be able to replicate the programming.