Walk In My Shoes

Walk in My Shoes (WIMS) is the flagship awareness-raising and education campaign of St Patrick’s Mental Health Services (SPMHS).

We work to promote positive mental health, tackle mental health stigma and change how people, particularly young people, think about mental health.

We were first established in 2012 when a young man in SPMHS said he wished his friends could walk in his shoes to understand how he was feeling. Since then, thousands of people from across Ireland have gotten involved, with children and young people, their teachers, parents and guardians at the forefront of starting a very important conversation about mental health.

We run a number of campaigns and events throughout the year to promote positive mental health, and there are tonnes of ways that you can get involved.