How Can You Help Us?
If you believe in our vision and want to help us work towards the eradication of death by suicide and the removal of the stigma associated with mental health challenges, there are a number of ways you can get involved:
Support our Talk Listen Change Campaign – Vodafone and Dublin GAA are asking customers across all networks to donate €2 to Suicide or Survive to help fund our on-going work in the area of mental health. Subscribers can make the donation by texting the word ‘SOS’ to 50300, with the entire proceeds going to the charity.
SOS is a nationwide organisation with a team of committed, passionate and knowledgeable staff. We benefit from great support from our Board and our advisors. But what we need more than anything are volunteers – people who are willing to get involved – in whatever way they can – to help raise funds, to help raise awareness and to help us to break down the stigma associated with mental health issues. If you want to get involved please contact Louise at on 1890 577 577 or by email (louise@suicideorsurvive.ie) to see how you can involved- in a way that suits you.
Help raise badly needed funds by:-
1. Organising your own fund-raising event – see a list of ideas for activities you can run in your own area.
2. Help us to coordinate one of our main fundraising event which include:
SOS CHALLENGE (DUBLIN)
• Take part in the challenge by entering a team(s) of four. (€50 per person)
• Promote the event through posters, facebook, twitter, in your workplace/community etc
• Contribute to the raffle by donating prizes / approaching organisations to donate a voucher etc
• Volunteer on the day to help out at the different challenges
FEELGOOD FRIDAY
• Promote Mental Health Wellness in Ireland by running you own event
• Lifes Little Emergency Kits – Take a box of 50 to sell in your community
3. Become a fan of SOS and join growing our Facebook family
4. Keep mental health and suicide on the political agenda
5. Take time to have coffee with friends and talk about mental health and suicide
6. Marathons
Take part in one of the marathons around the country and raise funds for SOS. Click here for dates
Ladies we are counting on you to double the amount of women SOS had last year at the Flora Womens Mini Marathon. Contact Louise to get your marathon pack now
7. Help at Collections
Ask a Friend to Spare a few hours with you to help with Annual Bag packs / street collections
Confirmed Dates: Dunnes Stores Arklow Wicklow 17th & 18th of August, Tesco Bloomfields Dublin 31st Nov, 1st & 2nd December
8. Make a Donation to SOS
Donations can be made by any of the below ways;
By Cheque (made payable to ‘Suicide or Survive’) and posted to Suicide or Survive, The Willow, 2 Main Street, Arklow, Co. Wicklow; or
By direct payment into SOS’s bank account at AIB Dun Laoghaire Sort code 93 34 06 account no. 09319072; or
By Credit Card or Laser Card – please go to www.suicideorsurvive.ie and in the ‘Donate Now’ box on the homepage, choose ‘Other’ and type in ‘amount’. This will direct you to the secure on-line donation facility which accepts Visa, Mastercard or Laser card
