Hope Trust plan to continue existing counselling offered in Athlone and Galway, Ireland and over zoom, particularly to those who self harm or have suicidal ideation. This project would subsidise 250 more counselling hours and 40 more support group hours, to those who are in need. Men and women aged 50-54 years recorded the highest rate of suicide deaths for 2020, plus one in ten suicide deaths was in the 65 years and older category. There were 504 suicide deaths recorded in 2020 sadly.
'Suicide was the most common cause of death for people between 15- 34 in 2020 according to the CSO', and reported in Irish Times, November 2023. '7 out of 10 deaths were due to suicide in the 35 years and over'. Whilst much is being done to try to address these high figures, the reality is that there were 504 deaths officially reported in 2020. The fall-out consequences for those connected to suicide death are profound and have a lasting felt impact. Lives are precious, no-one is dispensable
Hope Trust offer low cost, holistic counselling and support in the midlands and west of Ireland where clients can explore issues cognitively, emotionally or spiritually. Our target group are people who may be isolated or disconnected within the community, or feel they are not coping with life issues. The emphasis is on finding hope and purpose in life and in so doing addressing poor mental health. We are now offering counselling online which is more inclusive to outside areas.
Once a person finds purpose for their life and addresses negative thought processes they are better equipped to be productive in their families and communities. Offering a reliable counselling service in a situation where there is limited support provides a community with a resource that offers hope if members of their own families are affected by suicidal thinking. This impacts not only the person being counselled, but their whole family as well. We aim to address isolation.
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
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