24 Hour Emergency Services for Mental Health & Suicide

 24 hour emergency numbers for mental health and suicide.

1 Life 1800247100 or text HELP to 51444

24 hour suicide prevention helpline & text message service for anyone in suicidal distress.

Samaritians   1850 60 90 90

24 hour, 7 day, confidental helpline for people in distress/despair.

Conference on preparing for Ireland’s forthcoming ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD).

On the 17th May 2013 Disability Federation of Ireland (DFI) and the Centre for Disability Law & Policy, at the National University of Ireland Galway jointly hosted a conference on preparing for Ireland’s forthcoming ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD).

A video of the conference has now been uploaded to the DFI website – Click here to view full conference!

The conference included presentation from Prof. Theresia Degener (Professor of law and disability studies at Evangelische Fachhochschule RWL - University of Applied Sciences in Bochum, Germany) who spoke on her experiences as a Member of the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and what is involved in the ratification process. See presentation by Prof. Theresia Degener here.

Also presenting were Agnes Van Wijnen (Independent Developer and Adviser on Disability Policy & Strategy, and Researcher in Disability Studies) who spoke on her experience being involved in grassroots initiatives involving organisations representing people with disabilities, campaigning for ratification. See presentation by Agnes Van Wijnen here.

The final speaker on the day, Prof. Gerard Quinn (Director of the Centre for Disability Law and Policy at the National University of Ireland, Galway School of Law.) focused on the area of legal capacity reform.  See presentation by Prof. Gerard Quinn here.

For more information on the UNCRPD or for general enquires, log onto our website www.disability-federation.ie or your welcome to contact your DFI Support Officer.

 

 

 

July members' letter

 

July schedule

July 2013 Schedule Gateway by D12LCDP

July 2013 Newsletter

July Newsletter by D12LCDP

Personal Development Course

Personal Development Programme

for people with self-experience of Mental Ill Health.

20 week personal development programme starting on

31^st July 2013

Wednesday and Friday afternoons in Rathmines.

The Modules

·        Personal & Interpersonal Skills (FETAC Level 4)

·        Assertiveness & Confidence Building

·        CV Preparation & Interview Skills

·        Facilitated Training/Information Sessions and Group Work

                         

The fee for this course is €40.00.

 

This course is for people with self-experience of mental ill health and places will be given to people living in Dublin 2, 4, 6, 6W, 8, 12 & 14 first.  

  

For more information contact and to register your interest contact Mary Barnes or Martha on 01 4965558. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

National Traveller Suicide Awareness Project

The National Traveller Suicide Awareness Project is a community development approach to the issue of Traveller Suicide. The project works Nationally with Travellers and Traveller groups/organisations to support and resource them in their work on developing responses to the issue of Traveller suicide.

The project Mission is to develop and implement a community development approach to addressing the issue of suicide in the Traveller community through acting as a resource both to Traveller organisations and suicide related services in terms of raising their awareness on the issue of suicide in the Traveller community and promoting the development of initiatives to support suicide prevention, intervention and post vention, in a coordinated way.

The long term aim of the project is to reduce the rate of suicide over the next ten years.

For more information click here.