Supports for Parents
Supports and Services
| A Lust for Life – Staying calm during Covid-19 | Includes: Self-care during Covid19 Covid19 – Information for children Free courses to manage anxiety. |
| Mental Health Ireland | “Five Actions for Wellbeing during Tough Times”. |
| Mental Health Reform – mental health services supports available | Includes a comprehensive list of supports and services |
| Turn2me.org | turn2me.org offer peer support, online support, groups and professional support. Offering free counselling by phone / online by fully qualified, professionally registered counsellors and therapists. |
| Helplink 📧 helplinksupport@helplink.ie | Helplink provide free/low cost online counselling and therapy 7 days a week including free counselling for people laid off by crisis, people with addictions, people returning home and the Irish stuck or living abroad. |
| Aware ☎️ 1800 804 848 (7 days a week from 10 AM – 10 PM) 📧 supportmail@aware.ie | Aware are operating their freephone support line, email support and online Life Skills programme. |
| Covid-19:Shane Hastings | Excellent directory of free online services. Categories: Health & Wellbeing, Business, Education, Entertainment, Sports, Technology, Music. |
| The Irish Online Counselling and Psychotherapy Service ☎️ 086 070 9843 📧 info@counsellingonline.ie | The Irish Online Counselling and Psychotherapy Service offer an experienced service to anyone experiencing difficulties via instant chat, telephone and video. |
| HSE 24/7 Mental Health Information Line. ☎️ 1800 111 888 | |
| HSE: Wellbeing, mental-health, minding-your-mental health during the coronavirus outbreak | HSE Mental Health Supports and Services During COVID-19 webpage. |
| HSE | HSE Your Mental Health website |
| Barnardos Parent Supportline 1800 910 123 | Open: 10am – 2pm, Monday – Friday |
| Barnardos: support for parents during covid 19 crisis, resources for parents during covid 19 crisis | Barnardos: Resources for parents |
| New Free Parental Support Service – The Way In Parent/Relationship Mentors: Sheelagh O’Grady 089 4081313 and Aoife Ryan 089 2349339 | Offering support to parents during these challenging times. We are making ourselves available, free of charge, to parents between the hours of 10am-11am and 7pm-8pm Monday-Friday (for this acute phase of the COVID19 pandemic). Please text stating whether you would like a morning or evening appointment. We will then contact you with an appointment time. |
| Tips for Families during uncertain times | Tips for Families during uncertain times |
| Podcast: Owning it- The Anxiety Podcast | Owning It: The Anxiety Podcast |
Working from Home
| Geoffrey James: a beginners guide to working from home without driving yourself your family crazy | A Beginner’s Guide to Working From Home Without Driving Yourself and Your Family Crazy |
| NY Times: Smarter living – how to work from home if you’ve never done it before | How to Work From Home, if You’ve Never Done It Before! |
| BBC: Coronavirus covid 19 update work from home in a pandemic | Coronavirus: How to work from home, the right way |
| Microsoft: Top 9 | Microsoft Best Practice for Remote Working |
Mindfulness / Yoga / Meditation Apps and Websites
| Mindfulness | Mindfulness.ie are offering twice daily guided meditations at 12 PM and 8 PM on Zoom, Free to all. |
| Favecrafts: Adult Colouring Pages | 43 free printable adult colouring pages |
| Headspace | Headspace – visit the website or download the app Stress less. Move more. Sleep soundly. |
| Calm: blog – take a deep breath Calm | Visit the blog or download the app: Sleep more. Stress less. Live better. |
| Breethe | Meditation app for anxiety, stress, sleep and more. You can find guided meditations for real life situations, music for every mood, personalized recommendations, and a learn to meditate program to get you started |
| Yoga with Adriene | Free Yoga Videos and Online Yoga Classes |
| Michael Ryan Yoga | Michael Ryan Yoga: Live morning meditations at 8.30 am |
| Diversity Dance | Diversity and 20DV Team Dance. Free classes and tutorials until 1st May |