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Rape Crisis Network Ireland
2nd Floor, The Halls, Quay Street, Galway
Tel: (091) 563 676, 9.30am – 5.30pm Mon to Fri Fax: (091) 563 677
Email: rcni@eircom.net Web: www.rcni.ie
Network of 16 member rape crisis centres. The network provides support,
information, training and development for existing member centres so
that they can provide the best possible counselling, support, advocacy and
information to survivors of sexual violence and supporters of survivors.
In addition, the network raises public awareness, engages in partnerships
with various statutory agencies and other organisations, and lobbies for
social change.

Reach to Recovery
43–45 Northumberland Road, Dublin 4
Tel: (01) 231 0500 Helpline: 1800 200 700, 9.00am – 5.00pm Mon to Fri
Fax: (01) 231 0555
Email: info@irishcancer.ie Web: www.cancer.ie
A support group for women who have had a diagnosis of breast cancer.
Provides one-to-one emotional and practical support.

Recovery International
Room 85, Bridge House, Cherry Orchard Hospital, Ballyfermot, Dublin 10
Tel: (01) 626 0775, 8.00am – 4.00pm Mon to Fri Fax: (01) 626 4799
Email: info@recovery-inc-ireland.ie Web: www.recovery-inc-ireland.ie
Offers a self-help mental health programme for people suffering with
anxiety, phobias, depression or nervous symptoms. At 32 locations, weekly
meetings take place where techniques can be learned to control these
symptoms and fears.

Referendum Commission
18 Lower Leeson Street, Dublin 2
Tel: (01) 639 5695 Fax: (01) 639 5674
Email: refcom@ombudsman.gov.ie Web: www.refcom.ie
Independent body established at the discretion of the Minister for the
Environment, Heritage and Local Government whenever a referendum is to
be held. Its role is to explain the subject matter of referendum proposals,
to promote public awareness of the referendum and to encourage the
electorate to vote at the poll

Registrar of Friendly Societies
Parnell House, 14 Parnell Square, Dublin 1
Tel: (01) 804 5499 Helpline: 1890 220 225 Fax: (01) 804 5498
Hours Mon to Fri: phone or fax, 9.15am – 1.00pm and 2.30pm – 5.30pm;
public office, 10.00am – 1.00pm and 2.30pm – 4.00pm
Responsible for the registration of all industrial and provident societies
(including co-operatives), friendly societies and trade unions. Public files
relating to these are maintained and open to public inspection

Rehab Group, The
Roslyn Park, Beach Road, Sandymount, Dublin 4
Tel: (01) 205 7200, 8.00am – 6.00pm Mon to Fri Fax: (01) 205 7211
Email: info@rehab.ie Web: www.rehab.ie
An independent, non-profit organisation delivering training, employment, social
care and commercial services that promote equality. In Ireland, the Group
comprises a number of organisations. National Learning Network (formerly
NTDI) assists people at a disadvantage in the labour market in learning the skills
they need to build lasting careers in jobs that reflect their interests and abilities.

Retirement Planning Council of Ireland
27–29 Lower Pembroke Street, Dublin 2
Tel: (01) 661 3139, 9.00am – 5.00pm Mon to Fri Fax: (01) 661 1368
Email: information@rpc.ie Web: www.rpc.ie
Aims to prepare people for the period of their lives that begins when they
leave the workplace. Helps them become aware of the areas that will
change. People today live longer in retirement than ever before, hence the
importance of early and adequate preparation.

Riding for the Disabled Association Ireland (Incorporating
Carriage Driving)
c/o Rathlinn, Templecarrig Lower, Delgany, Co. Wicklow
Tel: (01) 287 6498 Fax: (01) 287 6503
Email: rdaisecretary@eircom.net Web: www.rdai.org
Countrywide voluntary organisation which aims to provide the opportunity
of riding (or driving) to any person with a disability who might benefit in
health and happiness.

RNLI Ireland – Lifeboats
Airside, Swords, Co. Dublin
Tel: (01) 895 1800 Fax: (01) 895 1801
Email: lifeboatsireland@rnli.org.uk Web: www.rnli.ie
Aims to save lives at sea around the coasts of Ireland and the UK. Provides
lifeboat cover 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Operates 43 lifeboat stations
in Ireland, crewed by highly trained and committed volunteers.
Publications: Lifeboats Ireland (annual); water safety booklets, in conjunction
with the Marine Safety Working Group.

Road Safety Authority
Moy Business Park, Primrose Hill, Dublin Road, Ballina, Co. Mayo
Tel: (096) 25 000 Lo-call 1890 506 080 Fax: (096) 25 252
Email: info@rsa.ie Web: www.rsa.ie
Responsibilities: promotion of road safety; accident and road safety research;
driver learning and licensing; vehicle standards; driver vocational care;
registration of driving instructors; driver vocational training; compulsory
basic training for motorcyclists; road haulage enforcement functions.

Royal British Legion (Republic of Ireland)
26 South Frederick Street, Dublin 2
Tel/Helpline: (01) 671 3044, 9.00am – 4.00pm Fax: (01) 671 3528
Email: palexander@britishlegion.org.uk
A membership organisation that aims to assist ex-service men and women
and their dependants who are in need and who have served in the British
Armed Forces. Provides once-off grants, regular allowances, medical and
nursing home grants, and bursaries for third-level education.

Royal Dublin Fusiliers Association
11 Ayrfield Court, Ayrfield, Dublin 13
Email: rdfa@eircom.net Web: www.greatwar.ie
Objectives: to commemorate all Irish men and women who served in the
Great War 1914–1918; to promote a better understanding of its effect on
Ireland and thereby assist in the reconciliation of the different traditions
on the island; to collect and publicise related information and objects.

Royal Irish Automobile Club
34 Dawson Street, Dublin 2
Tel: (01) 677 5141, 9.00am – 4.45pm Fax: (01) 677 5551
Email: info@riac.ie
The Club’s policy is directed towards the encouragement and popularisation
of the motor movement in Ireland. Affiliated to the Federation
Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA).

Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland
63 Merrion Square, Dublin 2
Tel: (01) 676 1749, 10.00am – 4.45pm Mon to Thurs and 2.00pm – 4.45pm Fri
Email: rsai@rsai.ie Web: www.rsai.ie
Founded in 1849 to preserve, examine and illustrate all ancient monuments
and memorials of the arts, manners and customs of the past as connected
with the antiquities, language, literature and history of Ireland. These aims
are achieved through the society’s annual programme of lectures, talks
and excursions.

Rural Resettlement Ireland
Kilbaha, Kilrush, Co. Clare
Tel: (065) 905 8034, 9.30am – 5.00pm Mon to Fri Fax: (065) 905 8242
Email: rri@iol.ie Web: www.ruralresettlement.com
Assists families to leave the city and resettle permanently in rural areas. The
service is available to all but priority is given to families with young children.

Rutland Centre
Knocklyon Road, Templeogue, Dublin 16
Tel: (01) 494 6358, 8.30am – 5.00pm Mon to Fri Fax: (01) 494 6444
Email: info@rutlandcentre.ie Web: www.rutlandcentre.ie
Provides services to those over the age of 17 who are addicted to alcohol,
drugs, gambling and/or food.

Safe Home Programme
St Brendan’s Village, Mulranny, Co. Mayo
Tel: (098) 36 036, 9.00am – 4.00pm Mon to Fri Fax: (098) 36 037
Email: safehomeireland@eircom.net Web: www.safehomeireland.com
Seeks to assist older Irish emigrants to return to their homeland if they lack the
financial means and information to do so themselves. Provides information to
anyone thinking of returning to Ireland regardless of age or circumstances.

Salvation Army
PO Box 2098, Dublin Central Mission, Lower Abbey Street, Dublin 1
Tel: (01) 874 0987
Web: www.salvationarmy.ie
York House Tel: (01) 476 3337, Lefroy House Tel: (01) 874 3762,
Cedar House Tel: (01) 873 1241, The Granby Centre Tel: (01) 872 5500
Operates four social centres meeting a variety of needs, regardless of race,
creed or religion. Local corps (churches) provide opportunities for worship
and community service. York House provides accommodation for 80 single
homeless men aged over 25 years

Samaritans, The
4–5 Ushers Court, 7 Ushers Quay, Dublin 8
Tel: (01) 671 0071 Helpline 1850 60 90 90, 24 hours a day
Email Helpline: jo@samaritans.org Web: www.samaritans.org
Branches: Athlone, Ballymena, Bangor, Belfast, Coleraine, Cork,
Craigavon, Derry, Drogheda, Dublin, Ennis, Galway, Kilkenny, Limerick,
Newbridge, Newry, Omagh, Sligo, Tralee, Waterford
Provides completely confidential emotional support 24 hours a day by
telephone, email, face-to-face or letter to people in distress and at risk of
suicide and aims to make emotional health more of a mainstream issue.
Samaritan’s vision is for a society where fewer people die by suicide. It wants
to help create a society where people are able to talk about their feelings
openly, and people are able to respect the feelings of others.

Schizophrenia Ireland – Lucia Foundation
38 Blessington Street, Dublin 7
Tel: (01) 860 1620 National Helpline: 1890 621 631, 9.00am – 5.00pm
Mon to Fri Fax: (01) 860 1602 Library facilities available on request
Email: info@sirl.ie Web: www.sirl.ie
National organisation concerned with the interests of people with
schizophrenia and their caring relatives and friends. Services: information
helpline; phrenz groups; relatives groups; family support initiatives;
counselling; employment services; awareness; conference every two years;
information service and seminars; employment and rehabilitative services.

Senior Help Line
Third Age Centre, Summerhill, Co. Meath
Tel: (046) 955 7766 Helpline: 1850 440 444, 7 days,
10.00am – 4.00pm and 7.00pm – 10.00pm
Email: info@seniorhelpline.ie Web: www.seniorhelpline.ie
Voluntary service aimed at lonely or isolated older people. The service is
run by older people for older people for the price of a local call anywhere in
Ireland. It is a non-directive and confidential service.

Sick and Indigent Roomkeepers Society
34 Lower Leeson Street, Dublin 2
Tel: (01) 676 9191, 10.00am – 1.00pm Fax: (01) 676 9191
Aims to assist the poor of Dublin City.

Sightsavers International
98 Patrick Street, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin Tel: (01) 663 7666,
9.00am – 5.00pm Fax: (01) 230 0092
Email: info@sightsavers.ie Web: www.sightsavers.ie
Combats blindness in the developing world. Sightsavers’ vision is of a world
where no-one is needlessly blind. It works with partner organisations in poor
and least-served communities to help establish and support permanent
activities that prevent and cure blindness, restore sight and provide help for
people who will never see.

Sign Language Interpreting Service
Hainault House, The Square, Tallaght, Dublin 24
Tel: (01) 413 9670 or 087 980 6996, 9.00am – 5.00pm Fax: (01) 413 9677
Email: slis@slis.ie Web: www.slis.ie
The national agency for Irish Sign Language (ISL) interpreting. Fully qualified,
accredited interpreters available nationwide for situations that require ISL
interpretation.

Simon Community of Ireland
St Andrew’s House, 28–30 Exchequer Street, Dublin 2
Tel: (01) 671 1606, 9.00am – 5.00pm Fax: (01) 671 1098
Email: info@simoncommunity.com Web: www.simoncommunity.com
National organisation representing Simon Communities in Cork, Dublin,
Dundalk, Galway, the Midlands, the Mid West, the North West and the
South East. Mission: work with people who experience homelessness and
housing exclusion in Ireland by assisting people at risk of becoming homeless;
campaign for legislative and policy changes and resources that will deliver
responsive services for people experiencing homelessness; provide quality
care, accommodation, projects and services which support people and enable
them to acquire and sustain an appropriate home of their own.

Skillshare International Ireland
40 Dominick Street Lower, Dublin 1
Tel: (01) 874 8188, 9.00am – 5.00pm Fax: (01) 874 8960
Email: irelandinfo@skillshare.org Web: www.skillshare.ie
Part of an international organisation that works in partnership with locally
based non-governmental organisations, community organisations, networks
and government bodies in southern Africa to enable them to achieve their
vision and facilitate broader social change in their own communities.

Society of St Vincent de Paul
91–92 Seán MacDermott Street, Dublin 1
Tel: (01) 838 6990, 9.00am – 5.30pm Fax: (01) 838 7355
Email: info@svp.ie Web: www.svp.ie
A large, national, voluntary-led, decentralised, Christian organisation working
with poor and disadvantaged people. Involved in a diverse range of activities
characterised by support and friendship, promoting self-sufficiency, and
working for social justice. Services include the following: community resource
centres; hostels and refuges; social housing projects; visits to homes, hospital
and prisons; youth clubs; shops; creches; education grants; holiday centres.

Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association – Forces Help
The Administrator, 26 South Frederick Street, Dublin 2
Tel: (01) 677 2554 Fax: (01) 671 3528
Email: ssafairl@eircom.net
Provides assistance to Irish men and women, and their dependants, who
are in need and who have served in the British Armed Forces. Gives advice,
assistance with submitting claims for statutory benefits, practical help,
financial grants and friendship.

Sophia Housing Association
25 Cork Street, Dublin 8
Tel: (01) 473 8300 Fax: (01) 473 6229
Email: info@sophia.ie Web: www.sophia.ie
Voluntary, non-profit organisation which provides good quality, affordable
housing for people on low incomes. Provides ongoing support, and
transitional and long-term housing with childcare services for families. The
Association is currently establishing nine projects around Ireland.

Spinal Injuries Ireland
National Rehabilitation Hospital, Rochestown Avenue, Dun Laoghaire,
Co. Dublin
Tel: (01) 235 5317, 9.00am – 5.00pm Mon to Fri
Email: info@spinalinjuries.ie Web: www.spinalinjuries.ie
A resource to over 5,000 people, comprising those who have sustained a
spinal cord injury, their spouses and family members.

St John Ambulance Brigade of Ireland
Lumsden House, 29 Upper Leeson Street, Dublin 4
Tel: (01) 668 8077 Fax: (01) 668 8780
Web: www.sja.ie
Voluntary organisation that provides training and education in first aid, and
first aid services at public and private events.

St John of God Hospitaller Services
Stillorgan, Co. Dublin
Tel: (01) 277 1500
Email: communications@sjog.ie Web: www.sjog.ie
Provides mental health services, care for older people, and services for
children and adults with intellectual disabilities.

St Patrick’s Guild
203 Merrion Road, Dublin 4
Tel: (01) 219 6551, 9.30am – 5.30pm Mon to Fri Fax: (01) 219 6554
Offers an information and training service to adopted people and/or natural
parents whose placements were organised by St Patrick’s Guild. Pre-reunion
and post-reunion counselling is offered. The agency also offers counselling to
adoptive parents dealing with parenting and adoption issues.

St Stephen’s Green Trust
PO Box 950, Naas, Co. Kildare
Tel: (045) 480 666, 9.00am – 3.00pm Mon to Thurs Fax: (045) 480 666
Email: info@ssgt.ie Web: www.ssgt.ie
Grant-giving organisation which supports organisations working in Ireland
to improve the lives of people who are affected by poverty, disadvantage
and social exclusion. The Trust operates on a 32-county basis and has two
grant schemes.

STEER
5 Rosemount Villas, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal
Tel: (074) 917 7311, 9.00am – 5.00pm Mon to Fri Fax: (074) 717 7756
Email: steerireland@donegal.net
An independent mental health initiative led by service users. It is a
partnership between those who have experienced mental health difficulties,
their carers and families. It aims to improve the quality of life of the client
groups and promote better mental health within communities.

Sunbeam House Services – SHS
Cedar Estate, Killarney Road, Bray, Co. Wicklow
Tel: (01) 286 8451 Fax: (01) 276 0367
Email: info@sunbeam.ie Web: www.sunbeam.ie
Provides training, employment and support services for adults with an
intellectual disability. Its programmes, tailored to meet individual choices, are
provided in 30 centres throughout Wicklow and South Co. Dublin. Services:
day care, residential, sheltered employment, supported employment, special

Sustainable Energy Ireland
Glasnevin, Dublin 9
Tel: (01) 836 9080 Fax: (01) 837 2848
Email: info@sei.ie Web: www.sei.ie
Promotes and assists the development of sustainable energy. Mission:
improve energy efficiency; advance the development and deployment
of renewable energy sources; reduce environmental impact of energy
production and use. Other responsibilities: advising the government on
policy; implementing programmes agreed by the government; stimulating
sustainable energy policies and actions by public bodies, business,
communities and individuals.

Taisce, An – The National Trust for Ireland
Tailors’ Hall, Back Lane, Dublin 8
Tel: (01) 454 1786
Email: admin@antaisce.org Web: www.antaisce.org
Advances the conservation, management and sustainable development
of Ireland’s built and natural environment and promotes environmental
issues through education, advocacy and heritage ownership. An Taisce is an
independent, non-statutory and charitable body that is a listed prescribed
body within the planning legislation. Local authorities are obliged to consult
An Taisce on a range of development proposals and so its expertise extends
across Ireland’s natural, built and social heritage.

TASC – Think Tank for Action On Social Change
26 South Fredrick Street, Dublin 2
Tel: (01) 616 9050, 9.00am – 5.30pm Fax: (01) 675 3118
Email: contact@tascnet.ie Web: www.tascnet.ie
An independent think tank committed to progressive social change in
Ireland. TASC aims to provide a space for innovative thinking where dialogue
is facilitated between citizens, researchers and government. It is dedicated
to seeking out new evidence-based ideas and policy solutions which will
inform strategies and it campaigns for change as it works towards a society
where equality is a human right.

Threshold
21 Stoneybatter, Dublin 7
Tel: (01) 678 6096, 9.30am – 5.00pm Mon to Fri, late clinic Thurs
until 7.30pm Fax: (01) 677 2407
Offices also in Cork, Galway and Limerick
Email: advice@threshold.ie Web: www.threshold.ie
Provides advice and advocacy on housing problems. Threshold campaigns
for the most vulnerable in society and publishes research in the area. Its
Access Housing unit helps people out of homelessness. Threshold represents
tenants at hearings of the Private Residential Tenancies Board.

Tourette Syndrome Association of Ireland
Carmichael House, North Brunswick Street, Dublin 7
Tel: (01) 872 5550, 9.00am – 5.00pm Helpline: 087 298 2356
Email: info@tsai.ie Web: www.tsai.ie
Provides advice and support for children and adults with Tourette syndrome
and everyone involved in their lives; brings together individuals with Tourette
syndrome and associated disorders, in order to share information; raises
awareness among public and professionals in Ireland; provides a telephone
helpline for information; arranges informal meetings twice yearly with guest
speakers and also produces newsletters, advice sheets and leaflets.

Transfusion Positive
3 Clanwilliam Square, Dublin 2
Tel: (01) 639 8855, 10.00am – 2.00pm Mon to Fri Fax: (01) 639 8856
Email: transfusionpositive@eircom.net
Support and action group for people infected with Hepatitis C through
contaminated blood provided within the State.

Transparency International Ireland
School of Business, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2
Tel: (01) 896 3705
Email: jkdevitt@transparency.ie Web: www.transparency.ie
International non-governmental organisation dedicated to fighting corruption
throughout the world. Its campaign is supported through a range of
information, education and research programmes. Carries out its work through
its International Secretariat based in Berlin and its network of over 100
chapters and affiliates worldwide. The Irish chapter was established in 2004.

Tree Council of Ireland
Seismograph House, Rathfarnham Castle, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14
Tel: (01) 493 1313, 9.00am – 1.00pm Fax: (01) 493 1317
Email: trees@treecouncil.ie Web: www.treecouncil.ie
Promotes propagation, management, conservation and knowledge about
trees and their care. Organises National Tree Week and Trees Day annually,
also seminars; competitions and publications.

Trócaire – The Catholic Agency for World Development
Maynooth, Co. Kildare
Tel: (01) 629 3333 Fax: (01) 629 0661 Helpline: 1850 408 408
Email: info@trocaire.ie Web: www.trocaire.org
Aims to express the response of the Catholic Church in Ireland to the
needs and problems of the developing world. Activities include longterm
development projects with local non-governmental organisations
and providing emergency relief working with networks of international
development organisations.

Trust
Bride Road, Dublin 8
Tel: (01) 454 3799, 9.00am – 1.00pm Mon to Fri Fax: (01) 454 3799
Email: info@trust-ireland.ie Web: www.trust-ireland.ie
Provides a social and medical service for people who are homeless. It
operates out of a recognition of every individual’s right to be treated as an
autonomous and unique human being, and the need to restore the dignity
of individuals whom society has labelled deviant and undesirable. Trust runs
training days around the complexities of homelessness.

UNICEF Ireland
25–26 Great Strand Street, Dublin 1
Tel: (01) 878 3000, 9.00am – 5.30pm Mon to Fri Fax: (01) 878 6655
Email: info@unicef.ie Web: www.unicef.ie
The world’s largest children’s organisation. It works to promote the rights,
and improve the lives, of children in over 160 countries regardless of race,
creed, nationality, status or political belief. Supports programmes operated
by local people in developing countries by helping to bring immunisation,
health care, safe water, sanitation, nutrition and schooling to communities
wherever they are needed.

Vincentian Partnership for Social Justice
Ozanam House, 53 Mountjoy Square, Gardiner Street, Dublin 1
Tel: (01) 878 0425 Fax: (01) 878 0423
Email: vpj@eircom.net Web: www.vpsj.ie, www.vote.ie
Works for social and economic change, tackling poverty and exclusion.
Promotes an active citizenship programme that encourages people to
participate in the electoral democratic process and enables them to develop
the skills necessary for active participation in the social and economic life
of their area.

VIVA – Volunteers in Irish Veterinary Assistance
13 Abeycarton, Longford
Tel: (043) 47 869, 8.00am – 6.00pm Fax: (043) 47 849
Helpline: 086 850 9697
Email: info@viva.ie Web: www.viva.ie
Provides animal healthcare and education to the developing world. Supports
animal health projects in Tanzania, Nepal and India. Trains and equips
artificial inseminators in Kosovo, Albania and Malawi. Places qualified
veterinary surgeons on one-year volunteering programmes.

VOICE
9 Upper Mount Street, Dublin 2
Tel: (01) 642 5741, 9.00am – 6.00pm Mon to Fri
Email: info@voiceireland.org Web: www.voiceireland.org
National environmental group devoted to the conservation and preservation
of Ireland’s natural resources through environmental awareness and
education, consultation with the government on national environmental
policy and through the empowerment of citizens and local groups to
protect local natural resources. In promoting these objectives, VOICE
collaborates and co-ordinates with other national and international
environmental organisations to achieve the common goal of protecting
the natural environment.

Voluntary Arts Ireland
12 English Street, Downpatrick, Co. Down, BT30 6AB
Tel: (048) 4483 9327, 9.00am – 5.00pm
Email: info@vaireland.org Web: www.vaireland.org
Enterprise and Technology Centre, Creagh, Ballinasloe, Co. Galway
Encourages people to take part in the arts or crafts as a means to transform
lives and communities. Informs the public and encourages local arts groups
to grow so there are opportunities for everyone to participate.

Voluntary Drug Treatment Network
4 Merchants Quay, Dublin 8
Tel: (01) 645 6534, 9.30am – 5.00pm
Email: janekenny@vdtn.ie
Made up of voluntary groups who provide treatment, recovery and
training programmes to individuals, families and communities affected by
problem drug use. The network represents the continuum of approaches
from harm reduction to drug-free models.

Voluntary Service International – VSI
30 Mountjoy Square, Dublin 1
Tel: (01) 855 1011, 10.00am - 6.00pm Mon to Fri Fax: (01) 855 1012
Email: info@vsi.ie Web: www.vsi.ie
The Irish branch of Service Civil International, a worldwide movement
working for peace, social justice, sustainable development and intercultural
understanding through volunteering, international exchanges and education
and awareness programmes.

Volunteer Centres Ireland – VCI
DMG Business Centre, 9–13 Blackhall Place, Tallaght, Dublin 7
Tel: (01) 799 4519, 9.00am – 5.00pm Mon to Fri Fax: (01) 799 4501
Email: info@volunteer.ie Web: www.volunteer.ie
The national body with responsibility for promoting and developing
volunteering in Ireland. VCI facilitates the national network of volunteer centres
across the country, provides assistance and support to existing and emerging
volunteer centres and promotes best practice in volunteering.

Volunteer Missionary Movement – VMM
Senior House, All Hallows College, Grace Park Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9
Tel: (01) 837 6565, 9.00am – 5.00pm Fax: (01) 836 7112
Email: mission@vmm.ie Web: www.vmm.ie
Lay Christian non-governmental organisation whose members share their
lives, faith and resources to promote equality, respect and dignity for all. VMM
responds to the needs of its project partners overseas by recruiting, planning and
training professionals to work with its partners in the developing world. VMM
currently has over 50 volunteers throughout East Africa and Central America.

Volunteer Stroke Scheme
249 Crumlin Road, Dublin 12
Tel: (01) 455 9036 Fax: (01) 455 7013
Email: vss@iolfree.ie Web: www.strokescheme.ie
Caters for stroke patients and their families. Runs four weekly clubs in Dublin.
Offers information and support through counselling, physiotherapy, annual
newsletter, holidays, outings, support meetings for carers, and home visits
to help with speech programme. Independent county schemes in Clonmel,
Galway, Limerick, Sligo, Waterford, Westmeath, Wexford and Wickow.

Volunteering Ireland
Coleraine House, Coleraine Street, Dublin 7
Tel: (01) 872 2622, 9.00am – 1.00pm and 2.00pm – 5.00pm
Fax: (01) 873 2623
Email: info@volunteeringireland.com Web: www.volunteeringireland.com
Promotes, supports and facilitates voluntary action of all kinds. Services:
a volunteer placement service; a supported volunteering service for
individuals with additional support needs; a training and consultancy service
on effective volunteer management; VOLT (Volunteer Organisers Linking
Together), the Irish network of volunteer co-ordinators; a help desk on all
matters relating to volunteering.

VSO Ireland
Office 335, The Capel Building, St Mary’s Abbey, Dublin 7
Tel: (01) 814 7070, 9.30am – 5.30pm Mon to Fri Fax: (01) 814 7079
Email: info@vso.ie Website: www.vso.ie
International development charity that works to tackle the causes of
disadvantage in the world’s poorest communities by sending volunteers to
work with local communities. Recruits experienced professionals from the
education, business, IT, health and community development sectors to work
overseas on one-year or two-year placements.

Wheel, The
10 Grattan Crescent, Inchicore, Dublin 8
Tel: (01) 454 8727, 9.00am – 5.30pm Mon to Thurs and 9.00am – 4.00pm
Fri Fax: (01) 454 8649
Email: info@wheel.ie Web: www.wheel.ie, also www.learningpoint.ie
and www.cvcover.ie
An advocate for the community and voluntary sector with a strong
commitment to making Ireland a better place to live in by strengthening
the organisations it represents. The Wheel works to create an environment
in which the sector and organisations within it can flourish through
representing shared interests and supporting organisations in their work.

Women’s Aid
Everton House, 47 Old Cabra Road, Dublin 7
Tel: (01) 868 4721 Fax: (01) 868 4722
Freephone: 1800 341 900, 10.00am – 10.00pm every day
Email: info@womensaid.ie Web: www.womensaid.ie
Provides information, support and accommodation referral to women and
their children who are being physically, emotionally and sexually abused by
an intimate partner.

Women’s Health Council, The
Block D, Irish Life Centre, Abbey Street Lower, Dublin 1
Tel: (01) 878 3777, 9.00am – 5.00pm Fax: (01) 878 3710
Email: info@whc.ie Web: www.whc.ie
A statutory body whose mission is to inform and influence the development
of health policy to ensure the maximum health and social gain for women
in Ireland. Its membership is representative of a wide range of expertise
and interest in women’s health. The work of the Council is guided by
three principles: equity based on diversity – the need to develop flexible
and accessible services which respond equitably to the diverse needs and
situations of women; quality in the provision and delivery of health services
to all women throughout their lives; relevance to women’s health needs.
The Council maintains a small library focusing on the social and policy
dimensions of women’s health. External readers requiring access for research
purposes should contact the librarian.

Women’s Health Project
19 Haddington Road, Dublin 4
Tel: (01) 669 9515, 2.00pm – 5.00pm Wed, 8.30pm – 10.30pm Thurs
Fax: (01) 668 0050
Email: admin.whp@hse.ie
Sexual health project for women working in prostitution. Free and
confidential service providing STI screening, addiction treatment outreach
to street and indoor workers. Condoms and needle exchange also provided.
Counselling available. Conducts research and provides training and
workshops in area of sexual health.

World Vision of Ireland
The Mews, Garland House, Rathmines, Dublin 6
Tel: (01) 498 0800, 9.00am – 5.30pm Mon to Thurs, 9.00am – 4.30pm Fri,
closed 1.00pm – 2.00pm Fax: (01) 498 0801
Email: ireland@wvi.org Web: www.worldvision.ie
Works in partnership with poor communities to facilitate sustainable
development; provides emergency relief and rehabilitation; advocates
on behalf of all children in need regardless of race, colour or creed;
funds long-term sustainable development projects in Kenya, Tanzania,
Uganda, Swaziland, Mauritania, Sierra Leone and Sudan and responds to
humanitarian disasters throughout the world.

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