HUGG

HUGG is the national suicide bereavement charity. HUGG provides suicide postvention services.  These are initiatives and activities designed specifically to reduce risk after a suicide occurs and in time to promote hope and healing.

Services include information & resources on grief after a suicide, signposting to additional support services, telephone support, support groups led by trained volunteers with a lived experience of suicide loss, public events & webinars, and research and advocacy.

HUGG is a peer support organisation. We provide a safe, confidential environment in which those bereaved by suicide can share their experiences and feelings, so giving and gaining support from each other. The aftermath of a suicide is shocking, debilitating, surreal, life changing. But you can learn to live with this loss. It is not easy, but we are here to help.

People who are suicide bereaved sometimes find it can be difficult for people who have not experienced suicide loss, including professionals, to understand what they are going through. Often the best conversations are had with peers – other people bereaved by suicide. Our support groups are facilitated by people who have been bereaved by suicide. The groups are open, meet fortnightly and are free of charge. You do not have to speak, there is healing in just being with those who understand your pain.

To learn more visit www.HUGG.ie or email support@HUGG.ie or call 01 513 4048