Aim Family Services
Offers a confidential family law information service and family mediation service. AIM provides a number of useful information leaflets and publications on many legal aspects of family separation.
Address: 64 Dame Street, Dublin 2
Tel:(01) 6708363
E-mail: aimfamilyservices@eircom.net
Cari
CARI provides a confidential helpline service for anyone with concerns, feelings or fears regarding child sexual abuse. The helpline can also be used to access other CARI services or recieve information or advice, or just to find someone to talk to.
Address: 110 Lower Drumcondra Road, Dublin 9
Lo-call helpline: 1890 9245 67
E-mail: helpline@cari.ie
Association of Collaborative Practitioners
Collaborative law is an alternative method of resolution of family disputes which helps separating couples (with the help of their collaborative lawyers) to resolve the disputes and reach aggreements on all issues arising without the need to go to court (except to legalise their agreement).
E-mail: info@acp.ie
The Family Mediation Service
The Family Support Agency provides a free mediation service for couples, married and non-married, who have decided to separate or divorce and who want to negotiate together on the terms of their arrangements, parenting arrangements and financial issues are worked out together.
Address: St Stephens Green House, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2
Tel: (01) 611 4100
E-mail: info@fsa.ie
Free Legal Advice Centres (FLAC)
FLAC provides an information and referral telephone line where you can call to get legal information and find details of your nearest centre where advice is also available.
Address: Free Legal Advice Centres, 13 Lower Dorset Street, Dublin 1
Lo-call helpline: 1890 350 250
Tel: (01) 8745 690 E-mail: info@flac.ie
Ombudsman For Children’s Office (OCO)
The OCO helps ensure that the government and the other people who make decisions about young people really think about what is best for them. The site contains a link to details of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child,
E-mail: oco@oco.ie
One Family
One Family is a leading national organisation for one-parent families in Ireland. Provides services and support for one-parent families including training, education and lo-call helpline.
Address:Cherish House, 2 lower Pembroke Street, Dublin 2
Lo-call helpline: 1890 662 212
Tel:(01) 662 9212
E-mail:info@onefamily.ie
Parentline
Parentline is a confidential helpline for parents under stress or who are worried about any aspect of parenting
Lo-call helpline: 1890 927 277
E-mail: info@parentline.ie
Prisoners Family Infoline
This is a confidential service for anyonewho is affected by the imprisonment of a family member, partner or friend.
Lo-call helpline: 1890 252 578
E-mail: pfinfoline@eircom.net
Rainbows
Rainbows is a voluntary organisation that runs programmes for children, youths and adults who have experienced separation, divorce or other painful changes in their families. The Spectrum Programme is specifically made to support 12-18 year olds.
Address:Rainbows Ireland, Loreto Centre, Crumlin Road, Dublin 12
Tel: (01) 473 4175
E-mail: ask@rainbowsireland.com
Samaritans
Samaritians provides confidential support, 24 hours a day, for people who are experiencing feelings of distress or dispair. The service is for anyone who is worried about something , feels upset or confused, or just wants to talk to someone. There are over 20 local branches of samaritans in Ireland.
Tel: 1850 60 90 90
E-mail: jo@samaritans.org
Treoir
Treoir is an organisation that provides free, confidential services and information for unmarried parents and their children. It operates a national information centre and has produced a useful leaflet on guardianship, access and custody of children whose parents are not married to each other.
Address:Gandon house, Custom house Square, IRSC, Dublin 1
Tel: (01) 6700 120
Lo-call helpline: 1890 252 084
E-mail: info@treoir.ie
Gingerbread Ireland
Self-help organisation for parents bringing up children single-handed. Runs branch meetings, teenage group, social activities, group holidays for parents and children, special interest groups (law study etc.). Information Centre also provides Legal Advice Clinic, Counselling, Mediation, all free of charge.
Address:Carmichael House, North Brunswick St, Dublin 7
Tel: (01) 8146618
E-mail: info@gingerbread.ie
SVP (Society of Saint Vincent de Paul)
The Society of St. Vincent de Paul is a direct service non-profit organisation whose work primarily involves person-to-person contact with people who have a variety of needs. In addition to direct assistance, we try to promote self-sufficiency, enabling people to help themselves. Any assistance offered by the Society is given in a non-judgemental spirit of compassion, based on the need of the individual or family..
Address:SVP House, 91/92 Sean Mac Dermott Street, Dublin 1
Tel:(01) 8386990
E-mail: info@svp.ie
Citizens Information
Tel:(01) 6059000
E-mail: info@ciboard.ie
Web:www.citizensinformation.ie
Mabs
Money Advice and Budgeting Service (MABS) provides a free of charge, caring, professional budgetary and financial advisory service for people in the North East area of the city. Mabs provide a free, confidential and professional advice and budgeting service for people in the Dublin 1, 3 and parts of areas 7 and 9. helping people to plan budgets and showing them how to manage their money. Mabs also help solve problems with rent/mortgage payments, utility bills like ESB or Bord Gais, bank loans, credit cards and so on
Web:www.mabs.ie
Domestic Abuse – Resources and Referral Agencies
MOVE (Men Overcoming Violence) www.moveireland.ie
Amen(for male victims of domestic violence) www.amen.ie
Dublin Rape Crisis Centre www.drcc.ie
Rape Crisis Network Ireland www.rcni.ie
Women’s Aid www.womensaid.ie
Citizen’s information www.citizensinformation.ie
HSE www.hse.ie