All the proceeds from the event will go towards helpling us provide our much needed services to people locally, nationally and internationally.

Halloween Family Fun Day  

October 21st 12 to 4 pm   The Rowing Club (Woodquay, Galway)  

Music Acts: Sonke (choir) - Mick Brown - The Jazz Mongerals  

Workshops: Dance Workshop for Kids 12 to 1 pm Songwriting Workshop for Kids 1 to 2 pm  

Creative Corners: Mask Deco - Magic Wand - Halloween Decorations  

Raffle/Prizes: Top Raffle Prizes Incl. Signed Connacht Rugby Shirts Fancy Dress Spot Prizes for Kids

Helplink Support Services is a not-for-profit organisation that provides free/low cost Mental Health and Conflict Resolution services

Mental Health Services

Counselling Service & Workshops: Helplink’s qualified, Garda vetted counsellors are available for appointments 7 days a week from 9 am to 9 pm Monday to Friday and 12 to 6 pm Saturday and Sunday; at low costs. Since its inception, our Counsellors have provided over 4000 appointments to clients online nationally and also face-to-face (Galway only). 

Within our counselling service we provide:

• General Counselling
• Play Therapy
• Art Therapy
• Hypnotherapy
• Couples Counselling
• Addiction Counselling
• Bereavement Therapy 

Furthermore, we provide building resilience and reducing stress/anxiety workshops to primary schools, secondary schools and universities/Colleges. The workshop is called ‘Mind Hacks’ and it has various different topics and formats depending on the age of the children/young people.

This year we are providing this workshop, for free, to 380 leaving cert and third level students in Galway City (funded by the ESB Energy for Generations Fund). Our intention is to take this workshop online so students from all over Ireland can access these supports 24/7 and ask a qualified mental health professional questions once a week when they have finished watching each module of the workshop/s.

Employee/Corporate Service: we provide a staff counselling service that is available 7 days a week by phone and online nationwide and online nationally/internationally. This is a pay-as-you-go for companies large and small. Helplink also provide workshops for leaders and employees with topics such as: safe communication, building reslience, stress and anxiety managment and mindfulness at work.

Irish Abroad Service (Cabhrú): With the support of the Minister for Diaspora, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the GAA, An Post and other agencies we provide a free online counselling service for Irish people who have emigrated. The service is currently available to Irish citizens that live in Australia and Canada and we intend to expand the service to the United States of America in January 2018.

Conflict Resolution Services

Conflict Resolution Centre (CRC): in our CRC centre there is a donation based Mediation Service for people dealing with family/housing or community disputes; in addition we provide Ireland’s first national Online Mediation Service. The CRC has also developed and piloted a programme for the community beginning with secondary schools. This programme, called ‘Changing Conflict’, provides people with the skills and techniques to manage conflict in a more productive manner.