Voluntary Mental Health Organisations in Ireland

Information:
There is a range of voluntary organisations in Ireland that promote positive attitudes to mental health and provide services to people suffering from mental illness. The following organisations are the major ones; most of whom have local branches.

Mental Health Ireland
Mental Health Ireland (MHI) is a national voluntary organisation that aims to help those who are mentally ill and to promote positive attitudes to mental health.
Mental Health Ireland
Mensana House
6 Adelaide St.
Dun Laoghaire,
Co. Dublin.
Tel: 01 284 1166.
E-mail: info@mentalhealthireland.ie

AWARE
AWARE is a voluntary organisation that aims to provide support group meetings for people with depression and manic depression and their families.
AWARE,
72 Lower Leeson Street,
Dublin 2.
Tel: 01 661 7211
loCall helpline: 1890 303 302
Email: info@aware.ie
Website: www.aware.ie

GROW
GROW is a mental health organisation which helps people who have suffered, or are suffering, from mental health problems. Members are helped to recover from all forms of mental breakdown, or indeed, to prevent such happening.
GROW,
Ormonde Home,
Barrack Street,
Kilkenny.
GROW Infoline: 1890 474 474
Website: www.grow.ie
Email: info@grow.ie

Schizophrenia Ireland
Schizophrenia Ireland (SI) is the national organisation dedicated to advocating for the rights and needs of those affected by schizophrenia and related illnesses and to promoting and providing best quality services for the people it serves. There are 31 support groups of parents and relatives around the country which meet on a monthly basis to discuss issues around schizophrenia and provide information and support for all.
Schizophrenia Ireland
38 Blessington Street Dublin 7.
Tel: (01) 860 1620
Fax: (01) 860 1602
Helpline: 1890 621 631 (local call charge)
E-mail: info@sirl.ie

Out and About:
The Association for Phobias in Ireland Out and About (OANDA) is the national organisation for sufferers of agoraphobia.
Out and About,
140 St Lawrence's Road,
Clontarf,
Dublin 3.
Tel: (01) 833 8252.

Samaritans
The primary aim of Samaritans is to be available at any hour of the day or night to listen to and befriend those experiencing personal crises and those in imminent danger of taking their own lives. All contact is in complete confidence. Samaritans have 20 branches throughout Ireland. You can make contact by telephone, email and in some branches by calling in personally to speak with someone in confidence.
Samaritans,
112 Marlborough Street,
Dublin 1.
Tel: (01) 872 7700
Callers can phone the local number or use 1850-60-90-90.
E-mail:jo@samaritans.org

Alcoholics Anonymous
Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other in order to overcome their alcoholism and help others to recover from alcoholism. Alcoholics Anonymous is an international organisation and has branches throughout Ireland. You can contact the Irish head office as follows for information on your nearest branch:
Alcoholics Anonymous,
General Service Office,
109 South Circular Road,
Leonard's Corner,
Dublin 8.
Tel: (01) 453 8998 or (01) 453 7677
Tel: (01) 679 5967 or (01) 6796555 (After Hours 6:30p.m.-10p.m. Mon - Fri., 10a.m. - 10p.m. Sat. and Sunday)
E-mail: ala@indigo.ie

Bodywhys
Bodywhys is an organisation that provides help, support and understanding for people with eating disorders, their families and friends.
Bodywhys Central Office
PO Box 105 Blackrock
Dublin
Tel/Fax: (01) 283 4963
E-mail: info@bodywhys.ie

E.V.E. Limited
Eastern Vocational Enterprises (E.V.E.) Limited is a subsidiary of the Health Service Executive (HSE), providing a range of person-centred community services in Dublin, Wicklow and Kildare on behalf of the Area Health Boards. There are currently 25 locations catering to the needs of approximately 1,000 participants in training programmes, occupational services and Clubhouses annually. The majority of people who come to the service experience mental health difficulties and need varying degrees of support to enable them to live productively in their communities. People also come who experience intellectual disabilties and a range of physical disabilities. They also run a unique training service for people who experience Asperger Syndrome.
Emmet House,
138-140 Thomas St.,
Dublin 8
Tel: (01) 671 9664
Fax: (01) 679 1754
Email: admin@eve.ie