Hope Trust have increased existing counselling offered in Athlone, Carrick-on-Shannon, Dublin, Oranmore, Kilkenny, Portlaoise in Ireland and over zoom, particularly to those with poor mental health or who self harm or have suicidal ideation. This project would subsidise 300 more counselling hours to those who are in need. We have increased our counselling team to increase our capacity. There were 512 confirmed deaths recorded in 2021 sadly, followed by 500 in 2022 (pending coroner reports).
According to CSO and Irish Times (November 2025) there were 500 deaths to suicide in 2022 - 4 of these were in the 10-14 year range and 26 in the 15-19 year range. Samaritans reported that in 2024 they received 1200 calls per day and 470 000 calls over the year. A sad and sobering fact that despite many efforts suicides continue to be an issue. 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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