Mental Health Ireland Project #28223

Counselling Help to 20 Suicidal Irish People

by Hope Trust

Counselling Help to 20 Suicidal Irish People

Project Report | May 9, 2025
Spreading Hope and Encouragement Together

By Sarah-Joy Hearty | Administrator

Lately at Hope Trust we have been taking time to develop and update our website to better help our charity in spreading awareness of what we have to offer. Our website designer Luciene has been doing a great job and working together with myself and our CEO, Linda on updating the relevant information.

We also introduced our new Counselling Manager, Bertilla just this past month and we are excited to see what is to come with her new position. There is a lot of work happening to develop our broader team and as mentioned in our previous report, we are growing and able to reach more people which is amazing. We introduced our team members on social media and have had great response in people learning a bit more about the people behind the charity.

"With Mental Health Week approaching, we will be screening a webinar on Monday 12th at 7.00 p.m. – 8.00 p.m. on issues relating to the mental health in Ireland. It is hoped to bring an overview and brief understanding around the importance of awareness and community involvement. This year the theme chosen for Mental Health Awareness is Community. With all the shifts and changes and uncertainty in the world today, it is easy to become isolated and feel alone trying to cope. Our need for connection and drawing together as a community becomes a real necessity to maintain our mental health."- Linda Rowett

We are so appreciative of the support we are constantly shown, and we consider it a great honour to be able to play a part in helping others.

Thank you so much and many blessings!

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Jan 10, 2025
Looking Forward with Hope

By Sarah-Joy Hearty | Administrator

We are encouraged to report that following on from our Stories of Hope Series that ran from September through to the end of October, we have been able to increase our counselling capacity due to the series reaching such a target. We have since expanded our counselling team, doubling in number from three to
six current Hope Trust Counsellors. With this being such a key element to our charity we are thrilled to see such growth and have the opportunity to offer a wider expansion of help to those in need from all parts of the country.

This feedback also encouraged us to explore our training. We now have new trainers on board who are undergoing training to run our mental health workshops. We hope to have workshops ready to run later on in the year.

We were invited to participate in a bereavement service in the Methodist church in November which was very moving as people took time to remember those they have lost, including those lost by suicide. We were honoured to be asked to take part, and we received a great response on the night. We’re delighted
to be given opportunities to spread awareness not only of our charity but of the help available to people struggling. It’s our pleasure to be a part of the vital work of helping others and to be in a position of being able to offer support.

We had a very moving testimony shared this year at our annual candle lit walk from a mother who lost her son due to suicide. We were many in number as we took to the streets of Athlone to remember and honour the lives of those lost and offer prayer and support to their family and friends.

We are so grateful for all that has been happening for us and we look forward to what’s ahead in the coming year for Hope Trust.
As always, thank you so much to everyone for the support.
God Bless you!

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Sep 19, 2024
Encouraging Responses

By Linda Rowett | CEO

one of the participants

The International Suicide Prevention Awareness day was on 10th September, 2024. The National Office of Suicide Prevention (NOSP) in Ireland has marked the whole month of September as Suicide Prevention month. We are encouraged that this has been highlighted, but here at Hope Trust we consider every month to be 'Suicide prevention month'! There are still too many suicides happening in our country and globally - even one death through suicide is a tragedy, but we average around 500 a year. Far too high!

For those who have been keeping track with us, we have been involved in a project aimed at giving hope to those who are struggling to find purpose in their lives. If you haven't already seen any of them please feel free to have a look and see if any of the stories may be relevant to people you know who need encouragement. We would like to think that these maybe used to intervene and help people to reach out for the help they need.

Our 9 short 'Stories of Hope' are online and being shared through our facebook and instagram pages and via our website www.hopetrust.ie. We are attaching the trailer with this report for you to get an idea of what to expect. Most of the participants have experienced a time in their life when suicide seemed the only answer to their pain. They have chosen to be vulnerable now in public in order to spread a message of hope - there is much more to life than you might be seeing right now! Please don't give up! There are also two stories of the impact of loss by suicide - how their families struggled to cope and the way in which they found support in their grief.

We are very grateful to those who participated and also those who supported us through this whole process. Its good to know that we can rely on the support of community - thank you to 'unseen' GlobalGiving supporters who have helped us, we could not manage without your help - thank you.

We have been receiving positive feedback and also more requests for counselling and help. We are trusting that we be able to expand our part-time counselling workforce to meet the increasing needs. But these are all 'good problems' to have as it means that we are meeting our target audience.

Thank you again for your continued support - we appreciate you.

God bless you!

Links:

Trailer of the 9

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