Selected by County: Tipperary

Family Resource Centre (FRC)

Type(s): Family Resource Centre
Service Provider Type: Family Resource Centre (FRC)
Street address: Glencoole, Thurles
County: Tipperary
Phone number: 052-57992
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday 9.00am - 5.00pm
Other details:
  • Catchment area - Glencoole, Killenaule, Ballingarry, The Commons and Gortnahoe
  • 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
  • Groups for the Elderly and people with a disability
  • After school clubs
  • Relationship counselling - available at a low cost, clients usually asked to provide a donation

SPAFIELD FAMILY RESOURCE CENTRE

Type(s): Family Resource Centre
Service Provider Type: Family Resource Centre (FRC)
Street address: Old Road, Cashel
County: Tipperary
Phone number: 062-63622
Opening Hours: 9.00am - 11.00pm Monday to Friday
Other details:
  • Catchment area - Cashel urban and rural electoral area (rural areas within a 15 mile radius of Cashel)
  • 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
  • One Women's group running one night per week
  • After school clubs
  • Resident meetings
  • Information evenings
  • Gardening group
  • Counselling services available at a low cost
  • A building extension is currently underway which will be completed in September '09

THREE DRIVES FAMILY RESOURCE CENTRE

Type(s): Family Resource Centre
Service Provider Type: Family Resource Centre (FRC)
Street address: 22/23 Greenane Drive, Tipperary Town
County: Tipperary
Phone number: 062-80831
Other details:
  • Catchment area - Tipperary Town (east urban)
  • 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
  • Independent Living Programme for students with disabilities
  • Women's Group
  • Children's Art Group
  • Young Mother's Group
  • Resident meetings
  • Information meetings with MABS (Money Advice and Budgeting Service) and CIC (Citizens Information Centre)
  • We provide a Reading Recovery Programme for children on a one-to-one basis to help them keep up with school work
  • I.T. facilities available

Counselling Organisation

ACCORD CLONMEL

Type(s): Marriage/Relationship Counselling,Marriage Preparation
Service Provider Type: Counselling Organisation
Street address: St Mary's Pastoral Centre, Irishtown, Clonmel
County: Tipperary
Phone number: 052-24144
Opening Hours: Monday to Thursday 10.00am - 12.30pm
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

ACCORD THURLES

Type(s): Marriage/Relationship Counselling,Marriage Preparation
Service Provider Type: Counselling Organisation
Street address: ACCORD House, Cathedral Street, Thurles
County: Tipperary
Phone number: 0504-22279 / 1850-303202
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday 10.30am - 1.30pm
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

ACCORD NENAGH

Type(s): Marriage/Relationship Counselling,Marriage Preparation
Service Provider Type: Counselling Organisation
Street address: Loreto House, Kenyon Street, Nenagh
County: Tipperary
Phone number: 1850-585000
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday 10.00am - 3.00pm
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

SPAFIELD FAMILY RESOURCE CENTRE

Type(s): Marriage/Relationship Counselling,Child Counselling,Bereavement Counselling/Support
Service Provider Type: Counselling Organisation
Street address: Old Road, Cashel
County: Tipperary
Phone number: 062-63622
Opening Hours: 9.00am to 11.00pm Monday to Friday
Other details:
  • Catchment area - Cashel urban and rural electoral area (rural areas within a 15 mile radius of Cashel)
  • Individual and family counselling provided
  • Psychotherapy for people who have suffered bereavement, separation, depression, anxiety, etc.
  • Rainbow peer support counselling for children
  • Counselling services available at a low cost

ACCORD TIPPERARY

Type(s): Marriage/Relationship Counselling,Marriage Preparation
Service Provider Type: Counselling Organisation
Street address: Community Services Centre, St Michael's St, Tipperary Town
County: Tipperary
Phone number: 062-33330 / 1850-303202
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday 10.30am - 1.30pm
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

KNOCKANRAWLEY RESOURCE CENTRE

Type(s): Marriage/Relationship Counselling,Child Counselling,Bereavement Counselling/Support
Service Provider Type: Counselling Organisation
Street address: Knockanrawley, Tipperary Town
County: Tipperary
Contact name: Sean McSweeney
Phone number: 062-52688
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday 9.00am - 5.00pm
Other details:
  • Knockanrawley Resource Centre aims to:
             - enable and empower individuals and groups, through the process 
             of self-development and working together, to identify and make
             changes that enhance their lives and the community in general
             - develop affordable, accessible community based education and
             training opportunities for skills, personal and group development, to
             enable individuals and groups reach their full potential
             - develop affordable childcare
             - develop a quality and accessible family therapy and counselling
             service
  • Other services offered include:
             - organic gardening
             - women's and men's groups
             - parent support programme
  • Our services are available either for free, or, on a sliding scale based on ability to pay

THREE DRIVES FAMILY RESOURCE CENTRE

Type(s): Child Counselling,Bereavement Counselling/Support
Service Provider Type: Counselling Organisation
Street address: 22/23 Greenane Drive, Tipperary Town
County: Tipperary
Phone number: 062-80831
Other details:
  • We provide counselling in the form of art therapy, especially for children in relation to parental separation and on the death of a family member
  • The service is provided on a donation basis and discretion is used regarding each individual's ability to pay

SUICIDE UNDERSTANDING AND SUPPORT (SUAS) - FOR THOSE BEREAVED BY SUICIDE

Type(s): Bereavement Counselling/Support
Service Provider Type: Counselling Organisation
Street address: c/o "Caragh", Brittas Rd, Thurles
County: Tipperary
Contact name: Antóin O Briain
Phone number: 0504-21476 / 0872379339
Opening Hours: All day, everyday - phone on answering machine at 0504-26366
Other details:
  • The aim of the group is to provide listening support for those bereaved by suicide
  • Other services offered:
                 - talks on suicide awareness
                 - links with appropriate HSE services
  • Our service is available for free

ST. MICHAEL'S BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GROUP

Type(s): Bereavement Counselling/Support
Service Provider Type: Counselling Organisation
Street address: St. Michael's Road, Tipperary
County: Tipperary
Contact name: Fr. Padraig Corbett
Phone number: 062-51283
Other details:
  • The primary role of the Group is to offer support to the bereaved; we visit and invite them to a mass and for a cup of tea and biscuits afterwards (three times a year)
  • We have leaflets available to suit individual bereavements
  • Our service is available for free

THURLES BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GROUP

Type(s): Bereavement Counselling/Support
Service Provider Type: Counselling Organisation
Street address: Stannix House, Thurles,
County: Tipperary
Contact name: Sr. Clement O'Brien
Phone number: 086-8904369
Other details:
  • The group aims to offer support to bereaved individuals and families
  • Individuals and families are visited by a member of our group during the days following their bereavement, while a bereavement leaflet is issued to all bereaved.  These visits continue as long as is necessary
  • An annual mass for the bereaved is organised
  • We refer people for counselling where such is required
  • Our services are available free of charge

BETHANY BORRISOKANE BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GROUP

Type(s): Bereavement Counselling/Support
Service Provider Type: Counselling Organisation
Street address: Borrisokane
County: Tipperary
Contact name: Geraldine Duggan
Phone number: 086-8060636
Opening Hours: Seven days a week 7.00am - 9.00pm
Other details:
  • Our group aims to help and support the bereaved
  • The service is available for free

PRESENTATION SECONDARY SCHOOL

Type(s): Bereavement Counselling/Support,Child Counselling
Service Provider Type: Counselling Organisation
Street address: Dungarvan Road, Clonmel
County: Tipperary
Contact name: Anne Breen
Phone number: 052-23587
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday 9.00am - 4.00pm (school terms)
Other details:
  • We support students who are suffering due to family breakdown or a bereavement
  • Student counsellor is employed by the school for 10 hours a week
  • The service is available for free

NORTH TIPPERARY COMMUNITY SERVICES

Type(s): Marriage/Relationship Counselling,Child Counselling,Bereavement Counselling/Support
Service Provider Type: Counselling Organisation
Street address: Loreto House, Kenyon St, Nenagh
County: Tipperary
Contact name: Geraldine Cronin
Phone number: 067-31800
Opening Hours: Monday - Thursday 10.00am - 4.00pm, Friday 10.00am - 1.00pm
Other details:
  • The mission of North Tipperary Community Services is to enhance the quality of life in our area by helping people to participate in their own personal development and in the development of people in their communities
  • We have a special concern for families, the elderly and individuals and groups in vulnerable situations
  • We work in co-operation and partnership with other caring agencies, statutory and voluntary
  • Respect, justice and compassion are the values which inform our work
  • We also offer the following services:
                - parenting education
                - community mothers programme
                - community development
                - elderly service
  • Counselling available at a low cost, all other services are free

RAINBOWS THURLES

Type(s): Rainbows
Service Provider Type: Counselling Organisation
Street address: Parish Centre, Cathedral St, Thurles
County: Tipperary
Contact name: Ita Fell
Phone number: 0504-22229
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday 10.00am - 5.00pm
Other details:
  • Rainbows is a support group for children who have suffered a significant loss in their lives, either by death, by separation or any painful transition.
  • It is available for children and young adults from 5 to 18 years of ages
  • The objectives of rainbows are:
               - to help children or young people to understand grief
               - to offer an opportunity for healing
               - to help build up self-esteem
               - to suggest appropriate ways of managing difficulties, especially
               those associated with loss or change
  • The service is available for free
  • For further information on the Rainbows programme:
             - Telephone: 01-4734175
             - Website: www.rainbowsireland.com

RAINBOWS ST. MARY'S (NENAGH)

Type(s): Rainbows
Service Provider Type: Counselling Organisation
Street address: St. Mary's Convent Primary School, Nenagh
County: Tipperary
Contact name: Helen Slattery
Phone number: 087-6211695
Other details:
  • We offer support to children who grieving the death of a parent or a separation
  • The service is free to the participants
  • For further information on the Rainbows programme:
             - Telephone: 01-4734175
             - Website: www.rainbowsireland.com

TEMPLEMORE COMMUNITY SERVICES CENTRE LTD

Type(s): Bereavement Counselling/Support,Marriage/Relationship Counselling,Rainbows
Service Provider Type: Counselling Organisation
Street address: Bank Street, Templemore
County: Tipperary
Contact name: Sr. Mary Moloney
Phone number: 0504-31244
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday 10.00am - 1.00pm & 2.00pm - 5.00pm
Other details:
  • Templemore Community Services Centre aims to:
              - provide people of Templemore and its surrounding areas
              with professional and voluntary services to alleviate social
              and personal problems
              - enable and develop personal and community potential
              - co-operate with statutory and community groups in achieving 
              these ends
  • We are a non-profit making organisation funded by public services and voluntary agencies
  • Day care centre for the elderly
  • Pre-school service

RAINBOWS BORRISOKANE COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Type(s): Rainbows
Service Provider Type: Counselling Organisation
Street address: Borrisokane
County: Tipperary
Contact name: Matthew Carr
Phone number: 067-27268
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday 9.00am - 4.00pm
Other details:
  • We support children who have issues in their lives as a result of bereavement, separation etc.
  • Offer a wide range of extra curricular activities
  • The service is available for free
  • For further information on the Rainbows programme:
             - Telephone: 01-4734175
             - Website: www.rainbowsireland.com