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UL students (or staff members) can avail of the following two mental health platforms regardless of attending our service.
Free, Confidential and available 24/7, 365 days
is an online peer support mental health and well-being platform.
Supports include:
- 24/7 Peer to Peer Support
- Courses, Resources, and Self-Assessments
- Signposting to Local Resources
- 24 Hour Support from Wall Guides
Free, Confidential and available 24/7, 365 days
is an online self-help Cognitive Behaviour Therapy platform.
Programmes include:
- Space for Resilience
- Space from Covid 19
- Space from Stress
- Space from Alcohol
- Space from Money Worries
- Space for Sleep
- Space for Positive Body Image
Speak Out
Speak Out is an online and anonymous reporting platform for incidents of bullying, cyberbullying, harassment, discrimination, hate crime, coercive behaviour/control, stalking, assault, sexual harassment, sexual assault, and rape.
Speak Out will help you to find relevant supports and highlight formal reporting procedures, should you wish to use them.
Who is it for?
Speak Out can be used by students, staff and visitors to ºÚÁÏÉç.
Who runs it?
The project is led by the Psychological Counsellors in Higher Education Ireland (PCHEI), and funded by the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science.
Why do we need it?
The 2019 Framework for Consent in Higher Education Institutions: Safe, Respectful, Supportive and Positive – Ending Sexual Violence and Harassment in Irish Higher Education Institutions outlined the need for data to be collected on the incidence rates of sexual harassment and violence across our higher education sector.
What happens to the data?
The data collected through this tool will be used to inform policy and targeted educational initiatives. It is the goal of PCHEI to provide a trauma-informed tool which will provide users with support services relevant to their experience.
This project, which has been supported by the HEA Centre of Excellence for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, is a ground-breaking initiative which is underpinned by an ethos of cross-institutional collaboration in response to such incidences within higher education institutions and one that the ºÚÁÏÉç is proud to be part of.
It is important to remember that Speak Out is completely anonymous, we have no way to identify or make contact with you or any member of the college community.
More information
At UL, we continue to provide a safe environment for all our students and staff, while also putting supports in place to encourage victims of any kind of discriminatory or abusive behavior to make an official report.
The national approach in the echoes the ongoing work at UL and will help achieve the much-needed zero-tolerance culture.
Anyone with concerns or complaints about inappropriate behaviour in UL should use the online tool and know that there are many support structures in place for anyone who is seeking assistance: from our UL Student Life officers, Chaplaincy Office, and counselling and health services to course leaders, dedicated HR staff and peers.
Additional Online Supports include:
- Wellbeing workshops by the
- Resources for young people by
- Mental health, group, and peer support by
- Eating disorder support via
- You can register for Bodywhys new Student Support Group for support with transitioning to university life here:
- For those bereaved by suicide - support via
- Coping with grief after bereavement from the
- Text support via . Text 50808 is a 24/7 Crisis Text Line where you can engage via text with a trained volunteer - text 'UL' to 50808.
Other local supports include:
- : 0818 123 500
- : 061 301 111
- : (Free-call) 116 123
- : 1800 804 848
- : 1800 247 247
- : 1800 311 511
If you are at risk / suicidal please immediately contact either the crisis liaison mental health team at the University Hospital Limerick (061 301111) or your local hospital, or your GP immediately.