Selected by County: Offaly

Family Resource Centre (FRC)

Type(s): Family Resource Centre
Service Provider Type: Family Resource Centre (FRC)
Street address: Arden View, Tullamore
County: Offaly
Phone number: 057-9320598
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday 9.00am - 4.30pm
Other details:
  • Catchment area - Arden View, Tullamore
  • 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
  • Groups for Women, the Elderly and residents
  • Youth Groups
  • Parent & Toddler Groups
  • Referrals and support to resident and community groups
  • After school clubs
  • Arden View Community Bus
  • Monthly newsletter
  • Computer training
  • Themed Youth events - summer camps, halloween, etc.

CLARA COMMUNITY AND FAMILY RESOURCE CENTRE

Type(s): Family Resource Centre
Service Provider Type: Family Resource Centre (FRC)
Street address: The Parochial Hall, River Street, Clara
County: Offaly
Phone number: 057-9331928
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday 9.00am - 4.00pm (open during lunch)
Other details:
  • Catchment area - Clara
  • 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
  • Groups for Women, people with a disability and Youth groups
  • Carers Support Group
  • Active Retired Group
  • Parent and Toddler Group
  • Residents Groups
  • Teenage Workshops in the Summer
  • Intergenerational Group
  • Justice Project
  • Citizens Information Centre (C.I.C.)
  • Money Advice and Budgeting Service (MABS)
  • Domestic Violence Support
  • Provision of information i.e. driver theory, back-to-school allowance, cervical smear registration forms, etc.

Counselling Organisation

ACCORD TULLAMORE

Type(s): Marriage/Relationship Counselling,Marriage Preparation
Service Provider Type: Counselling Organisation
Street address: Tullamore Parish Centre, Benburb St, Tullamore
County: Offaly
Phone number: 057-9341831
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday 9.30am - 4.00pm except July and August when hours are 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

TULLAMORE BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GROUP

Type(s): Bereavement Counselling/Support
Service Provider Type: Counselling Organisation
Street address: Parish Centre, Benburb Street, Tullamore
County: Offaly
Contact name: Margaret Kelly
Phone number: 057-9326604
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday 10.00am - 1.00pm & 6.00pm - 8.00pm
Other details:
  • The group aims to provide support, comfort and a listening ear to bereaved people within the locality and its surrounding areas
  • Confidential phone service
  • Specially commissioned cards are sent to bereaved families
  • Bereavement service is free
  • General counselling service is available on a sliding scale based on ability to pay

ARDEN VIEW COMMUNITY AND FAMILY RESOURCE CENTRE

Type(s): Marriage/Relationship Counselling,Bereavement Counselling/Support
Service Provider Type: Counselling Organisation
Street address: Arden View, Tullamore
County: Offaly
Phone number: 057-9320598
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday 9.00am - 4.30pm
Other details:
  • The counselling service is available at a low cost

CLARA COMMUNITY & FAMILY RESOURCE CENTRE

Type(s): Marriage/Relationship Counselling,Child Counselling,Bereavement Counselling/Support
Service Provider Type: Counselling Organisation
Street address: The Parochial Hall, River St, Clara
County: Offaly
Phone number: 057-9331928
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday 9.00am - 4.00pm (open during lunch)

FERBANE BEREAVEMENT GROUP

Type(s): Bereavement Counselling/Support
Service Provider Type: Counselling Organisation
Street address: The Presbytery, Ferbane
County: Offaly
Contact name: Fr. Francis Murray
Phone number: 090-6454380
Opening Hours: A member of the group is available at all times
Other details:
  • Counselling and support to people who have lost a love one, through speaking to them, providing them with leaflets and prayer 
  • Free service to all bereaved

LIVING LINKS MIDLANDS

Type(s): Bereavement Counselling/Support
Service Provider Type: Counselling Organisation
Street address: Brocca Rd, Mucklagh, Tullamore
County: Offaly
Contact name: Bernie Carroll
Phone number: 086-1600641
Opening Hours: Monday to Saturday - no time limit
Other details:
  • The aim of the group is to provide practical help, advice and support to individual families and groups who have experienced a loss by suicide and to maintain standards of good practice in supporting the suicide bereaved
  • We are a non-profitable organisation and our service is provided for free

RAINBOWS ST. BRENDAN'S (BIRR)

Type(s): Rainbows
Service Provider Type: Counselling Organisation
Street address: St. Brendan's Community School, Birr
County: Offaly
Contact name: Patricia White
Phone number: 057-9120510
Opening Hours: School hours
Other details:
  • Provide peer support groups for second level students to assist them in coping with a bereavement, family separation or other painful transition in the family
  • The service is available for free and provided by voluntary facilitators
  • For further information on the Rainbows programme:
             - Telephone: 01-4734175
             - Website: www.rainbowsireland.com

RAINBOWS TULLAMORE

Type(s): Rainbows
Service Provider Type: Counselling Organisation
Street address: c/o Mercy Convent, Tullamore
County: Offaly
Contact name: Sr. Gerard Murphy
Phone number: 057-9326855 (24 hour phone answering service)
Other details:
  • Rainbows provides support for children and adolescents grieving a death, separation or abandonment within the family
  • The service is available for free

RAINBOWS RHODE

Type(s): Rainbows
Service Provider Type: Counselling Organisation
Street address: Scoil Mhuire Naofa, Rhode
County: Offaly
Contact name: Catherine Molloy
Phone number: 046-9737456
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday 9.20am - 3.00pm
Other details:
  • Support group for children who have experienced the death of a close relative or a separation or divorce
  • The service is available for free
  • For further information on the Rainbows programme:
             - Telephone: 01-4734175
             - Website: www.rainbowsireland.com