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LADSMINDS founder & the idea
Caimin "32" Donlon, Founder of LadsMinds
First things first, I can't stress enough that we are not here to just tick a box for a company, we are not a front for anyone, we are just here to really connect and truly make a difference in the industry with the workers, and spread the new and here to stay "LadsMinds culture" on-site. We do this by being on-site ourselves as workers and knowing what actually goes on and what happens within.
I have been on-site for 17 years and seen most of it, if not all, we will change your look on life and how you look at your work mates, even the ones you don't feel so close to right now and maybe even dislike.
We will be more effective than any other Mental Awareness Campaign you have been to or seen. LadsMinds is about the workers on-site and that's what make us so effective, we can only be a good thing.
I have a vision, that might sound a bit cliché, but I’ve seen what the future on the construction sites can be, and that starts here with LadsMinds.
This campaign is to completely vanish the stereotype of the “hard man” construction worker. For all men and women on-site to be able to understand what’s on their own minds and take the weight of their own shoulders and to listen to their colleagues and not exactly understand but just be a friendly non-judgmental ear.
I know there is a lot to do with mental health in the world right now, so Why have I started this? And What makes us different? You might ask…
I’ve been in some very deep places during my time in construction and never felt like I had any support or anyone to turn to. I know what it is like and where it can lead. When I read the statistic of suicides in construction, I was not even that shocked as I have thought about it before myself. My first reaction was, I need to do something I need to help!
I believe that whereas there is a lot of metal health campaigns, none of them are directed to the workers on-site. Most of the help gets brushed aside. By the time it gets to the bottom…the workers….it has filtered down if not disappeared. It’s mostly all just for show. I have been there and still am, so I know. We also matter and we deserve to be heard.
We, as workers, do so much building out on-site so let’s start building each other up.
LadsMinds has created something special and unique here, all its going to take is some more noise and for companies to make us happen and show their commitment on this subject.
So all you workers out there come with me in this journey and change the industry with us and join the 'Ladsminds Culture"
I'm just trying to think outside the box. I know people over the years that have taken their life due to the pressures we go through. the pressures won't ever go away. it's the way the business is.. but we can help people handle it and create a nicer safer culture around the sites, the "Ladsminds culture". Where people want to come to work and want to do a bit and want to help..Guarantee we will see suicide rates going down and productivity going up!
We spend more time with each other on site than we do with our families. So why not treat each other like we are family?? It's in all our family's interest to come home safe and with a real smile on your face!