c/o Clarecare, Harmony Row, Ennis  www.accord.ie

Confidential counselling by trained counsellors for people experiencing difficulties in their marriage. Fertility counselling,family planning and marital sexual therapy also available.
Engaged Encounter at Esker, Athenry. Tel: 091 562331

Contact - 065 682 4297 / 1850 58 5000

A day care centre operates three times weekly in Respond House, Drumbiggle (off the Market). Open from 9.30 am to 4.00 pm, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday. Contact : Mary at 6823514 during opening times.

Monthly support meetings are held for carers, relatives and friends at the Alzheimer Office, Unit 17, Clonroad Business Park, Clonroad, Ennis, on the second Thursday of each month at 8.00pm.

Support meetings also held in Kilrush and Ennistymon, contact 6823514 for details.

Home care support can be obtained from this office for carers in need of a break. Telephone: Brigid or Pauline at 6845835 or 6868621. Drop in service for information available at office, Unit 17, Clonroad Business Park.

Aware is an organisation formed in 1985 by a group of interested patients, relatives and mental health professionals. Meetings are held all over the country to give help and encouragement to people suffering from depression and to their relatives.

Contact no: 01 6766166.
www.aware.ie

Bereaved Parents Association is an organisation for bereaved parents, grandparents, brothers, and sisters. Meetings by arrangement or any Tuesday in Cathedral House at 8pm, or Friary Parlous any day.
Contact - Ann on 065 682 0024 to arrange.

Living Links: Support for families bereaved by Suicide.  In Clare, there is a group of people who have undergone some training, to offer confidential, practical support & advice to families, who have experienced death by suicide.   The suicide outreach support person, at the request of the family, can call to the home or meet at a location, appointed by the family.  Please feel free to contact Clare “Living Links” Support Co-ordinator at 086 056 5373  between 5pm & 7pm  Monday to Friday.

Other Help Lines:
Teenline Ireland 1800 833 634 www.teenline.ie

STEM Support Group; providing inidvidual and group counselling for the bereaved.All Counsellors are qualified and have experience working in this area. We operate in Ennis and north Clare. Services free and confidential but a small voluntary contribution is appreciated.
Contact: Pauline Bradley 087 6383988

Adult Counselling Service, H.S.E. Ennis
Confidential professional counselling available. Free of charge for adults who suffered any kind of abuse and neglect in childhood.
Contact: 1800 234 115

Rainbows: Support group programme for children who have suffered significant loss in their lives, either through death, divorce or other painful transition.
Contact: Caitriona Mc Nicholas 087 6245675

Bushypark, Ennis.
Tel 065 694 0944
Email: bushyparkhouse@clarecare.ie
Web: www.bushypark.ie

Bushypark Treatment Centre is a facility designed to help individuals and their families recover from addictions and regain control of their lives. Bushypark offers a 30 day residential treatment program for people addicted to alcohol, chemicals or gambling

National Cancer Support Group:
Contact no: 1800 200 700

Action Breast Cancer support:
Contact no: 1800 30 90 40

Irish Cancer Society: 5, Northumberland Road, Dublin 4.

Free Breast Check: 1800 454 555

Clare Cancer Support: 087 6912396
www.clarecancersupport.com

Caring for Carers meet at Clarecare, Harmony Row, Ennis on the 2nd Wednesday of each month from 7.30 p.m. - 9.00 p.m.
Contact 065-6866515.

Carers Centre, 2 Carmody St. Business Park, Carmody Street.
Open Monday to Friday from 10.00 am to 4.00 pm where information, support and advice are available for carers.
www.caringforcarersclare.ie

Supporting and Advising Women and Families about Domestic Violence at Munster House, Gort Road Ind. Estate, Ennis Monday to Friday 9.00am to 5.30pm.
Telephone: 065-6842646; 
Help Line: 065-6822435/ 6849777 (24 hour)
Fax. 065-6842654

Director: Margaret Slattery,
Tel: 065-6824137

Rights & entitlements, accommodation, travel, local info, working abroad, education, application forms, outreach programmes, full secretarial & printing service available.  

Youth Training Schemes:  Contact Youth Centre, Carmody St.  

Harmony Row, Ennis.
Tel. 065 682 8178
General Manager: Fiacre Hensey

Email: info@clarecare.ie
Web: www.clarecare.ie

A professional voluntary agency, which aims to provide a range of people centred accessible services that meet current and changing needs in Co. Clare.  

Cloughleigh Community Centre is based at Davitt Terrace, Cloughleigh. The centre is community based and is administered by Cloughleigh Residents & Development group.
This group is voluntary and liaise with the statuary bodies for the betterment of the community of Cloughleigh.
Chairman: Noel Fawl, Gordon Drive, Cloughleigh.
Vice-Chairman: flan Brennan, Morrissey Ave, Cloughleigh
Treasurer: Kieran Walsh, 065 6820745
Assist Treasurer: Flan Brennan, 065 6822601
Assist Secretary & RAPID Community Chairperson: Dolores Nevin; 6842096.
RAPID Community Rep.: Flan Brennan, Dolores Nevin & Robert Wilkie.

Committee Members: Carmel O’Grady; Fr. O’Gorman, Cloughleigh Curate, Noel Fawl; Flan Brennan; Kieran Walsh; Dolores Nevin

The Community Centre is available for Hire at a nominal fee, proof of insurance will be required.

These activities are currently run at the Centre:
Mondays: Playgroup :9.15 a.m. to 12.30pm (Marion)
Young at Heart Go for Life 3.30pm ( Nellie & Mary)

Tuesdays: Playgroup : 9.15 a.m. to 12.30pm (Marion)
Yoga 8.00pm to 9.00pm: (Sarah)

Wednesdays : Playgroup : 9.15 a.m. to 12.30pm (Marion)
Judo (Albert & Joe) 7 to 9.30 p.m.(Glen)

Thursdays : Playgroup : 9.15 a.m. to 12.30pm (Marion)
Youth Club 7.00pm to 9.30pm (Glen)

Fridays: Playgroup : 9.15 a.m. to 12.30pm (Marion)
Friday Club 7.00pm to 9.00pm , (Margaret)

Hall is used by different interest groups for committee meetings.
Occasional functions for older people;
Christmas activities and children’s Summer Camp.

The Congress Information & Opportunity Centre deliver services to long term unemployed and disadvantaged groups in Clare. 
 C. I. O. C.  (formerly Clare Unemployment Resource Centre) 
Contact: Springfield House, Harmony Row, Ennis, 

Contact: 065-6841009

Fax: 065-6842132

email: cioc@eircom .net

St. Francis Credit Union,
Friars Walk,
Ennis.

Tel: 065 682 8305.

Pregnant & Worried? CURA cares.
Unexpected pregnancy is hard to take.

For confidential and free advice contact Cura @ 6829905.

Office hours:
Monday 7.00am to 9.00pm
Wednesday & Thursday 11.00am to 1.00pm

Office at 2 Barrack Close, Ennis.

Contact: Geraldine Colleran
Tel: 061 467 494   /   061 467 495
Video ‘phone: 061- 467492

DeafHear.ie is a unique organisation in the Deaf sector.
DeafHear provides a range of services to over 32,500 Deaf and Hard of Hearing people and their families annually.
It also has a wider impact on the lives of all Deaf and Hard of Hearing people in Ireland through advocacy and campaigning for improved health and education services, and for better access to society for all.

https://www.deafhear.ie 

The national network of Citizens Information Centres is there for the benefit of the community and backed by Comhairle. The Centres have access to up-to-date information on all matters of public concern, i.e. Health, Social Welfare, Taxation, Housing, Consumer Affairs and other matters including information on local organisations and services your entitlements, the best options that are open to you, receive help filling out a form, following up your enquiry or with an appeal if necessary.
This service is delivered by qualified information officers who receive training and back-up from Comhairle.

Located at Bindon Lane, (opposite the Main Post Office on Bindon Street), Ennis Co. Clare. The centre is accessible to people with disabilities and has parking facilities at the back of the building.

Telephone: 065-6841221
Fax: 065-6840372
E-mail: ennis.cic@comhairle.ie
www.citizensinformation.ie

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Address: Centrepoint, Orchard Lane, Hermitage, Ennis, Co. Clare Telephone: 065 6823339
Fax: 065 6824442

Email: ewp.ennis@eircom.net

Target Group: Long term unemployed, lone parents, travellers, people with disabilities, youth at risk/early school leavers, older people, ethnic minorities low income.

Aims: Mission Statement: To foster a spirit of proaction and community which will spearhead the development of a range of actions and measures to counter disadvantage, exclusion and marginalisation within the community and lead to a restoration of dignity and self sufficiency and to enhanced quality of life. Ennis West Partners are involved through partnership and networking with other agencies who work towards social inclusion and improving quality of life for those living in the Ennis West area.

Grow consists of a network of mutual help groups, which meet weekly.  In these meetings, people learn to understand the factors which promote mental health and what steps they can take themselves, along with friendly help and support, to overcome problems such as phobias, anxiety, depression, panic attacks and loneliness. 

Meetings in Ennis: Monday 8pm in St Anthony’s Hall, (Friary). 
Thursday 8pm, room 2, Community Centre, Ennis or tel: 061 318813 for more information

www.grow.ie
www.console.ie

Contact Mary cosgrove, at Clarecare 065 6828178

MABS is a national, free, confidential and independent service for people in debt or in danger of getting into debt

Contact:  Clare MABS,
                       8 Harmony Row,
                       Ennis

Tel: 065 684 1991.
http://www.mabs.ie

MOVE, Men Overcoming Violence, works in the area of domestic violence, with a primary aim of supporting the safety and wellbeing of women and their children who are experiencing, or have experienced violence/abuse in an intimate relationship.

MOVE does this by facilitating men in a weekly group process that involves them taking responsibility for their violence and changing their attitude and behaviour.

Contact: Clarecare 065 6828178
http://www.moveireland.ie/

Who we are

• NCBI is a not for profit charitable organisation which offers support and services nationwide to people experiencing difficulties with their eyesight.

• About 18 per cent of people using NCBI’s services are completely blind, while 82 per cent have varying degrees of usable vision.

• Established in 1931 to promote the full independence of people who are blind or vision impaired, NCBI now provides a range of services to over 14,000 people.

• NCBI also provides a range of services to public and private organisations so that their services are accessible to people who are blind and vision impaired.

• We have over 150 staff who deliver our services and are supported by a team of dedicated volunteers throughout the country.

• Our vision is for people who are blind of vision impaired to have the same opportunities, rights and choices as other to fully participate in society.

Clare Branch, Community Resource worker: Maura Barry @ 086 8109088

The Irish Refugee Council (IRC) is a membership-based, independent non-governmental organisation which advocates on behalf of asylum seekers and refugees. The Irish Refugee Council believes that, in accordance with the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, every person has the right to claim asylum and to have a fair and transparent decision on their application.

The local Refugee Council office is located at Carmody Street Business Park, Ennis. Tel 065 6822026

Respond! is Ireland’s largest not for profit Housing Association. We seek to create a positive future for people by alleviating poverty and creating vibrant, socially integrated communities.

We do this through providing access to education, childcare, community development programmes, housing and other supports.

Tel 065 6823514
http://www.respond.ie

Ennis Active Retired Group: Meetings every Tuesday from 11.00am to 12.00 noon in clarecare. 065 6828178

Old Folks Meetings on Monday evening @ 8.00pm in community Centre. For Christmas dinner contact Fr. Ger Fitzgerald065 6824043  or Peggy Kearney

Day Care Centres:
Clarecastle 065 6842457
Kilmaley 065 6839768

The Society of St. Vincent de Paul is an international voluntary Catholic Christian organisation.
The Society has been in Ireland since 1844 and has extensive experience of working with a diverse range of people who experience poverty and exclusion. Through a network of over 9,500 volunteers, it is strongly committed to working for social justice and advocates the creation of a more just and caring society.

 The aim of the S.V.P. is to help the poor in Ennis.
Conferences are held on Monday nights @ 8.00pm.
Written requests can be left into the Parish Office or the SVP Shop, 84 Parnell St.

 Contact: 065 6824188 or  065 6824043
http://www.svp.ie

“Sunville”, Kilrush Road, Ennis

Feeling lonely, suicidal, despairing.

Contact: 065 682 9777 / 1850 60 90 90 day or night

Cloughleigh Youth Club: This club meets every Wednesday evening (September to May) in the Cloughleigh Community Centre.

Elmo’s Attic: This is a drop-in-centre, which caters for young people over the age of fifteen. It is open every Saturday (Closes for the Summer Months) from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. The centre is staffed by young people who are supported by a small number of adults.

The Junction, Cloughleigh Road, Ennis. A youth and Community development to serve the Youth and Community needs in Ennis. Contact Jean Tierney, Project Manager @ 6845350 email jtierney@clareyouthservices.org

Young Bands: This project operates in conjunction with Elmo’s Attic and involves supporting the formation of young bands. Local bands receive the opportunity to perform at Elmo’s on a monthly basis.

Summer Programme:
The Youth Service organise a range of summer projects which include the following:Play scheme: which caters for children aged between 9 and 11, operates over two weeks in July.
Summer Camp: caters for children age 11 to 13 and is also held in July.
Both of these programmed involve almost five hundred participants in a range of educational and entertaining activities.
Volunteer’s Programme: caters for young adults age 17 and over. The
participants in this programme receive training to work with young people on the Summer Camp and Play scheme.
Further information on all programmes and activities contact Margaret Slattery, at the Clare Youth Service, Carmody Street, Ennis 065-6824137

Lee’s Road Sports Ground: consisting of 4 playing pitches; I all weather pitch; 8 dressing rooms with canteen and shower facilities and office. There are also walk areas and sand based running track. For booking or more info. contact 065 6867175

Ennis Scout Group: The 1st & 4th Clare Scout Group consist of
2 Beaver Nights, Wednesday & Friday from 7.00pm to 8.00pm ( 6 to 8 year olds).
3 Cubs Nights, Monday, Tuesday & Thursday from 7.00pm to 8.30pm. (8 to 11 year olds)
2 Scout Nights, Monday & Tuesday 8.30pm to 10.00pm ( 11 to 15 years)

In Ennis we have a great group of Leaders, however like every other voluntary organisation we are always on the look out for new Leaders who are willing to give their time and knowledge to the younger people of Ennis. If you wish to find out more about Scouting in Ennis, please contact: Pat O’Connell @ 087 9967531 Kevin Malone @ 087 7402142

Girl Guides, Brownies, Ladybirds:
Contact: Betty Woods, 1 McNamara Park @ 6829046.