3Ts (Turn the Tide of Suicide)

3Ts (Turn the Tide of Suicide) is a registered charity (CHY15710) founded to raise awareness of the problem of suicide in Ireland and to raise funds to help lower suicide rates through dedicated research, educational support and intervention.  The 3Ts receives no government funding but relies solely on fundraising and donations.

The No. 1 killer of young men in Ireland is not cancer, nor is it road traffic deaths, it is Suicide. Over 600 people in Ireland are estimated to die through suicide annually, one in six suicide deaths are males under 25 years, one in four are males under 35 years.

Mental health budgets are cut. As the number of deaths by suicide has risen - up a staggering 43% in the first 3 months of 2009, 35% overall in the first 6 months of 2009 - Government funding to cope with prevention, intervention and the aftermath has decreased with a reduction of 12.5% in 2009 and further reductions of 5-6.5% reported during 2010. 

There is no dedicated statutory service for people in suicidal crisis so to fill this very real gap, the 3Ts joined with fellow charity, Console, to set up the 1LIFE Suicide Helpline Tel 1 800 24 7 100, Ireland's first dedicated Suicide prevention helpline providing crisis intervention counselling and other services. 

The more awareness we have as a community about this problem the more opportunities we create to lobby for change. 3Ts has been involved in a variety of successful awareness projects which we believe have contributed to bringing the problem of suicide to the public consciousness. 

ABACAS Drogheda

ABAILE (ABA in local education) is a local parent led charity for autism education whose aim is to transform through education the lives of children with autism and the lives of their families.

Established in 2002 by a group of parents, ABAILE now offers two core services:

• The Drogheda ABACAS School for children and young people with autism – This school was set up by the parent group ABAILE in 2003 and provides appropriate education for 22 children.

• Parent support, information provision, awareness building , advocacy and training.

We seek to unlock and maximise the potential of every child with autism through appropriate evidence based education

ActionAid Ireland

End Poverty. Together.

ActionAid Ireland is a member of ActionAid International, one of the world’s most respected development organisations working with over 20 million people in more than 40 countries in Africa, Asia and the Americas. Since ActionAid Ireland was founded in 1983, we have taken sides with poor people to end poverty and injustice working mainly with communities in Kenya, Malawi, Uganda, Cambodia, Nepal and Vietnam.

Through our Child Sponsorship programmes and our strong Irish supporter base, we are improving the lives of thousands of children and communities by helping them to secure their basic rights to food, water, shelter, medical attention and education. We believe that poor and marginalised people should shape and take responsibility for their own development by identifying and claiming their rights. We stand alongside them every step of the way by championing their rights through international campaigns on food rights, women's rights, HIV & AIDS and education.

The emphasis of all our work is on sustainable long term development and creating change that lasts. We work with over 2,000 international partners and with existing community organisations who know the people and the issues.  ActionAid also works in emergency situations providing immediate relief and setting up long-term projects that help communities rebuild their lives and reduce their vulnerability to future disasters and conflicts. We focus on the root causes of poverty and not just the results.

Africa Aware

Africa Aware is the funding body for the Likulezi Project .The Likulezi Project is an independent grassroots HIV/AIDS and Community Development project situated in the south east of Malawi, Central Africa. Malawi is one of the poorest countries in Africa, added to this is the devastation caused by the HIV/AIDS epidemic which further undermines an already fragile economy.

Barnardos

Barnardos supports children whose well-being is under threat, by working with them, their families and communities and by campaigning for the rights of children. Barnardos works with children who face barriers in reaching their full potential - barriers like poverty, abuse, neglect, bereavement or poverty. Our mission is to make Ireland the best place in the world to be a child. We also speak out for all children in Ireland through advocacy, policy and campaigning to ensure that Ireland is a country where all children are cherished equally.

Camphill Communities of Ireland

Camphill Communities of Ireland is part of an international movement that has been providing living and working opportunities for people with special needs for almost 70 years. From small beginnings by a group of war refugees in the north of Scotland, Camphill has now grown into an international organisation with more than 100 communities in over twenty countries.

In Ireland there are four large communities in the North and seventeen communities in the South. All ages and abilities are catered for by providing a nurturing home environment and stimulating work and social activities. This is achieved in a shared living setting, with largely voluntary workers and their families living together with people with special needs. The focus is on the development of the individual through realising their abilities and helping to manage the challenge of their disabilities.

Children’s Leukaemia Association

The Children’s Leukaemia Association is a registered Charity based in the Mercy University Hospital that supports and assists families whose children are being cared for in the Children’s Leukaemia Unit. We receive no government funding and rely entirely on voluntary contributions from the public. All donations we receive for the Children’s Leukaemia Association are used to benefit the children who suffer from Leukaemia, Cancer or other serious blood disorders. Our fund is also used for research, counselling and ongoing developments within our services as well as providing home from home accommodation for families who have to travel long distances while their child is being treated in the Unit. Each year we also send children (and a parent) who are finished treatment to Lourdes.

Concern Worldwide

Concern Worldwide is a non-governmental, international, humanitarian organisation dedicated to the reduction of suffering and working towards the ultimate elimination of extreme poverty in the world’s poorest countries.

What Concern does

Concern's mission is to help people living in extreme poverty achieve major improvements in their lives. Concern works with the poor themselves, and with local and international partners who share the organisation’s vision, to create just and peaceful societies where the poor can exercise their fundamental rights.

Coolmine Therapeutic Community

Coolmine Therapeutic Community (Coolmine) is a unique organisation in Ireland that works to support men and women become free of their addiction to drugs and alcohol. Since 1973, the organisation has supported clients and their families by offering a range of programmes comprising residential and day programmes, outreach services (prisons / communities), aftercare, education and employment initiatives. Each programme of care is tailored to the needs of the individuals, their families and their friends. Although our facilities are located in the greater Dublin area, we offer our services nationwide and work with approximately 270 clients per year, their friends and families.

COPE Galway

COPE Galway is a Galway based charity working in Galway to fight isolation. COPE Galway provides a range of support and services to people -

We provide a refuge and outreach support to women and children suffering from domestic violence, accommodation and move on support for men and women experiencing homelessness and sustenance and social supports for older people who wish to live in their own homes. 

The range of the work we do is vast - however all of our work is with people in Galway city and county who are experiencing some level of isolation. We are dependant more and more on the voluntary support we receive from individuals fundraising on our behalf.

-LETS HELP TOGETHER-

DeafHear.ie – Services for Deaf & Hard of Hearing People

DeafHear.ie is a charity organisation which provides services and supports to Deaf and Hard of Hearing people and their families. DeafHear provides a wide range of services including;

• Family Services

• Community Services

• Assistive Technology

• Hearing & Communication Therapy

• Information & Advice

• Mental Health & Deafness Clinics

These services are available through a national network of resource centres and outreach programmes.

Depaul Ireland

What our residents have to say

“Having someone believe in me has stopped me thinking I can’t do things and started believing and seeing that I can” – Mary 21, Drive Ahead participant”

"If I left prison, and didn’t have Tus Nua to come to, I would be dead or in the gutter now” – Angela 68, Tus Nua Resident

"Depaul Trust don’t judge me by the mistakes I have made, but by the person I am becoming” – Harry 61, Bluebell resident

What others say about us
"Aungier Street targets a group that is not well catered for by other services. It is very low threshold which means that people who have been barred from other services are able to stay there." – External Evaluator Jan ‘08

What we do
Depaul Ireland works in Dublin and Belfast to provide accommodation, outreach and training services to homeless and disadvantaged people. We now have 8 such services in Dublin, 4 in Belfast and a new service in Dungannon and work with over 1100 people a year. Depaul Ireland is about accepting the most marginalised people in Ireland into their services and working with them to create hope, opportunity and a more positive future. Sometimes this helps people turn their lives totally around, for others it is about being treated as human beings and being accepted for the small steps they make towards change.

Disabled Drivers Association of Ireland

The Disabled Drivers Association of Ireland (DDAI) is an organisation working for disabled people, promoting independence and equal opportunity through mobility, education and training. The organisations members are people with disabilities themselves.

DDAI operates its National Driving Assessment Centre at the DDAI Headquarters in Ballindine, Claremorris, Co. Mayo. The centre is equipped with the only Static Assessment Unit in the country and provides assessments to learners drivers, as part of driver rehabilitation or to benefit older drivers. Driving lessons in diversely adapted vehicles are given as part of an intensive programme of driving instruction.

The association operates a general information service on all disability issues and entitlements. The Disabled Drivers Association is accredited by the Department of Transport to issue the EU Disabled Persons Parking Card. This card is valid across all member states of the European Union.

Ability Enterprises

DDAI’s subsidiary Ability Enterprises operates from a purpose built accessible training entre. A large selection of assistive technology devices and software are available to assist those with visual impairment or dexterity and mobility loss Training Modules from FETAC Level 3 to Level 5 include: Communications, Office Procedures, Information Technology, Personal Effectiveness, Computer Applications and Work Experience.

Shopmobility Ireland

Through Shopmobility, DDAI provides of manual wheelchairs, powers wheelchairs and scooters to members of the public with limited mobility. This service is available without charge at DDAI/Shopmobility units at the Liffey Valley Shopping Centre, Clondalkin, Dublin 22; Dundrum Town Centre; Mahon Point Centre, Cork and the Whitewater Centre, Newbridge, Co. Kildare. Some volunteers also provide reduced Disabled Drivers Association services from these locations also.

Dublin Simon Community

For more than 35 years Dublin Simon has been providing real solutions to homelessness in the Greater Dublin area. While we are justly famous for our volunteer nightly soup run, we provide much more than an emergency response to homelessness. With 13 projects across the city and over 300 staff and volunteers our aim is to permanently move people back into a home of their own.

Dublin SPCA

The Dublin Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is Ireland’s largest, most progressive and innovative animal welfare organisation. Every year we rescue and rehabilitate thousands of sick and injured domestic animals and wildlife and place them in loving homes or return them to the wild.

We treat the animals that come into our care like our own family. We do all that we can to ensure a healthy and happy life for pets and wildlife. This philosophy is at the core of all that we do from medical treatment and rehabilitation to standing up for the rights of neglected and abused animals by lobbying for improved legislation and prosecution.

FLAC (Free Legal Advice Centres)

FLAC is an independent human rights organisation dedicated to the realisation of equal access to justice for all. To this end it campaigns on a range of legal issues but also offers some basic, free legal services to the public.

FLAC currently concentrates its work on four main areas: Legal Aid, Social Welfare, Credit & Debt and Public Interest Law. More information on our current work in all these areas is also available on our website.

Focus Ireland

Founded in 1985, Focus Ireland works to provide housing and homeless services to young people, adults, children and families who are homeless or are vulnerable to homelessness. The organisation works to make its vision – ‘Everyone has a right to a place they can call home’ – a reality for thousands of people every year.

Headstrong

Headstrong's vision is to create an Ireland where young people are connected to their community and have resilience to face challenges to their mental health. We are working to change how Ireland thinks about young people's mental health through the Jigsaw Programme of service development, through Research and Advocacy.

Homeless Child

Homeless Child believes that no child should live in poverty. In Rio de Janeiro, more than 7 million children are living on the street, faced with extreme violence, sexual exploitation, dire poverty and an ever increasing crack epidemic that kills every addicted child within 6-8 months.

Our projects give these children a chance for a home, an education, love and a future.

By building social networks which provide care, support and access to education, we work to strengthen the capacity of local communities and families through a network of locally based partnerships, and provide shelter and a family environment to those children who have no place to go.

By getting involved with Homeless Child you can help make a difference to the lives of Rio de Janeiro’s most vulnerable children.

Irish Motor Neurone Disease Association

Motor Neurone Disease is a progressive neurological condition affecting the central nervous system. It is an incurable disease that leaves people unable to do everyday things that rest of us take for granted, walking, talking and swallowing may become virtually impossible, yet the mind and senses remain intact.

The Mission statement of the Motor Neurone Disease Association is to encourage and promote the best methods of care, education, research and treatment for people living with Motor Neurone Disease throughout Ireland, contributing to worldwide efforts in research and development of treatment and to eventually live in a world free of MND. To establish and promote models of good practice in the delivery of specialised services to our clients, their families and carers, setting standards of excellence. To communicate widely knowledge of Motor Neurone Disease and related disorders, in order to raise awareness in the wider community.

The IMNDA is a small organisation relying heavily on fundraising in order to continue providing vital services to the MND community; such as financial assistance towards home help, specialised equipment on loan and home visiting by an MND Nurse Specialist.  Since its foundation 25 years ago, IMNDA has provided assistance to over 3,000 members, and has worked to promote a programme of integrated multidisciplinary care for the condition.

  As the association marks 25 years of care and research, it is the perfect time to take part in one special event and give to this worthy cause.  

Mega-bites Youth Café

Mega-bites Youth Café is the first, and only, youth café in Lucan. It was created by young people for young people. The café opens on Friday nights from 8-11pm providing a supervised, alcohol-free, drug-free, safe environment.

"First time I came, blown away straight away. The involvement and all, just amazing. The café is like home on a Friday night." (participant aged 16 years)

One Family

One Family works with some of the most marginalised families in Ireland,  providing a broad range of professional services in the areas of counselling, family well-being and parent mentoring as well as progression to training, education and employment. One Family supports people as they parent through times of family, work and life change, and those experiencing a crisis pregnancy. We know that every family is unique, and so we work in a family-centred way to bring about better lives for parents and their children. Our goal is to help people to gain the necessary skills to improve their lives for themselves and their children.

One in Four

One in Four is a charity that supports men and women who have experienced sexual violence during childhood.  We are a voice for people when they feel silenced. We provide psychotherapy care at individual, group, couples and supporter levels.  We lend practical support on a wide range of topics e.g. dealing with the justice system.  Recognising that difficult issues need to be tackled at a holistic level, we support public agencies with specialised advice, and we protect children and adults by reporting abuse, pioneering preventative treatments for perpetrators, and advising on policy development.

OPEN

Do you believe that children in one-parent families in Ireland should suffer disproportionately high levels of poverty? No? At OPEN, we don’t either. But one- parent families are four and half times more likely than anyone else to live in poverty. This means that families don’t have enough money to make ends meet. So almost one in five live in debt just to pay the bills and the same number go without basics like new clothes and proper heating. OPEN works to provide much-needed social and educational supports for one-parent families in their own communities. Through our network of local groups, more than 10,000 families are supported each year.

Ruhama

Established in 1989, Ruhama is a Dublin-based NGO which works on a national level with women affected by prostitution and other forms of commercial sexual.

Ruhama (Hebrew for renewed life) regards prostitution as violence against women and violations of women's human rights. 'Prostitution and the accompanying evil of trafficking for prostitution, is incompatible with the dignity and worth of every human being' - UN Convention 1949.

We see prostitution and the social and cultural attitudes which sustain it as being deeply rooted in gender inequality and social marginalisation.

Shine

Shine is the national organisation dedicated to upholding the rights and addressing the needs of all those affected by enduring mental illness including, but not exclusively, schizophrenia, schizo-affective disorder and bi-polar disorder, through the promotion and provision of high-quality services and working to ensure the continual enhancement of the quality of life of the people it serves.

Organisational Ethos
Shine believes that:

* People with severe enduring mental illness should at all times be accorded the rights, entitlements and opportunities available to any other member of society on an equal basis, and should be empowered to participate in the life of the community to the fullest possible extent;
* Families and carers, the majority of whom are the primary providers of mental healthcare in the community should be accorded full recognition and support by the institutions of the State, and be empowered to address their own needs;
* A history of mental illness should not be a cause of discrimination, stigmatisation or prejudice in any form, nor should it inhibit the right of the individual to equal access to training, education and employment/opportunities;
* We should foster a partnership and collaborative approach with all relevant agencies.

Objectives:

* To promote the development of parallel self help groups for people with psychosis and enduring mental illness and their family members and carers;
* To empower people with psychosis and enduring mental illness and their family members and carers through support, individual advocacy, information and education;
* To promote the right of all those affected by psychosis and enduring mental illness to person centered and appropriate services, which will support the process and goal of recovery;
* To engage in public awareness activities aimed at challenging discrimination and stigma, and advocating for the rights and needs of all those affected by psychosis and enduring mental illness;
* To campaign on behalf of all those affected by enduring mental illness to influence policy changes in the provision of mental healthcare services.

Sightsavers Ireland

Sightsavers' vision is of a world where no one is blind from avoidable causes and where visually impaired people participate equally in society.

Suicide or Survive

Suicide or Survive (SOS) is a registered Irish Charity that works to reduce the incidence of suicide in Ireland.

SOS challenges the stigma attached to mental illness and provides a range of educational and therapeutic programmes that increase the understanding of suicide, and plays an active role in its prevention in Ireland.

The charity believes in a society where every person understands their own mental health, where stigma has been replaced by a deep respect for the mental health of others, and where a person who is depressed or suicidal can get the in-depth support they need to cope and make the choice to live.

Sunday’s Well Life Centre

The Sunday’s Well Life centre is one of 4 Life Centres in Ireland.
Established in Cork in 2000, the Centre offers one-to-one education, counselling and support to early school leavers aged 12-16.

The Carers Association

When it comes to being cared-for there’s no place like home.
At any stage of life ordinary people can be visited by circumstances that require them to care for a relative: usually their spouse, parent or child. For reasons ranging from old age and frailty, diagnosis of chronic illness, an accident, or living with a physical or developmental disability, over 161,000 people in Ireland give care at home every day to somebody they love.

These people are Family Carers and they contribute more than €2.5 billion a year to Ireland’s social economy.

The Carers Association’s vision is to achieve a better quality of life for Family Carers by providing practical support, advice and training and by advocating for rights and entitlements and lobbying for Family Carers’ contribution to Irish society to be appropriately recognised.

The Multiple Sclerosis Society of Ireland

The Multiple Sclerosis Society of Ireland is the only national organisation working solely on behalf of people living with Multiple Sclerosis and thousands more who share their lives. MS Ireland provides a wide range of services and support that are often a lifeline for some 7,000+ people living with Multiple Sclerosis. Such services include the MS Helpline, a network of professional community workers and case workers throughout Ireland and the MS Care Centre. There is also an extensive branch network throughout Ireland, our 41 branches are run entirely by volunteers. The work of MS Ireland in providing this support for people living with Multiple Sclerosis is only made possible by the valuable assistance provided by a wide range of volunteers and supporters.

The SCOOP Foundation

Looking out for the little guy!

The Sick Poor Society Cork

This society is probably the oldest charitable society in Cork city. It was founded in 1853 and has it's roots in the terrible squalor of recurring epidemic diseases, severe food shortages and widespread misery and deprivation that were rampant during the famine years of late 1840s and early 1850s.

Since then, of course, social conditions have improved to the extent that the founding members of the society could scarcely have envisaged.  Although the growth of the welfare state has brought about great improvements in modern conditions, people in our community can very often become marginalized due to unexpected circumstances.  Families often find themselves under severe financial pressure due to unemployment, illness, bereavement, harmful addiction, separation, unequal access to opportunities and other forms of discrimination. 

The task of The Sick Poor Society is to reach out to families who are in these difficult circumstances and to provide them with material and other assistance. This work is undertaken on a voluntary basis and consequently, all monies are used solely for the benefit of needy families.  Administration charges of the society are less than 1% per annum.

Value Added In Africa

Teach someone to fish .......

Help them to sell the fish and they can send their daughter to school.

Value Added In Africa is a new Irish fair trade organisation which helps African producers to find buyers for their products in Ireland. We focus solely on fair trade value-added or processed goods as it is most effective at reducing poverty.

What do we do?

• We research what products are made in Africa.
• We bring that information to Irish companies, so that shops and supermarkets here will sell goods made in Africa.
• We facilitate the African producers in getting their products onto shop shelves here.

Because African people are employed processing the finished products, the greatest part of the value goes back to their communities. They earn a decent livelihood, and don't have to depend on aid.

We also ensure the companies operate responsibly, so you know their businesses do good for their staff and community.

We have recently received official recognition of our Charity Status from the Revenue Commissioner. Our CHY number is 18389. So if you are self-assessed for income tax, we can issue you with a receipt which is deductable against your tax. That way, your donation to us costs you less.  

See more about us and photos of some of the products on www.valueaddedinafrica.org

VSO (Voluntary Service Overseas)

Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) is an international development charity that works through experienced volunteers living and working as equals alongside local partners. It is the largest independent volunteer-sending organisation in the world.

Waterford Lions Club

Welcome to the Waterford Lions Club My Chraity.ie donation page.

Waterford Lions Club is an active community based group who support and arrange a wide variety of annual events as well as one off donations to worthy causes. Most people are aware of the Hamper Appeal- our annual Christmas Appeal that requires €100k to be raised annually, this appeal is done in conjunction with WLR FM.

There are many other events we fund during the year & 2010 will see the club fund a wide range of outings that include:

The Youth Ambassador Program- an International competition to find young people who contribute to their communities. The Waterford heats lead to district, national and international heats and in 2007 the Waterford entrant won the final- a great achievement for him.

Trabolgan Holiday- 20 well deserving guests are sent to Trabolgan for a weeks holiday during the summer. All costs are covered for them and in most cases this is the only holiday/break they will have

Old Folks Summer Outing – a group of 140 old folks have a day out in Dunmore East followed by Dinner and dancing in Faithlegg House Hotel.

Children’s Outing to Tramore- 4 schools for children with a learning disability are treated to a day at Tramore Amusements followed by lunch and entertainment

Old Folks Christmas Party- in December 350 guests are treated dinner and entertainment, all costs are covered including transport.

Christmas Visit to WRH – Santa visits the children’s ward of WRH with gifts for all.

Donations to Third World Charities- the club donated a percentage of its annual fundraising to Third World Charities, for example Houses for Boacoa.

 Birthday visits- club members make birthday visits to elderly members of the community. They bring a card & a small gift and most importantly spend time with them.