Click on the headings below for contact details for support organisations for children and families.

Adoption Board
The Adoption Board is responsible for registering and supervising the Registered Adoption Societies and for maintaining the Adoption Societies Register. The Adoption Board is also responsible for granting declarations of eligibility and suitability to prospective adopters in advance of their adopting abroad  and for maintaining the Register of Foreign Adoptions in which details of inter-country adoptions are entered.
www.adoptionboard.ie

Adoption Ireland
The Adopted Peoples Association (APA), offers a wide range of resources for adopted people with an Irish connection and their natural families: www.adoptionireland.com

Council of Irish Adoption Agencies
C/0 St Attracta's Adoption Society
St Mary's
Sligo
Ph 071 91 43058
http://councilofirishadoptionagencies.com/

ASH
Action on Smoking and Health                                     www.ash.ie

Asthma
Asthma Society of Ireland                                                        www.asthmasociety.ie

Aware
Aware, is a national voluntary organisation providing support through depression. The organisation undertakes to create a society where people with depression are understood and supported, are free from stigma, and have access to a broad range of appropriate therapies to enable them to reach their full potential.
www.aware.ie

Barnardos
Barnardos supports children whose well-being is under threat, by working with them, their families and communities and by campaigning for the rights of children. Barnardos was established in Ireland in 1962 and is Ireland’s leading independent children’s charity.
Callsave 1850 222 300 Website: www.barnados.ie

Bodywhys
The Eating Disorders Association of Ireland          www.bodywhys.ie

Centre for Early Childhood Development and Education (CECDE)
The aim of the CECDE is to develop and co-ordinate early childhood education in pursuance of the objectives of the White Paper 'Ready to Learn' and to advise the Department of Education and Science on policy issues in this area. The Centre's brief covers children from 0 to 6 years of age in a wide variety of settings, including families, nurseries, crèches, playgroups, child minders, preschools and the infant classes of primary schools. 
Tel: 01 884 2110 Website: www.cecde.ie

Child Health information Service Project
The Child Health information Service Project of the former South Eastern Health Board have produced a series of three booklets on caring for your baby from birth to 5 yrs. Copies of the booklets can be downloaded here

Childminding Ireland
Childminding Ireland, as the National Childmindinding Association of Ireland, is committed to the development of quality in family home based care for children by providing a range of services and training to Childminders and Parents and by participating in local Childminding networks.

Tel: 01 287 8466 Website: www.childminding.ie

Children in Hospital Ireland                                                      www.childreninhospital.ie

Children’s Rights Alliance                                                        www.childrensrights.ie

Children with Diabetes                                                 www.childrenwithdiabetes.com

Crisis Pregnancy Agency                                                         www.crisispregnancy.ie

Department of Health and Children Tel: 01 6354000 Website: www.dohc.ie

Dental Health Foundation Ireland                                             www.dentalhealth.ie

Diabetes Federation of Ireland                                     www.diabetesireland.ie

Drugs Awareness Programme                                                  www.dap.ie

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre                                                        www.drcc.ie

European Forum for Child Welfare                                          www.efcw.org

Forbairt Naíonraí Teo Tel: 01 639 8442 Website: www.naionrai.ie

Health Promotion                                                                      www.healthpromotion.ie

IPPA, The Early Childhood Organisation
IPPA, the Early Childhood Organisation, is the largest voluntary organisation working for young children and their families in Ireland. IPPA's membership of over 2000 includes Playgroups, Parent and Toddler Groups, Full Day Care Groups, After-school and Out-of- School Groups and individual members.

Tel: 01 4630010 Website: www.ippa.ie

Irish Health                                                                              www.irishhealth.com

Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (ISPCC)
The ISPCC exists to ensure that all children are given the opportunity to experience love and happiness, to stop discrimination and exclusion of children and to end cruelty and injustice to children

Tel: 01 676 7960 Website: www.ispcc.ie

Irish Steiner Waldorf
The aim of Steiner Waldorf education is to "produce individuals who are able, in and of themselves, to impart meaning to their lives". Waldorf schooling aims to educate the whole child, "head, heart and hands". The curriculum is as broad as time will allow, and balances academic subjects with artistic and practical activities.

Tel 061 927944 Website: www.steinerireland.org

Kids First for Health                                                                www.childrenfirst.nhs.uk

Kids Health                                                                             www.kidshealth.org

Mental Health Ireland                                                              www.mentalhealthireland.ie

National Childrens Office                                                         www.nco.ie

National Disability Authority                                                     www.nda.ie

National Federation of Services for Unmarried              www.treoir.ie

Parents and their Children

National Youth Council of Ireland                                            www.youth.ie

National Youth Health Programme                                           www.youthhealth.ie

Office for the Minister of Children Tel: 01 635 4000 Website: www.omc.gov.ie

Ombudsman for Children (OCO)
The Ombudsman for Children's Office ( is here to make sure that the government and other people who make decisions about young people really think about what is best for young people.

LoCall 1890 654 654 Website: www.oco.ie

National Children's Nurseries Association (NCNA)
The National Children's Nurseries Association was established in 1988 to promote high standards of quality childcare

Tel: 01 460 1138 Website: www.ncna.net

PLANET, The Local Area Partnerships Network
PLANET, is an independent not-for-profit organisation. It is a registered cooperative, financed by its constituent members, the Area-Based Partnership Companies situated throughout the State.

Tel: 053 9422788 Website: www.planet.ie

Spunout. Advice on young peoples health issues                         www.spunout.ie

Teenage Health Freak                                                              www.teenagehealthfreak.org

Teen Info on Cancer                                                               www.click4tic.org.uk

Treoir The National Specialist Service for Unmarried Parents
14 Gandon House, IFSC, Dublin 1
T: 01 6700120
E: info@treoir.ie
W: www.treoir.ie
LoCall:  1890 252 084

The Hideout                                                                            www.thehideout.org.uk

WellChild                                                                                www.online.wellchild.org.uk

World Health Organisation                                                       www.who.int

YHeart                                                                                    www.yheart.net