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€84,000 funding to support community-based counselling services in Limerick
Five Limerick-based community counselling services are to receive a share of €84,000 in funding delivered through the Tusla annual budget.
Five Limerick community counselling services, which are ‘deeply responsive to local needs’, are to benefit from €84,000 funding announced by Government
Five Limerick-based community counselling services are to receive a share of €84,000 in funding delivered through the Tusla annual budget.
The €84,000 comes from national supports of €1.5 million announced by Minister for Children, Norma Foley TD on Friday, July 25.
CARI, Hospital Family Resource Centre, Northside Family Resource Centre, Southill Family Resource Centre, and The Blue Box are all set to benefit from the annual funding announced by Governemnt.
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In 2025, this funding will benefit 73 community and voluntary organisations nationally, delivering essential counselling and therapeutic supports to children and families.
The funding provides community-based counselling, psychotherapy, and a range of therapeutic interventions such as play therapy, creative arts therapy, bereavement support, and systemic family therapy.
Announcing the funding, Minister Foley stated, “This funding will help children and young people to get timely and effective access to counselling services in their own communities. These services are deeply responsive to local needs. They play a vital role in delivering therapy for children and young people and their families when they are most needed.”
The €1.5 million yearly investment aims to enable the services to increase counselling and therapeutic capacity; reduce waiting lists for children and young people; provide supports to those who may otherwise be unable to access services due to cost or location; and embed a more sustainable response to the growing demand for child and adolescent therapeutic support.
CARI is set to receive €32,000, Hospital Family Resource Centre to receive €17,000, Northside Family Resource Centre and Southill Family Resource Centre are to receive €5,000 each, and Blue Box is to receive €25,000.
The decision to regularise funding for these services was informed by a detailed survey, completed by organisations that had previously received funding through the Dormant Accounts Fund, on the outcomes and impact of their funded services. Tusla also engaged closely with its area offices to assess need and guide the allocation of funding on a targeted, evidence-informed basis.
This funding has been sourced in recent years from the Dormant Accounts Fund, but in a significant development, this funding has now been regularised and will be delivered from the annual budget of Tusla, the Child and Family Agency.
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