ACCORD offers remedial counselling to people experiencing difficulties in their married life. Male and female counsellors are available. Please telephone for appointment during office hours. Other specialised services which ACCORD provides: counselling for couples with sexual difficulties; counselling with regard to fertility awareness; personal enrichment courses for women. These are run over 10 weeks, one morning per week, 10.00a.m. until noon.
St. Mary's Centre, Jame's St., Kilkenny
Tel. 056-7722674
Office Hours:
Monday 2.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m.
Wednesday 11.00 a.m. - 1.00 p.m.
Thursday 2.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m.
Friday 11.00 a.m.- 1.00 p.m.
For all enquiries please contact 056 7721653
People are encouraged to talk through their problems, look deeply within themselves and to discover what limits them from achieving a further more satisfactory life.
Counsellor/Therapist available: Direct Line tel. 056-7765883
Counselling Support for Schools (CSS) is a service which provides support for young people with the education system in Kilkenny and in the Diocese of Ossory. It provides a confidential service to young people under the age of 18 years. The service provides a safe environment in which students can explore concerns relating to development issues or specific problems associated with being a young person in todays busy world.
For further informantion contact:
Geraldine Butler - 056-7756998
email: kilkennycss@eircom.net
Ossory Youth is the co-ordinating body for youth work in the Diocese of Ossory. Through the provision of a wide variety of programmes, activites and events, it seeks to complement the roles of the family, community, school, church and work place in the over-all educational development of the young person. Ossory Youth is a voluntary organisation which employs professionally trained youth workers to assist it in carrying out its objectives.
Desart Hall
New Street
Kilkenny
Tel. 056-7761200
Fax. 056-7752385
Ossory Social Services, founded in 1963, endeavours to meet the emerging needs of today. It continues to educate people to help themselves, to provide community care and support services to those in need and to give assistance to other agencies whenever possible. It provides on-site facilities to:
Waterford Rd
Tel. 056-7722674/7721409
Fax. 056-7763636
Email: kilkenss@iol.ie
Local Centres:
Callan: 056-7725223
Ferrybank: 051-832592
Johnstown: 056-8831196
Rathdowney: 0505-46521
Castlecomer: 056-4441679
Freshford: 056-8832281
Moneenroe: 056-44441247
Dochas Kilkenny
Outreach Ministry to asylum seekers and refugees in the Diocese of Ossory and in the County of Kilkenny. The Outreach Programme provides training, formation and information on various aspects on being an immigrant in Ireland.
Chaplain/Director: Rev. William Purcell.
Secretary: Ms Teresa Delahunty
Tel. 056-7789916
Kilkenny Carers Support Services Ltd.
Contact:Ann Power/Alice Whitty
Tel. 056-7765163
Director: Mr. Geoffrey Meagher, St. Canice's Homes for the Elderly
Chairperson: Rev, Kieron Kennedy, Ossory Social Services.
Secretary: Ms Kay Hogan, Ossory Social Services.
Ms. Kelma Hopkins, KASHMA; Ms. Eileen Watson, Grow; Mr. Francis Coughlan, S.O.S. Kilkenny Ltd.; Ms. Elaine Bradshaw, Alzheimers Society. Ms. Patricia Phelan, S.O.S. Kilkenny Ltd., Mr. Seamus Roche, Good Sheperd Centre.
Prevent Poverty Action Group
Ms. Teresa Mullin
Tel. 056-7765163
Ossory Social Services, founded in 1963, endeavours to meet the emerging needs of today. It continues to educate people to help themselves, to provide community care and support services to those in need and to give assistance to other agencies whenever possible.
The Society of St. Vincent de Paul is the largest, voluntary, charitable organisation in Ireland. Its membership of 9,500 volunteers throughout the country are supported by professional staff, working for social justice and the creation of a more just, caring nation. This unique network of social concern also gives practical support to those experiencing poverty and social exclusion, by providing a wide range of services to people in need.
St. Vincent De Paul
Kilkenny Office
Tel. 056-7752777
Regional Office
Tel. 0504-90683
Fred's Fashion Clothes Shop
Tel. 056-7702637