Suicide or Survive
This programme is available online from Suicide or Survive and good for anytime of the
year. https://youmatter.ie/
This workshop has been built from listening to people’s experiences and what has helped them when their
mental health has taken a dip.
Our online Wellness Workshop gives lots of simple, practical and effective tools to choose from that you can use to monitor and manage your own mental health on a day-to-day basis.
SOS will close on Friday the 19 th of December @ 5pm and reopen on Monday the 5th of January 2026 @ 9am.
Turn2me
Turn2me is available over the Christmas season and below are the support groups we have on for Christmas week:
Christmas Blues: 25th at 12pm
Family Issues: 26th and 28th at 12pm
Bereavement: 27th and 29th at 12pm
How to Manage Anxiety: 30th at 12pm
Feeling Alone: 31st at 12pm
Feeling Down: 1st at 12pm
Follow the link for more information or to sign up to our free mental health support services:
Support Groups –
turn2me
ISPCC
Childline
Our Childline Listening (call and chat) is available to all young people up to and including 18 years of age and is available 24/7 including Christmas and New year.
https://www.childline.ie/ (live chat)
1800 66 66 66 (call)
Samaritans Samaritans are available to offer emotional support to anyone going through a tough time 24/7 365 days a year on freephone 116 123 and jo@samaritans.ie
Pieta
Pieta services are open throughout the year and all through Christmas and the new year day and night with
direct access to services 24/7 on 1800 247 247
Spunout Text About It is available 24/7/365 by texting HELLO to 50808.
If the 50808 short code does not work on your network (e.g. MVNOs such as An Post or 48), you can still use the service by texting HELLO to 0861800280.
Text About It is also available on WhatsApp.
‘Text About It’ by spunout is a free, anonymous, 24/7 messaging service providing everything from a calming chat to immediate support for mental health and wellbeing.
www.textaboutit.ie/how-it-works
LGBT Ireland
LGBT Ireland’s National LGBT+ Helpline is available on freephone 1800 929 539, or through online chat on
lgbt.ie.
We will close on 25 th and 1 st , and have a shorter service on 24 th , 26 th and 31 st . Details below:
Christmas Eve (24 th ): 6.30pm-8.30pm
Christmas Day (25 th ): CLOSED
St Stephen’s Day (26 th ): 4pm-8.30pm
27 th and 28 th : Normal opening (4pm-6pm)
29 th and 30 th : Normal opening (6.30pm-10pm)
New Year’s Eve (31 st ): 6.30pm-8.30pm
New Year’s Day (1 st ): CLOSED
2nd January onwards: Normal schedule returns (Mon-Thur 6.30pm to 10pm, Fridays 4pm-10pm; Sat and Sun 4pm to 6pm)
Dublin Simon Community
(Sure Steps Counselling)
Our suicide prevention support service is open to people experiencing homelessness 365 days a year.
We can provide emotional and psychological support by contacting us on Freephone 1800 844 600.
Christmas Day 4.00pm-10pm
Stephens Day 4.00pm-10pm
27 th Dec & 28 th Dec 4.00pm-10pm
All other dates exc BH & Weekends are 8.00am-10pm
BeLonG To Belong To will close at 5pm on Christmas Eve and re-open Friday the 2nd of Jan.
Our youth groups will finish up for the year on the 18 th of December and begin again on 12 th of Jan. We have our Mental Health Hub too, if needed: https://www.belongto.org/support-for-me/advice/mental-health/ Aware Our support line is open 10am-10pm , 7 days a week over the Christmas season and for support group information people can check out Aware.ie
HUGG HUGG Support Groups will break over the Christmas holiday from 17th December and return in early January 2026.
HUGG office will close on 24th Dec and reopen on 2nd January.
HUGG Walks will take place on 1 st January in Dublin and our first café of the new year will be 9 th January in West Cork.
Visit HUGG.ie to learn more