Bereavement Supports
Supports Available
To align with the MIC Bereavement Leave Policy the following agencies are available to support MIC staff, students and their families.
MIC Employee Assistance Service
The MIC Employee Assistance Service is a confidential counselling service, providing support to employees and their families.
Irish Hospice Foundation Bereavement Support Line
Irish Hospice Foundation Bereavement Support Line, in partnership with the HSE, provides bereavement connection, comfort and support. It is a national freephone service 1800 80 70 77 available from 10am to 1pm, Monday to Friday.
Citizens Information
Citizens Information has helpful bereavement information on its websiteand a section on counselling and support. It also has a useful booklet Bereavement: A practical Guide and highlights issues following a bereavement, such as organising the funeral, registering the death, legal issues and sorting out finances.
Bereavement Supports for Children and Teenagers
The Children’s Grief Centre
The Children’s Grief Centre is a support service for school-aged children and young people affected by loss through death, separation or divorce. It provides a safe and supportive place for children and young people and their families who are grieving. The service is provided by trained and experienced people.
The Irish Childhood Bereavement Network
The Irish Childhood Bereavement Network supports people working with grieving children and young people. It provides a range of information and advice on how to deal with grief in children and adolescents.
Rainbows
Rainbows is a peer support programme to help children, youths and adults who are grieving.
Barnardos Children’s Bereavement Service
Barnardos Children’s Bereavement Service works with families to help them support their child through the grieving process. Specialist bereavement project workers offer therapeutic intervention to children and families, and the Bereavement Helpline Service offers information and advice in relation to how to support children impacted by bereavement.
Miscarriage Association of Ireland
The Miscarriage Association of Ireland has a Helpline available Monday to Friday from 10am to 12 noon and 8pm to 10pm and holds in-person and online peer to peer support meetings.
Féileacáin Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Association of Ireland – SANDAI
Féileacáin Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Association of Ireland – SANDAI is a not for profit organisation that aims to offer support to anyone affected by the death of a baby during pregnancy or shortly after.
FirstLight
FirstLight offers free professional support and provides information to families in Ireland that have experienced the death of their child aged from 0 to 18 years.
The Palliative Hub
The Palliative Hub was created to act as a gateway to information about children and young people’s palliative care on the island of Ireland. The hub includes an informative section on bereavement.
- Supports Available
- Bereavement Supports for Children and Teenagers
