#195 | Dave Reid | Founder of Minding Creative Minds

A Couple of years ago we did a mindfulness episode where we identified a need for a mindfulness and wellbeing service on the island of Ireland. We felt that it was badly needed. In that time Minding Creative minds was founded and what an important service it is. Today we have the founder of MindingCreativeMinds.ie, Dave Reid to talk about its inception and progress. Roll camera, roll with the pros at #WeAreFni 72 hour shoot and screen festival FNI FAST FEST! 🎥🍿👀 Sign up to Join us at The Creative Arts and Screen Media faculty at Griffith College 25th/26th/27th of August for the main challenge weekend, brought to you by Arri International, Windmill Lane, Film Equipment Store & our kind hosts at the Creative Arts and Screen Media faculty at Griffith College. Visit https://wearefni.com/fastfest/ for more information and Tickets. In 2020 David Reid founded Minding Creative Minds which is a 24/7 wellbeing and support service for the Irish Creative Sector. His background is in the Music Sector. Dave co-founded the RTE Choice Music Prize project in 2006. This event honours the best Irish Album & Song annually in Ireland. Dave also manages music acts Robert Grace (signed to Sony Music, 2.9m followers on TikTok) and Shobsy Formerly board member of the First Fortnight Mental Health Arts Festival MSc in Marketing and an MA in Psychotherapy Minding Creative Minds offers access to the following Wellbeing and Support services for creative people in Film and Tv, aswell as people across the creative practices. • 24/7 Dedicated Phone Line (Phone 1800 814 244) (Calling from NI - 0800 0903677) (International 00353 15180277) • Counselling Service (Short term intervention / Up to 6 Sessions) • Telephone Counselling . Text ‘Hi’ to 087 3690010 for SMS / WhatsApp support with a psychotherapist We’re proud to support Minding Creative Minds here at Film Network Ireland. And will regularly be supporting their good work and will run an advert on our podcasts to raise awareness of their support structures on Wrapchat. Please visit https://mindingcreativeminds.ie/what-we-do/ If you enjoy our podcast and events why not deep dive into our back catalogue and pop over to support us on buymeacoffe.com/fni and become a member, to get the most out of FNI. FNI Wrapchat is Produced by PBL, @paulbutlerlennox Paul Webster @paulwebsterfilms and Edited and Mixed by Mark Monks @mark_monks99 in the heart of Dublin City Centre at the Podcast Studios. @thepodcaststudios Check out Film Network Ireland at https://wearefni.com/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/filmnetworkireland https://twitter.com/fni_film