Selected by County: Cork

Family Mediation Service (FSA)

Type(s): Family Mediation
Service Provider Type: Family Mediation Service (FSA)
Street address: Hibernian House, 80A South Mall
County: Cork
Phone number: (021) 4252200
Opening Hours: Mon to Fri - 9am to 5pm

Family Resource Centre (FRC)

THE CAHA CENTRE

Type(s): Family Resource Centre
Service Provider Type: Family Resource Centre (FRC)
Street address: Adrigole, Beara
County: Cork
Phone number: 027-60909
Opening Hours: Monday 10.00 - 5.00pm (other opening times vary)
Other details:
  • Catchment area - Adrigole and Ardgroom
  • Outreach centre in Lauragh, Killarney, Co Kerry serving the areas of Lauragh and Tuosist (Phone number - 064-83909)
  • Information, advice and support to target groups and families in the area
  • Practical assistance to community groups such as training, information and advice
  • Education courses and training opportunities
  • Childcare facilities for those attending courses provided by the project
  • Lone parent support groups
  • Groups for Women, Men, older people and parents of children with a disability
  • After school clubs
  • Workshops & outreach from CIC (Citizens Information Centre) and MABS (Money Advice and Budgeting Service)
  • Key Work Areas:
               - Child and family support
               - Educational disadvantage
               - Disability
               - Older Persons
               - Drugs and alcohol
               - Suicide and mental wellbeing
               - Infrastructure, population and employment

BANDON FAMILY SUPPORT GROUP

Type(s): Family Resource Centre
Service Provider Type: Family Resource Centre (FRC)
Street address: 47 Deerpark, Bandon
County: Cork
Phone number: 023-8842743
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday 9.00am - 5.00pm (and evenings for classes, groups etc)
Other details:
  • Catchment area - Bandon town and some of the surrounding areas
  • Information, advice and support to target groups and families in the area
  • Practical assistance to community groups such as training, information and advice
  • Education courses, training opportunities, job search and career planning
  • Childcare facilities for those attending courses provided by the project
  • Women's Group
  • Youth Groups
  • After school clubs
  • Citizens Information Centre
  • Money Advice and Budgeting Service (MABS)
  • Public Health Nurse
  • Residents Association
  • Parenting Programmes
  • Community Games
  • Support for those suffering from Alzheimers
  • We provide access to low-cost counselling

CASTLETOWNBERE FAMILY & COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTRE

Type(s): Family Resource Centre
Service Provider Type: Family Resource Centre (FRC)
Street address: The Haven, The Square, Castletownbere
County: Cork
Phone number: 027 70718

COBH FAMILY RESOURCE CENTRE

Type(s): Family Resource Centre
Service Provider Type: Family Resource Centre (FRC)
Street address: Park House, Cloyne Terrace, Cobh
County: Cork
Phone number: 021-4816103
Opening Hours: 9.00am 5.00pm Monday to Friday, also evening classes and support groups
Other details:
  • Catchment area - Cork & the Greater island
  • Information, advice and support to target groups and families in the area
  • Practical assistance to community groups such as training, information and advice
  • Education courses and training opportunities
  • Childcare facilities for those attending courses provided by the project
  • Lone parent support groups
  • Carer's Support Group
  • Mens Drop-in group
  • Arts &  Crafts Co-op
  • Bumps and Babes Group
  • Parent & Toddler Group
  • After school clubs
  • Parenting Courses
  • Stress Management
  • Money Advice and Budgeting Service (MABS) talks
  • Community Development Outreach Worker
  • Family Support Outreach Worker
  • Crisis & low cost counselling service
  • Stress Management Course
  • Bereavement Support group

F.A.C.T. BALLINCOLLIG FAMILY RESOURCE CENTRE

Type(s): Family Resource Centre
Service Provider Type: Family Resource Centre (FRC)
Street address: 134 Castle Park, Ballincollig
County: Cork
Phone number: 021-4876295
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday 9.00am - 5.00pm
Other details:
  • Catchment area - Carrigaline
  • Information, advice and support to target groups and families in the area
  • Practical assistance to community groups such as training, information and advice
  • Education courses and training opportunities
  • Childcare facilities for those attending courses provided by the project
  • After school clubs
  • Local Drugs Task Force Project
  • Mother & Toddler Group
  • CV preparation
  • Support for Adult Literacy

LE CHEILE FAMILY RESOURCE CENTRE

Type(s): Family Resource Centre
Service Provider Type: Family Resource Centre (FRC)
Street address: 33 Fair Street, Mallow
County: Cork
Phone number: 022-42439
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday 9.00am - 5.00pm (hours outside these times as required)
Other details:
  • Catchment area - Mallow and surrounding areas in north Cork
  • Information, advice and support to target groups and families in the area
  • Practical assistance to community groups such as training, information and advice
  • Education courses and training opportunities
  • Lone parent support groups
  • Positive Parenting Group
  • Parent & Toddler Group
  • Social Link Group
  • Carer's Group
  • Community Childcare
  • Summer Camps
  • Accommodation Supports
  • Parenting Supports (group or one-to-one)
  • Men's Group
  • After school clubs
  • Facilities for meetings etc. available to the Community

MIDLETON COMMUNITY FORUM

Type(s): Family Resource Centre
Service Provider Type: Family Resource Centre (FRC)
Street address: Community Building, Oakwood Lodge,Youghal Rd, Midleton
County: Cork
Phone number: 021 4633522

DUNMANWAY FAMILY RESOURCE CENTRE

Type(s): Family Resource Centre
Service Provider Type: Family Resource Centre (FRC)
Street address: Tonafora, Bantry Rd, Dunmanway
County: Cork
Phone number: 023-8856818
Opening Hours: 9.00am - 5.30pm Monday to Friday
Other details:
  • Catchment area - Dunmanway & environs
  • Information, advice and support to target groups and families in the area
  • Practical assistance to community groups such as training, information and advice
  • Education courses and training opportunities
  • Childcare facilities for those attending courses provided by the project
  • Men's Personal Development Groups (Monday 7.30 - 10.00pm)
  • Stroller Group (Monday 10.00am - 12.30pm)
  • Meals-on-Wheels Service (Monday & Wednesday 9.30am - 12.30pm)
  • Parent and Toddler Group (Tuesday 10.30am - 12.30pm)
  • FÁS Clinic (every second and fourth Tuesday of the month 10.30am - 12.30pm)
  • Citizens Advice Service (Wednesday 10.00am - 1.00pm)
  • Mother and Baby Group (Thursday 10.30am - 12.30pm)
  • Dunmanway Meals on Wheels Social Centre (every Thursday)
  • AA (Thursday & Saturday 8.00pm - 10.00pm)

Counselling Organisation

ACCORD BANTRY

Type(s): Marriage/Relationship Counselling,Marriage Preparation
Service Provider Type: Counselling Organisation
Street address: 5 Main St, Bantry
County: Cork
Phone number: 027-50272
Opening Hours: Monday 5.00pm - 9.00pm, Tuesday 10.00am - 1.00pm & 7.30pm - 10.00pm, Wednesday 5.00pm - 8.00pm, Thursday 10.30am - 1.00pm
Other details:
  • ACCORD aims to help couples initiate, sustain and enrich their marriage and family relationships
  • Other services offered:
             - marital sexual therapy
             - fertility and well-being service
             - marriage enrichment
             - schools programme
  • Counselling - the service is based on the client's needs rather than their ability to pay.  A contribution is requested if the person or couple can afford to make one
  • Marriage Preparation - a course fee applies but the service is free if the couple cannot afford to pay

WESTGATE COUNSELLING SERVICES

Type(s): Marriage/Relationship Counselling,Marriage Preparation,Child Counselling,Bereavement Counselling/Support
Service Provider Type: Counselling Organisation
Street address: Westgate, West Village, Ballincollig
County: Cork
Contact name: Dervil Dunne
Phone number: 021-4873648 / 087-2027200
Opening Hours: Monday to Saturday 9.00am - 9.00pm
Other details:
  • Help with eating disorders and addictive behaviour
  • Anger Management
  • Family Therapy
  • Life Coaching
  • Child Play Therapy
  • CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy)
  • The service is available at a low cost, on a sliding scale based on ability to pay - we aim to provide counselling to all, regardless of means, and not to have a waiting list

LE CHEILE FAMILY RESOURCE CENTRE

Type(s): Marriage/Relationship Counselling,Child Counselling,Bereavement Counselling/Support
Service Provider Type: Counselling Organisation
Street address: 33 Fair Street, Mallow
County: Cork
Phone number: 022-42439
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday 9.00am - 5.00pm (hours outside of these as required)
Other details:
  • Catchment area - Mallow and surrounding areas in north Cork
  • Counselling service available at a low cost

THE GRACE CENTRE

Type(s): Marriage/Relationship Counselling,Child Counselling,Bereavement Counselling/Support
Service Provider Type: Counselling Organisation
Street address: South Square, Clonakilty
County: Cork
Contact name: Patricia O'Callaghan
Phone number: 087-2887649
Opening Hours: Monday - Friday 9.00am - 1.00pm
Other details:
  • We aim to provide a professional counselling service to whoever needs it, at an affordable price
  • Parenting surroundings
  • Active retirement club
  • Parent toddler group
  • Breast-feeding support group
  • Keep fit class
  • Supports for asylum seekers
  • Groups for people using mental health services
  • Our services are available on a sliding scale based on ability to pay

RAINBOWS KANTURK

Type(s): Bereavement Counselling/Support
Service Provider Type: Counselling Organisation
Street address: Coláiste Treasa, Kanturk
County: Cork
Contact name: Helen Vaughan / Margaret Farrell
Phone number: 029-50062
Other details:
  • We aim to help students within our school to come to terms with a loss whether through parental death or separation
  • Generally, one 40 minute class takes place per week but this does depend on the students and times do vary
  • The service is free to students
  • For further information on the Rainbows programme:
             - Telephone: 01-4734175
             - Website: www.rainbowsireland.com

CORK COUNSELLING CENTRE

Type(s): Marriage/Relationship Counselling,Child Counselling,Bereavement Counselling/Support
Service Provider Type: Counselling Organisation
Street address: 7 Fr Mathew Street
County: Cork
Phone number: 021-4274951 / 021-4273995
Opening Hours: Monday to Thursday 9.00am - 5.00pm, Friday 9.00am - 4.00pm - closed for lunch 1.00pm - 2.00pm
Other details:
  • The Cork Counselling Centre aims to provide accessible counselling to all of the community, regardless of ability to pay, age, sex, ethnicity or sexual orientation
  • We provide outreach programmes for parents going through separation
  • We run a positive mental health/suicide prevention programme in schools for transition year students
  • Clients will never be refused due to inability to pay

NAOMI (NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF OVULATION METHOD OF IRELAND) BILLINGS IRELAND - CORK

Type(s): Marriage/Relationship Counselling,Marriage Preparation
Service Provider Type: Counselling Organisation
Street address: 119 Patrick Street
County: Cork
Contact name: Ann Tobin
Phone number: 021-4272213
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday 9.30am - 1.00pm, counselling times by appointment
Other details:
  • Promote natural family planning and support the institution of marriage through counselling, pre-marriage preparation courses, menopause counselling etc.
  • Individual/couple counselling is offered for free, however, a voluntary donation is encouraged
  • Pre-marriage courses (Saturday 10.00am - 5.00pm) are offered at a fixed fee.  Couples who genuinely cannot afford to pay the full fee are offered a concession

CORK MARRIAGE COUNSELLING CENTRE

Type(s): Child Counselling,Marriage/Relationship Counselling,Marriage Preparation
Service Provider Type: Counselling Organisation
Street address: 34 Paul Street
County: Cork
Phone number: 021-4275678
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday 9.00am - 5.00pm
Other details:
  • Marriage and relationship counselling to individuals, couples and families
  • Marriage preparation courses for couples in the diocese of Cork and Ross
  • Child centred family counselling for families going through marital breakdown
  • Counselling services are offered at a low cost, on a sliding scale based on ability to pay 

IRISH FRIENDS OF SUICIDE BEREAVED

Type(s): Bereavement Counselling/Support
Service Provider Type: Counselling Organisation
Street address: The Planning Office, St Finbarr's Hospital, Douglas Road
County: Cork
Contact name: Eleanor Higgins or Meg O'Gorman
Phone number: 021-4316722
Opening Hours: Helpline - Monday and Saturday 9.00am - 9.00pm
Other details:
  • We aim to offer grief support, friendship and understanding to people bereaved by suicide, in a safe and confidential setting, to enable people to work through their grief
  • Other services offered include:
                   - support nights every Wednesday night
                   - residential weekend work
                   - helpline
                   - 10 weeks facilitated grief group
                   - information talks on suicide and its aftermath
                   - visits to families
  • Our services are available at a low cost, on a sliding scale based on ability to pay

CASTLEHAVEN NURSING ASSOCIATION

Type(s): Bereavement Counselling/Support
Service Provider Type: Counselling Organisation
Street address: c/o The Castle, Castletownshend
County: Cork
Contact name: Anne Cochrane-Townshend
Phone number: 028-36100
Other details:
  • Offer support to the recently bereaved in our parish
  • Provide nursing care and chiropody to our members in their own homes, especially the elderly
  • Referral to doctor when necessary
  • Support to the terminally ill and their families in their own homes
  • Our services are available for free to all our members of the association, provided they live in the parish and make a yearly donation of €1 or more

ACCORD CLOYNE

Type(s): Marriage/Relationship Counselling,Marriage Preparation
Service Provider Type: Counselling Organisation
Street address: St. Colman's Hill, Fermoy
County: Cork
Phone number: 025-31899
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday 10.00am - 1.00pm
Other details:
  • ACCORD aims to help couples initiate, sustain and enrich their marriage and family relationships
  • Other services offered:
             - marital sexual therapy
             - fertility and well-being service
             - marriage enrichment
             - schools programme
  • Counselling - the service is based on the client's needs rather than their ability to pay.  A contribution is requested if the person or couple can afford to make one
  • Marriage Preparation - a course fee applies but the service is free if the couple cannot afford to pay

MACROOM FAMILY RESOURCE CENTRE

Type(s): Marriage/Relationship Counselling,Bereavement Counselling/Support,Child Counselling,Rainbows
Service Provider Type: Counselling Organisation
Street address: Fairfield, Masseytown, Macroom
County: Cork
Contact name: Seamus O'Leary
Phone number: 026-20744
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday 8.00am - 6.00pm
Other details:
  • Macroom Family Resource Centre (The Project) is a community based voluntary organisation which aspires to promoting and developing family and community support services in the Macroom area and its hinterland
  • We are committed to working with the full participation of individuals and groups towards improving our community socially, economically and educationally, with our priority on the most disadvantaged
  • Provide, promote and develop a wide range of community based family support services
  • Promote and develop a community awareness in health care, education, community development, social justice and empowerment
  • Work hand in hand with other agencies in alleviating poverty
  • Provide quality childcare service for children from 3 months to twelve years
  • Counselling service is available on a sliding scale based on ability to pay
  • For further information on the Rainbows programme:
             - Telephone: 01-4734175
             - Website: www.rainbowsireland.com

RAINBOWS CAIRDE

Type(s): Rainbows
Service Provider Type: Counselling Organisation
Street address: Beara Community School, Castletownbere
County: Cork
Contact name: Fiona Barry
Phone number: 027-70177
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday 9.00am - 3.50pm
Other details:
  • The service is free to the pupils
  • For further information on the Rainbows programme:
             - Telephone: 01-4734175
             - Website: www.rainbowsireland.com

THE SOCIAL AND HEALTH EDUCATION PROJECT (SHEP)

Type(s): Marriage/Relationship Counselling,Child Counselling,Bereavement Counselling/Support
Service Provider Type: Counselling Organisation
Street address: Village Chambers, The Village Centre, Ballincollig
County: Cork
Phone number: 021-4666180 / 087-7998602 (Coisceim)
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday 9.00am - 5.00pm
Other details:
  • The SHEP aims to:
             - help people to develop the capacities necessary to bring about
             change in their lives and relationships
             - provide low-cost counselling, facilitated support groups (Coisceim
             Counselling Programme)
  • Cork advocacy service: advocacy for older people and for people with disabilities
  • For information on the range of courses offered by the Social Health and Education Project please visit our website www.socialandhealth.com
  • The service is available at a low cost based on the client's ability to pay (such is assessed by the coordinator and agreed on by the client)

BEARA COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT SERVICES

Type(s): Bereavement Counselling/Support,Child Counselling,Marriage/Relationship Counselling
Service Provider Type: Counselling Organisation
Street address: c/o The Caha Centre, Adrigole, Beara
County: Cork
Contact name: Helen Quinn
Phone number: 027-60909
Other details:
  • Beara Counselling and Support services aims to                           
                 - provide subsidised counselling services to people on the 
                 Beara peninsula
                 - provide support services to families on the Beara peninsula,
                 with a particular emphasis on low income families
                 - provide supports and counselling services to prevent any
                 further suicide on the Beara peninsula
  • Service is available on a sliding scale based on ability to pay