Sharing the Vision is Ireland’s national mental health policy. It sets out a ten-year plan to transform how mental health services are delivered. In Ireland, one in four people will experience a mental health difficulty at some point in their lives. Sharing the Vision aims to ensure mental health services are person-centred, rights-based, and focused on recovery.
Mental Health Reform worked in partnership with people with lived experience to co-create this video about Sharing the Vision. The video shows what the policy means in everyday life for people who use mental health services. Rather than focusing on policy language and recommendations, it explores where progress is being felt, where positive change is visible, and where there is still work to do.
The video is available in 12 languages, including Irish Sign Language. From the beginning, our aim was to make the video as accessible and inclusive as possible, reflecting the diversity of people and communities across Ireland who engage with mental health services.
We work collaboratively with all stakeholders, with a strong focus on the active involvement of people with lived experience, as well as their families, friends, carers, and supporters. We are especially committed to listening to voices that have too often not been heard, because inclusive policy starts with inclusive participation.
Irish Sign Language (ISL)
ISL & subtitles
Irish
Mandarin
Polish
Ukrainian
Bulgarian
Lithuanian
Portuguese
Romanian
Arabic
Russian
Co-creation is a collaborative approach where people with lived experience, practitioners, and decision makers work together as equal partners to design services, policies, and communications. This approach reflects the core principles of Sharing the Vision, which places lived experience at the heart of mental health service design and delivery. Co-creation helps build trust, relevance, and real impact by grounding mental health initiatives in people’s everyday lives.
