Le Chéile is a programme encouraging personal skill development for proactive student-to student assistance and intervention. The programme runs for five weeks, bringing together qualified experts, both internal and external to UCC.

This skills-based programme was developed in response to various issues students encounter and is tailored to the bystander model of safe, effective intervention. It engages students in a shared learning experience to proactively recognise and respond to peers who are struggling and how to intervene in various situations. Over the 5 weeks, Le Chéile covers:

• Week 1: Mental Health and Wellbeing with Tom Tate (Why Mind) and Active Listening with UCC Counselling
• Week 2: Bystander Intervention with UCC Bystander Intervention 
• Week 3: Suicide Awareness with Cork Samaritans
• Week 4: Drugs and Alcohol with Cork Local Drugs & Alcohol Task Force
• Week 5: Student Feedback Session with UCC Chaplaincy