This provides advice on how to mind your mental health during the coronavirus outbreak, information on common mental health issues such as depression and anxiety.

• Phone 1800 111 888
• Facebook hseyourmentalhealth
• Twitter hse_ymh

Stress Control will teach you these great skills to fight stress (for most of us, a mix of anxiety and depression) and boost your wellbeing.

• Email info@stresscontrol.org
• Youtube hseyourmentalhealth

Has a dedicated helpline to assist at risk members of the public in accessing non-emergency and non-medical supports and advice during the current public health emergency. The Covid-19 Helpline hours are now extended and will operate from 9am to 5pm – 7 days a week.

• Email covidsupport@westmeathcoco.ie
• Phone 1800 805 816

Start a conversation by free-texting the word HELLO to 50808 any time, day or night.

50808 is a first of its kind for Ireland: a free 24/7 text service, providing everything from a calming chat to immediate support for people going through a mental health or emotional crisis - big or small.

Pieta provide professional one-to-one therapeutic services to people who are in suicidal distress, those who engage in self-harm, and those bereaved by suicide. All services are provided free of charge and no referral is needed.

• Call free 1800 247 247
• Text HELP to 51444

Barnardos provide a national telephone support service for parents, in response to the challenges they are facing during the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Freephone 1800 910 123 (from 10am to 2pm, Monday to Friday)
• Children’s bereavement helpline 01 473 2110 (from 10am to 12pm, Monday to Thursday)

Jigsaw is a mental health charity focused on providing expert advice and support, online and in person, to young people across Ireland aged 12 - 25 years-old.

• Freefone 1800 544 729 (1pm to 5pm Mon to Fri)
• Text CALL ME to 086 180 3880
• Email help@jigsaw.ie

MyMind provides free online and phone supports, psychotherapy services for children, adolescents and adults under the Covid-19 project. Clients of age 16 and above can use free-of-charge online counselling.

• Email hq@mymind.org
• Call 0766 80 10 60 from (9am - 5pm)

BeLonG To Youth Services provide support for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI+) young people in Ireland between the ages of 14 – 23 years.

• Text LGBTI+ to 086 1800 280 (anytime day or night, standard SMS rates may apply)

SpunOut.ie provides a wide range of articles and information for young people aged 16 – 25 years, on many different topics, including mental health.

• Free-Text SPUNOUT to 50808 (24/7)

Aware undertakes to create a society where people affected by stress, depression, bipolar disorder and mood-related conditions are understood, supported, free from stigma, and are encouraged to access appropriate therapies.

• Email supportmail@aware.ie
• Phone 1800 804 848

Shine provides information and support through regional offices and offers counselling and support to individuals living with mental illness and their families and carers.

• Email phil@shineonline.ie

Childline (ISPCC) is Ireland’s 24-hour national listening service for young people up to the age of 18.

• Freefone 1800 666 666 (any time, day or night)
• Text 50101 (from 10am to 4pm every day)

Samaritans telephone service is available 24 hours a day.

• Call 116123
• Email jo@samaritans.ie

Turn2Me is a community of fully qualified and accredited mental health professionals working online to provide a high quality, safe, anonymous and confidential space for you to gain support - wherever you are, whenever you need it, for whatever you are going through.