Community and voluntary representatives from across Northern Ireland were joined by former Ulster and Ireland rugby star as they gathered outside the Northern Ireland Office Headquarters in protest,
It comes as groups warn about the serious implications of cuts to mental health provision within schools as organisations have been forced to issue staff with protective redundancy notices.
As representatives from the orgnaisations tried to hand in a letter to the Secretary of State, they were initially refused access to the building before a Civil Servant was sent out to accept the letter on his behalf.