Minding Creative Minds - the organisation dedicated to providing free, confidential mental health support to Ireland's creative community - have announced an exciting lineup of online filmmaking workshops taking place next month.

First up is the Meet & Greet on September 30. This informal monthly event acts provides attendees with a space to source information about MCM and their services in a welcoming, social environment.

On October 8 there's an opportunity to gain insights from filmmaker and industry expert Jo Schofield, who'll be hosting a Pitching skills for Screen Creatives Workshop. The following day on October 9, multi-award winning director, producer and non-fiction author Sinead O’Brien will host The Business of being a Film Creative.

On 15 October, experienced Script and Development Consultant Lena Byrne offers a workshop on Writing for Animation, before the final workshop on October 16 - Chair of the Writers’ Guild of Ireland Jennifer Davidson's discussion on Essentials for Screenwriters.

For more information or to register for any of the above workshops, click here.

MCM is 100% free and confidential, providing services for the Irish creative sector that include:

• Counselling service (12 support sessions)
• Specialist trauma and abuse counselling
• Legal assistance
• Financial assistance
• Specialist career focused Mentoring Programme
• Career focused Workshops and Masterclasses and more (see their upcoming events here)