Pieta Supports World Suicide Prevention Day on 10th September With ‘light A Candle’ Campaign
Pieta, Ireland’s leading suicide prevention service, is encouraging people to light a candle near a window at 8:00pm as a symbol of support for suicide prevention and in memory of loved ones lost to suicide Pieta is supporting the World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD) ‘Light a Candle’ campaign on 10th September, encouraging people to light a […]
AES Bord Na Mona Laois Customers Raise Money For Charity
AES Bord na Móna have today announced new charity partners for the year ahead. Pieta House and The Jack & Jill Children’s Foundation will receive 1% of all online bill payments of €20 or more made by their customers throughout the year. Last year alone this amounted to €80,000 for Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin, […]
Reflection And Remembrance: Pieta House’s ‘Misneach’ Event Returns This November
Pieta House’s annual ‘Misneach’ event returns for its second year to Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway, and Edenderry on November 26th. Creating a space for us to both honour and celebrate those we have lost, and to reconnect with our loved ones, ‘Misneach’ is timed to fall between November, traditionally a time for remembrance and reflection, […]
Volkswagen Launch ‘Snaptshot’ Calendar In Aid Of Pieta House
Over the summer, Volkswagen Ireland wanted to engage with Ireland’s large Volkswagen community in a contemporary way. With this in mind, a competition was developed in collaboration with the Snapys entitled ‘Volkswagen Snapshot’, an Instagram-based photo competition designed to be an exercise of self-expression and participation with the brand. Volkswagen received an incredible 5,000 entries […]
President And Taoiseach Endorse Pieta House And A Lust For Life’s #SoundEffect Campaign
The teams at A Lust for Life and Pieta House would like to extend a huge thank you to all of the sound people who embraced #SoundEffect. We would also like to thank all of the people who participated in and supported our live events at Electric Picnic and those who offered their “ sound” […]
Pieta House And A Lust For Life Launch #SoundEffect Ahead Of Electric Picnic
In a world where negativity is amplified and the good can get lost, Pieta House and A Lust For Life believe that, deep down, most people are sound, and that the act of doing something sound ripples out and makes waves; that’s the #SoundEffect. In the lead up to Electric Picnic, #SoundEffect is an online campaign dedicated to […]
Pieta House Partners With Pint Aid For Fundraising Campaign
Pieta House offers free counselling to people experiencing suicidal ideation, people who engage in self-harm and those who have been bereaved by suicide. It also operates the free 1800 247 247 suicide helpline. www.PintAid.ie is a crowdfunding movement for charities and causes. Every month they raise funds for a different charity by encouraging the public […]
Health Staff Choir Launching Christmas Single In Aid Of Pieta House
The Minister for Health, Mr Simon Harris, will launch the Health Voices Choir Christmas single “Carol of the Bells” and “He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother” as part of the first National Patient Safety Office Conference in Dublin Castle.. The joint initiative between the HSE, INMO and Beaumont Hospital brought together 200 health service […]
Pieta House thanks the thousands who organised and took part in Darkness Into Light supported by Electric Ireland
Pieta House would like to extend a warm thank you to the committees and everyone involved in Darkness Into Light this year, from those who helped with the planning, promotion and event logistics to those who directed traffic, made tea for participants and handed out t-shirts. Organisers especially want to express their sincere gratitude to […]
The Union Of Students In Ireland Is Calling To Reverse Diversion Of €12 million From Mental Health Services
The Union of Students in Ireland is calling on newly-appointed Minister for Health Simon Harris to reverse the diversion of €12 million from Mental Health Services announced by former Minister for Health Leo Varadkar. USI highlighted the dangers in this diversion. “Over 120,000 people took part in the Pieta House’s Darkness into Light walks […]