FOR PARENTS & GUARDIANS
This section offers trusted information and local supports to help you understand and respond to your child or teenager's mental health needs.
🧭 Accessing Services
- HSE Mental Health Services
Information Line: 1800 111 888 (24/7)
- Wexford CYPSC
Local youth and family supports.
- Wexford Parents Hub
Parenting resources and workshops.
- Waterford Parent Hub
Email: familywellbeing@brillfrc.ie
Phone: 051 350100
💬 Advice & Support
- Parentline
01 873 3500
- One Family
Support for family difficulties.
- Barnardos Parenting Support
01 473 2110
- Jigsaw for Parents
- SpunOut Parent Guides
🏠 Local & Specialist Supports
FOR STUDENTS
It's okay to reach out for help — whether you're feeling stressed, anxious, lonely, or just need someone to talk to. All of the services below are free, confidential, and easy to access.
💬 Talk to Someone Now
- Childline (ISPCC)
Call 1800 66 66 66
Text 50101
- Text About It – 50808
Text HELLO to 50808
- Samaritans
Call 116 123 (24/7)
- Pieta
Call 1800 247 247
Text HELP to 51444
🌿 Youth Mental Health Services
🌤️ Coping, Grief & Wellbeing
- Barnardos Bereavement Support
- Irish Hospice Foundation – 1800 807 077
- HSE – Minding Your Wellbeing
📱 Wellbeing Apps
- Insight Timer
- MindShift CBT
- Clear Fear
- Headspace
🏫 RCS Support Services
If you are struggling, you can talk to:
- Your Year Head or Tutor
- The Chaplain
- Guidance Counsellor / School Counsellor
- Rainbows Bereavement Support
- School Completion Programme / HSCL
- AILM – The Nook & Haven (By Appointment)
All conversations are confidential unless there is a safety concern.