Pieta House Partners With Pint Aid For Fundraising Campaign
Pieta House offers free counselling to people experiencing suicidal ideation, people who engage in self-harm and those who have been bereaved by suicide. It also operates the free 1800 247 247 suicide helpline. www.PintAid.ie is a crowdfunding movement for charities and causes. Every month they raise funds for a different charity by encouraging the public […]
Under two weeks left to register for Darkness Into Light in Cashel and Roscrea
Darkness Into Light is kindly sponsored by Electric Ireland With less than two weeks to go, the people of Tipperary are being asked to sign-up to take part in Darkness Into Light 2015, the annual Pieta House fundraising and awareness event which is taking place in Roscrea and Cashel. Supported by Electric Ireland, Darkness into […]
Pieta House Open Day 6th September
Pieta House will throw open the doors of their suicide and self-harm crisis centres throughout the country on Saturday, 6th September ahead of Suicide Awareness Week. All centres will be open to the public from 2pm to 4pm, and people will have the opportunity to take a tour of the counselling rooms, have a cup […]
Pieta House Roscrea suicide crisis centre launched by Joan Freeman
Pieta House’s founder and CEO Joan Freeman was in Roscrea this week to officially launch Pieta House’s Roscrea suicide and self-harm crisis centre. The centre, which opened earlier this summer, provides a free, professional therapeutic service for people in distress. Originally intended as a part-time outreach centre, demand has been very strong and the centre […]
93% Increase in Under 18 Year Olds Seeking Help from suicide and self-harm centre Pieta House
Pieta House, the suicide and self-harm crisis centre have announced new figures that show a significant rise in people seeking their help in 2011. The biggest increase was in the under-18 age group which saw an increase of 93%. 70% of these were female. This age group also had the highest instance of self-harm. “The […]
Kathryn Thomas and Micheal O’Muircheartaigh launch Pieta House’s annual fundraiser Darkness into Light
Today (Wednesday, 4th April) GAA legend Micheál O’Muircheartaigh and RTÉ’s The Voice presenter Kathryn Thomas launched Pieta House’s annual fundraiser – Darkness into Light which will take place in 14 locations around the country at 4am on Saturday, 12th May 2012. Pieta House, the suicide and self-harm crisis centre is calling on people from all […]
Pieta Mid-West Calls for Volunteers
Suicide and self-harm crisis centre, Pieta House Mid-West is the only organisation in the Mid-West region providing a professional, face to face, free of charge therapeutic service for people in the acute stages of distress. Since opening in December 2010 Pieta Mid-West has seen almost 400 people who are in the acute stages of distress. […]