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. 

Cork Counselling Services

The Counselling Centre at No 7 Father Mathew Street in the heart of Cork City, has been providing affordable community counselling for nearly 25 years. Clients who visit the centre, some of them young children, come for many reasons e.g. bereavement. sexual or institutional abuse, depression, domestic violence, crisis pregnancy, illness, panic attacks and anxiety.

Our Mission

Our mission is to ensure that counselling is available to everyone in the community, regardless of ability to pay, sex, religion, background or sexual orientation. Clients can often only afford to pay €1 or €5, which means that we have to subsidise the remianing costs through income from our Training Institute and fundraising.

Support our Run Against Suicide fundraiser with the Evening Echo Minimarathon

Our Schools Suicide Prevention project works with Transition Year students.  Using creative materials and media such as chart songs, graffiti walls and real life stories, counsellors support students while they raise the issue of mental health, encourage ways of expressing difficulties; looking at the risk factors and triggers to watch for among friends. They also look at the impact of suicide on family and friends. Most importantly the explore what to do and where to turn if feeling isolated and depressed.

Cuan Mhuire

Cuan Mhuire offers a comprehensive, structured, abstinence based, residential programme to persons suffering from alcohol, other chemical dependencies and gambling.

Cuan Mhuire was founded by Sr. Consilio in 1966. It is a registered charity which is the main provider of treatment for alcohol and drug addiction for the entire island of Ireland. Approximately 2,500 people are treated for addiction in our centers in Ireland every year.

The 40th anniversary of the founding of Cuan Mhuire was celebrated over the first weekend of September 2006. The President Prof Mary Mac Aleese opened a major new facility in St. Josephs House to help victims of addiction. The President gave an inspirational address, highlighting amongst other things the importance of changing our attitudes to what is becoming a culture of excessive consumption of alcohol.

Cuan Mhuire is inspired by the belief that each person is of eternal value and that there is no such thing as a 'hopeless case'. Its treatment is not only geared towards the individual's addiction, but also towards the recovery of the whole person and the restoration of his/her dignity, self-respect and sense of responsibility. Cuan Mhuire has its own unique programme, developed and perfected by Sr. Consilio and her staff over the last forty years.

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.

Huntingtons Disease Association of Ireland

Irish Association of Supported Employment (IASE)

IASE (Irish Association of Supported Employment) is a national voluntary organisation which was established in February 1994 with the aim of promoting and developing employment and supported employment for peole with disabilities through out Ireland. In 2010 IASE is the representative voice of almost 900 members in Ireland, who in turn are working with over 5,000 people with disabilities.

Parkinson's Association of Ireland (PAI)

• The Parkinson's Association of Ireland (PAI) is a support organisation for the 8,000+ people with Parkinson's in Ireland.

• The PAI is very young, however the work, support and initiatives required of are very varied - and ever-increasing, as more and more people are diagnosed with Parkinson's.

• For more information, advice or details on fundraising activities, email: info@parkinsons.ie / or freephone 1800 359 359

Praxis Care

Providing care and support services throughout the UK and Ireland for adults and children with learning disability, mental ill health, acquired brain injury and dementia. 

Rape Crisis and Sexual Abuse Counselling Centre Sligo, Leitrim and West Cavan

The Rape Crisis and Sexual Abuse Counselling Service Sligo, Leitrim and West Cavan provides a safe, confidential space where survivors of sexual violence, their family and friends can access counselling, support, advocacy and information. The term sexual violence includes rape, sexual assault, child sexual abuse, pornography, prostitution, trafficking and sexual harrassment of any form.  We also provide education and awarenss raising within our local communtiy on issues in relation to sexual violence. For further information or assistance please call 1800 750780

Samaritans Dublin Branch

What ever you are going through, whether you think it is big or small, you don’t have to bottle it up. Samaritans is available 24 hours a day to provide confidential emotional support for people who are experiencing feelings of distress or despair, including those which may lead to suicide.

SERVE

SERVE is a development and volunteering organisation committed to tackling poverty in the developing world. We strive to do this by working in solidarity, service and partnership with marginalised and oppressed communities, empowering them to tackle the root causes of poverty and injustice. SERVE focuses specifically on programmes and projects that help communities enhance the lives of children and young people and recognises that gender equality is pivotal to achieving justice, equality and sustainable development.

The first volunteer group went to the Philippines after 6 months of ideating and planning in 2003. This 12 member group were placed with the local partners for 6 weeks and were involved with building projects and other community work. Today, we have established local partners in Brazil, South Africa, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, India, Thailand and the Philippines. SERVE is now not only involved with volunteering programmes but also designs and delivers development education workshops for schools, youth groups and different community groups. SERVE mainly works for enhancing the lives of youth and women and for positive outcomes for gender. We support the Millennium Development Goals and constantly innovate ways to raise funds for our partners in the developing world.

www.serve.ie

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.

SOSAD Ireland

SOSAD Ireland is a registered charity based in Drogheda and Navan that aims to give help, support, advice and information to anyone in the North East who is or may be affected or concerned about suicide.