Alcoholics Anonymous
Tel: (01) 453 8998
Website: www.alcoholicsanonymous.ie
Alanon/Alateen
Website: www.al-anon-ireland.org
Gamblers Anonymous
Tel: (01) 872 1133
Website: www.gamblersanonymous.ie
Narcotics Anonymous
Tel: (01)672 8000
Website: www.naireland.org
Aware
10am- 10pm 7 days a week Providing support and assistance to people whose lives are affected by depression.
Tel: 1890 303 302
Website: www.aware.ie
Console
Supporting and helping people bereaved through suicide.
Tel: 1800 201 890
Website: www.console.ie
Irish Sudden Infant Death Association
Offers support to families bereaved by Sudden Infant Death and others affected by it.
Tel: 1850 391 391
Website: www.iol.ie/~isidansr/home.htm
Rainbows
A peer-support programme to assist children, youth and adults who are grieving a death, separation or other painful transition in their family.
Tel: (01) 473 4175
Website: www.rainbowsireland.com
St Vincent de Paul Society
Tel: (01) 838 6990
Website: www.svp.ie
It’s Your Money
Independent information on financial products and services to help you make financial decisions.
Website: www.itsyourmoney.ie
Age Action
Age Action Ireland is the national independent organisation on ageing and older people.
Tel: (01) 475 6989
Website: www.ageaction.ie
Alzheimer Society of Ireland
Offering direct access to practical information and emotional support for people with dementia, their carers, families and friends.
Tel: 1800 341 341
Website: www.alzheimer.ie
Bodywhys
Support for people affected by eating disorders.
Tel: 1890 200 444
Website: www.bodywhys.ie
Carers Association of Ireland
Tel: 1800 240 724
Website: www.carersireland.com
CURA
Offers support and help to those who are faced with a crisis pregnancy.
Tel: 1850 622 626
Website: www.cura.ie
Irish Cancer Society
Tel: 1800 200 700
Website: www.cancer.ie
Irish Patients Association
Tel: (01) 272 2555
Website: www.irishpatients.ie
Headway
Works with carers, families and individuals affected by Acquired Brain Injury.
Tel: 1890 200 278
Website: www.headway.ie
Mental Health Ireland
Promoting positive mental health and actively supporting persons with a mental illness, their families and carers.
Website: www.mentalhealthireland.ie
National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church in Ireland
Tel: (01) 505 3018
Website: www.safeguarding.ie
Faoiseamh Helpline
Faoiseamh is an organisation which provides telephone counselling and a counselling and psychotherapy referral service for people who have been sexually, physically, or emotionally abused by priests or religious. Our aim is to ensure that the people who contact us receive the best possible help and support in dealing with the events of the past.
Free access to a helpline staffed by experienced Telephone Counsellors. This operates on Mondays and Wednesdays from 11.00 am – 8.00 pm, and on Fridays from 11.00 am to 4.00 pm.
Tel: 1800 331 234
Website: www.faoiseamh.com
Connect
Connect is a free phone counselling service for any adult who has experienced abuse, trauma or neglect in childhood. The service is also available to partners or relatives of people with these experiences. With Connect you can talk in confidence with a trained counsellor who can listen or help with questions you have.
Connect is an out of hours service available Wednesday to Sunday, from 6-10pm.
Tel: 1800 235 235
Website: www.connectcounselling.ie
National Counselling Service
The HSE National Counselling Service (NCS) is for adults who were abused in childhood and was established in September 2000 in response to the recognition that a large number of adults had been abused as children while in care in State institutions in Ireland. The NCS offers confidential face to face counselling, free of charge, to adults who experienced physical, emotional, sexual abuse or neglect during childhood. Counselling is available at 60 locations throughout Ireland.
Tel: 1800 235 234
Website: www.hse-ncs.ie
Samaritans
Providing confidential emotional support for people who are experiencing feelings of distress or despair, including those which may lead to suicide.
Tel: 1850 609 090
Email: jo@samaritans.org
Turning the Tide of Suicide
Founded to raise awareness and funding to lower the suicide rates in Ireland through dedicated research, educational support and intervention in the problem of suicide in Ireland.
Website: www.3ts.ie
National Office for Suicide Prevention
Website: www.nosp.ie
Irish Association of Suicidology
The IAS set out to be a forum for all individuals and voluntary groups involved in any aspect of suicidology for the exchange of knowledge gained from differing perspectives and experiences.
Website: www.ias.ie
Pieta House
Pieta House offers a specialised treatment programme for people who have suicidal ideation or who participate in self-harming behaviours. In particular, this centre targets people who have already attempted to take their lives – often the forgotten people. This service is free of charge, but donations are welcome. The specialized treatment programme offers a comprehensive service aimed at individuals and their families who are affected by:
- Multiple suicidal attempts
- Suicidal ideation
- Continuous self-harming behaviours
Pieta House is open Monday, Wednesday, Thursday 9.00am – 8.00pm, Tuesdays, Fridays 9.00am – 5.00pm, Saturday 10am-2pm on Sunday on Call service 10.00am – 2.00pm
Tel: (01) 601 0000
Website: www.pieta.ie
Spunout
SpunOut.ie aims to guide young people through life with quality information, support and inspiration as well as providing a platform for young people to express their opinions, realise that they are not alone and get heard.
Website: www.spunout.ie
Childline
Childline is 24-hour service for children and young people up to 18 years.
Tel: 1800 666 666
Website: www.childline.ie
Teenline
Sometimes we can let things pile on top of us, it can be hard to figure a way out, talking may seem scary, but it helps when there’s someone there to really listen.
Tel: 1800 833 634
Website: www.teenline.ie
Barnardos
Barnardos supports children and families through providing a number of direct family support services located throughout the country.
Tel: 1850 222 300
Website: www.barnardos.ie
Parentline
Support, guidance and information on all aspects of being a parent.
Tel: 1890 927 277
Website: www.parentline.ie
