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Services for Children and Teenagers

Below are a number of support services, resources and helplines for children and teenagers.

  • Spunout - Provides information, support and advocacy opportunities to young people
  • Barnardos - Offers a range of programmes and services to children and their parents, including bereavement counselling service - Phone 01 4549699
  • Childline - 24 hour service for children and young people up to 18 years - Phone 1800 666 666
  • Rainbows - A peer-support programme operating throughout Ireland to assist children, young people and adults who are grieving a death, separation or other painful transition - Phone 01 4734175
  • Jigsaw - Works with communities to improve mental health services to young people between 12 and 25 years
  • Young Minds - British charity concerned with the improvement of children and young people's mental health
  • Beat (for young people) - Information on all aspects of eating disorders
  • Change our Minds - Website aimed at improving emotional health and reducing stress in older teenagers and adults
  • Depression in teenagers - Website dealing with the subject of depression in young people
  • Heads away just say - For young people living in Northern Ireland covering common problems to do with home, school and friends
  • Lifesigns - Self injury guidance and network support for those affected by self injury
  • Talking2Ourselves - Provides help and information to 12 – 14 year olds who are having mental health difficulties themselves or are worried about a friend or relative
  • OCD Youth - For young people with obsessive compulsive disorders
  • Trinity College Mental Health Initiative - Confidential service available to all Trinity students offering support in coping with personal problems or academic concerns