Wicklow Against Suicide
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- www.bebo.com/action4wicklow
- Motto
- Welcome to our bebo page!
- Ich über mich
- " Across communities young people are uniting to remember those we have lost through suicide on their bebo pages and in other ways. This demonstrates an action which they have taken: on behalf of themselves for those friends who have died too young.We must respond to their call and together we can work to try to stop this happening again. We need to campaign to ensure we reach out to those we are crying out for help and work for solutions. Regardless of everything else, no matter what that everything else is, we must work to ensure we have the proper services in place to deal with this crisis. I will do everything I can to fight for those in need of help and bring people together"
Wayne Flanagan Tobin, Youth Officer.
Wicklow Against Suicide is a grassroots movement campaigning to reduce the number of suicides in our community. Over the last year we have campaigned to get a suicide prevention officer back to Wicklow. Please add us and support our efforts.
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- Contact details
- wicklowagainstsuicide@live.ie 085-7659347
- Suicide Prevention Officer
- Ms Imelda Hatton,
Senior Health Promotion Officer, Mental Health Promotion ,
HSE Dublin / Mid-Leinster,
Health Promotion Department 3rd Floor,
52 Broomhill Road
Tallaght, Dublin 24.
Telephone Ph: 01 4632800,
Email:imelda.halton@hse.ie. - 24 Hour Helpline
- 1800 247 100
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How can prevent further youth suicides in the Wicklow area?
- More education around the issue in the schools
- An independent investigation on the Wicklow area
- Better services for young people
- More youth facilities
- listen to young people more and create a new appraoach based on their problems and pressures
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News update of Week of Monday 16th
Speaker spoke at the Pres Bray Parents' Association AGM and it went very well on Tuesday night.
Tomorrow Friday Ian McGahon and Wayne are going to Wicklow to discuss new project.
More details coming soon.0 Kommentare 6 Tage
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Suicide and the Recession
SUICIDE PREVENTION experts say job losses and the recession may be linked to a 43 per cent increase in the number of suicides recorded during the first three months of this year.
Latest figures from the Central Statistics Office indicate that 106 people took their lives during the first three months of this year, compared to 74 during the same period last year.
The first quarter of 2009 saw 9.6 suicides per 100,000 population compared to 6.8 per 100,000 in the same period in 2008.
The increase comes just months after official figures reported a significant increase in the rate of self-harm last year, while groups such as Samaritans say demand for support is on the increase.
However, experts say it is still too early to say if the figures represent a trend which will continue over the rest of the year. Suicide rates have been decreasing in recent years, with numbers falling from 460 in 2007 to 424 last year, a 16-year low.
Dr John Connolly of the Irish Association of Suicidology said the figures were “ominous” and underscored the need to invest in suicide prevention and mental health services.
“Research reaching back to Émile Durkheim in the 1890s shows that, in times of recession, suicide rates tend to increase,” he said. “There can be random variations in suicide rates in small countries like Ireland, so it’s too early to say for sure.”
Dr Justin Brophy, a consultant psychiatrist, said a number of studies indicated that those who lost their jobs during a recession were at a greater risk of suicide. The risks for the least well-educated were even higher. However, governments could help by providing social security safety nets and programmes to help people cope with redundancy and get back to work.
“Latest research indicates that governments can protect people by investing in social protection measures which give people who lose their jobs new opportunities. We fare quite well on that, through programmes in Fás and Mabs [Money Advice and Budgeting Service], for example,” Dr Brophy said.
Despite evidence of an increase in suicide, funding for suicide prevention services is under threat. Suicide prevention campaigner and Fine Gael TD Dan Neville has criticised spending cuts.
He said we spend 10 times more money on road safety measures than on suicide prevention despite the fact that more people kill themselves than die on the roads.
While Ireland has a relatively low overall rate of suicide in European terms, we have the fourth highest suicide rate among young people across the EU. In addition, hospital AE units dealt with almost 12,000 cases of self-harm last year, including a significant increase among men.
For support, contact the Samaritans (1850-609090 or jo@samaritans.ie) or the “1Life” helpline (1800-24 7 100).
W.A.S wouls like to thank the Samaritans for their ob-going support
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24 Hour Helpline 1800 247 100
In a ten point plan nearly two years ago Lobby groug Wicklow Against Suicide
W.A.S called for a 24 Hour Helpline and since then have rigoriously campaigned for such a
service are now delighted to announce one has been launched.
Given the fact Ireland has one of the highest Youth Suicide Rates in Europe
Youth Officer of Wicklow Aganst Suicide and co-founder Mr. Wayne Flanagan Tobin
said :
"This marks a great social moment when the needs of the most vulnerable in our Society
are finally being met. I am very proud to be part of a movement which has continue to
make progress in its campaigns"
Chairman John Curran noted:
"There will be a team of professional councillors and trained volunteers 24 hours a day
7 days a week contactable at 1800 247 100"
Wicklow based RTE 2FM DJ Nikki Hayes who has constantly pushed this issue up the agenda at
meetings said:
" Such a service was badly needed and its great to get this positive news for our group
, county and nation"
Group member Paul Leahy said:
"Another bonus is the fact the service is free of charge"
ENDS 21/10/09
Further information 085 765 93 470 Kommentare 34 Tage
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Suicide Prevention Officer
Ms Imelda Hatton, Senior Health Promotion Officer, Mental Health Promotion , HSE Dublin / Mid-Leinster, Health Promotion Department 3rd Floor, 52 Broomhill Road Tallaght, Dublin 24. Telephone Ph: 01 4632800, Email:imelda.halton@hse.ie.
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Good one ta
keep up the Good work
Im doing it for you guys ... just make sure some1 waiting at the end with a glass of water ... nah nah ... champage
xxx LUVAGE xxx
Hi man keep up the good work
NO tank u 4 d work yous are doin...x.x.x
tanks 4 acceptin me.,AGAIN! Sum1 hackd me old page! KEEP UP D GUD WORK YOUS ARE FANTASTIC X.X.X
i lost my brother 3years ago to suicide,the mental help he needed was terrible im so proud of the work you are doing i hope it reduces the number of families torn apart like mine.i wish you all the best and if theres anything i can do to help,just ask.
Keep up d gud wrk......my sister committed suicide 4 years ago so i no how devastatin it is.
nobodr, i tink al dez wee groups help d more d betr,keep up d gud wrk pal x.x
No bother,
Keep up the good work (:
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Thought the meeting went very well tonight - congratulations to the committee for their hard work
really gud meetin tonite xxxxx