It started as an after-school club to try and help young people understand their mental health and within a few short years, an established charity was born to bring about real change in mental health in Northern Ireland starting with education.
Matthew Taylor, co-founded Pure Mental when he was 17 in school with his friend Jay Buntin, to try and tackle what they believed was one of the root causes of poor mental health in young people and that was lack of education and understanding.
Now a registered charity, the 20-year-old has already made a huge impact in the sector with plans to do much more including legislative changes to bring mental health education into the classroom from primary one. Speaking to Belfast Live, Matthew explained how Pure Mental was born and how he seeks to bring about real change in Northern Ireland for young people.
