National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church in Ireland
All Church organisations and personnel can access specialist advice about child protection issues through the National Office and contact the National Board. National Office for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church in Ireland (NBSCCC) New House Saint Patrick’s College Maynooth, Co.Kildare Tel: 01 505 3124 Fax: 01 505 3026
Towards Healing
Towards Healing is an independent organisation providing professional support for people who have experienced institutional, clerical or religious abuse in Ireland. It is funded by the Catholic Church.
The services they provide include:
> Face to Face Counselling
> Structured Phone Counselling
> Family Counselling
> Counselling Helpline
Towards Peace
Towards Peace is a service offering spiritual support for anybody who has been abused, physically emotionally, sexually, spiritually, in a religious/church environment.
Towards Peace was established in October 2014 by the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference and the Association of Leaders of Missionary & Religious Leaders of Ireland. (AMRI).
It is a pathway, a safe space where people who have been hurt can connect with their own spirituality, their sense of God and their own journey Towards Peace. The service is free and is also available to the families of those who have been affected.
Towards Peace understands spirituality as a way of being in, and relating to the world, connected to God and to ones deepest self. Through one to one meetings with a trained and qualified spiritual companion – an anam cara or soul friend – Towards Peace offers safe spaces for people to attend to their own spiritual life.
The Towards Peace office hours are Monday and Tuesday 9am - 4pm and Wednesday 9am - 12noon.
For further information:
Phone: (01) 505 3028 or (086) 7710533
National Counselling Service (NCS)
The HSE National Counselling Service (NCS) is for adults who were abused in childhood and was established in September 2000 in response to the recognition that a large number of adults had been abused as children while in care in State institutions in Ireland. The NCS offers confidential face to face counselling, free of charge, to adults who experienced physical, emotional, sexual abuse or neglect during childhood. Counselling is available at 60 locations throughout Ireland.
Connect
Connect is a telephone counselling and support service for any adult who has experienced abuse, trauma or neglect in childhood. The service is also available to partners or relatives of people with these experiences. Connect is an out of hours service available Wednesday to Sunday 6–10pm. Free and Confidential. To speak to a counsellor call: 1800 477 477.
