08 Sep 2008


www.accord.ie

useful links

The following is a list of links you may find useful...

Accord Northern Ireland Links

  • Barnardos
    Barnardo's helps the most vulnerable children and young people transform their lives and fulfil their potential.
  • Care
    CARE is a Christian charity involved in caring, campaigning and communicating across the UK.
  • Childline
    ChildLine is the free 24-hour helpline for children and young people in the UK.
  • Christian Guidelines
    Christian Guidelines is an interdenominational charity that offers training and counselling to the wider community and seeks to serve and support those in need
  • Family Ministry
    Family Ministry
    Director – Fr Michael McGinnity, The Good Shepherd Centre, 511 Ormeau Road, Belfast BT7 3GS. Telephone: 028 9049 2777 or email: down-connor@familyministry.freeserve.co.uk
  • Marriage Care Scotland
    Scottish Marriage Care is a voluntary organisation with nearly forty years experience in the specialist field of relationship counselling.
  • Marrige Care UK
    Supporting people through the best and worst of times in their marriages and family relationships
  • NI Trauma & Transformation
    NI Trauma & Transformation was established to provide treatment for post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and related conditions
  • NICVA
    NICVA is the Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action, an umbrella body for voluntary, community and charitable groups in Northern Ireland.
  • NSPCC
    The NSPCC (National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children) is the UK's leading charity specialising in child protection and the prevention of cruelty to children.
  • Parents Advice Centre
    The Parents Advice Centre aims to help parents and other family members to improve their ability to function within the family.
  • RELATE NI
    Relate offers advice, relationship counselling, sex therapy, workshops, mediation, consultations and support face-to-face, by phone and through this website
  • Victims Support
    Victim Support is the independent charity which helps people cope with the effects of crime.
  • Womens Aid
    Women's Aid Federation (Women's Aid) is the national charity working to end domestic violence against women and children

Fertility Management Links

  • Fertility UK
    FertilityUK is an educational service, offering instruction / counselling in Fertility Awareness and Natural Family Planning (NFP) for women / couples.
  • Institute for Reproductive Health
    The Institute for Reproductive Health is dedicated to helping women and men make informed choices about family planning and providing them with simple, effective, and natural options.

Marriage and Relationship Counselling Links

  • Marriage Care Scotland
    Scottish Marriage Care is a voluntary organisation with over forty years experience in the specialist field of relationship counselling
  • Marriage Care UK
    Supporting people through the best and worst of times in their marriages and family relationships
  • NAPCP
    Accords Accreditation Counsellors are trained to the highest standards. All training courses are validated and accredited by the National Association of Pastoral Counsellor and Psychotherapists.
  • One + One
    One Plus One is an independent research organisation whose role is to generate knowledge about marriage and relationships – how they work, why they can sometimes run into difficulties and how couples cope when they do.

Marriage Enrichment Links

  • Family Caring Trust
    Family Caring Trust is a Charity founded in 1986 to support and empower parents by providing practical, skill-based resources to improve family relationships
  • Intams
    The International Academy for Marital Spirituality is a Christian initiative dedicated to the interdisciplinary study of and international, ecumenical dialogue about the meaning and relevance of marriage and marital spirituality. To achieve this, INTAMS engages in academic research, publication, and education.
  • Love is for Life Trust
    Love is for Life Trust is a group of couples, priests, single people and religious who develop and promote programmes for the active support of married couples in their love for one another, and of families in their relationships with one another.
  • Marriage Encounter Ireland
    Happily Married... But do you sometimes:
    Have a sense of wanting to be closer?
    Wonder could it be better between us?
    Wonder what your partner really feels?
    Wish that you talked more with each other?
  • Marriage Suport
    Your online learning community for solving marriage problems, improving relationship skills, celebrating marriage, and achieving happiness with your partner
  • www.retrouvaille.ie
    Retrouvaille is the name of a program designed to help heal and renew marriages.

Marriage Preparation Programme Links

  • Alpha Ireland
    Alpha is a scripturally based week course that explores some of the basic truths of the Christian faith – "Who is Jesus?", "Why Did Jesus Die?" and "Does God Still Heal Today?" It is Christ centred and scripturally based. It is relaxed, non threatening, low key, friendly and fun.
  • Embrace
    Interchurch Marriage Preparation Group
  • FOCCUS
    One-stop source for information, service and resources in support of marriage and relationship development and enhancement.
  • Jesuits
    A worldwide order of 20,000 priests and brothers, within the Catholic Church, committed to the promotion of faith and justice
  • Love is for Life Trust
    Love is for Life Trust is a group of couples, priests, single people and religious who develop and promote programmes for the active support of married couples in their love for one another, and of families in their relationships with one another.
  • Mount Argus
    Mount Argus Pre-Marriage Course

    Course Director: Fr. Patrick Rogers C.P., D.D., Mount Argus
    Coordinator: Angela O'Rourke, M.A., Marriage Counsellor

Miscellaneous Links

  • Catechetics Commision
    Catechetics is the website address of the Irish Religious Education Office. The office aims to promote and develop Religious Education from the cradle to the grave.
  • Cura
    Unexpected Pregancy is Hard to Face
  • Cyberbooks
    This is a vast, well-integrated collection of texts, ranging from the early Greek philosophers like Plato and Aristotle to John Stuart Mill and William James. It has a well-judged set of classic writings that are now in the Public Domain. Its theological section features many works from Augustine and John Damascene right up to texts from Vatican II, along with two translations of the Bible (the NRSV and KJV) and a handy New Testament in Greek!
  • Dioceses
    Catholic Communications Office (Incorporating the Catholic Press & Information Office)
  • DSFA
    Department of Social and Family Affairs
  • Kevin Kelly
    Kevin Kelly, International Speaker and Best Selling author on motivation, communication, change and personal excellence. Recent keynote speaker at our conference.
  • PCI College
    PCI College offers training for people who wish to improve their caring efficiency and helps to maintain and raise standards of professional helping in the community. Courses currently offered include Introductory, Diploma, and BSc in Counselling and Psychotherapy as well as workplace, bereavement, addiction, family and individual counselling, suicide postvention, and art therapy
  • Skoool.ie Interactive Learning Site
    skoool.ie is a collaboration between AIB Bank, The Irish Times, and Intel Ireland in association with other leading corporate supporters to bring you highly innovative, interactive and exciting learning. Focusing on the Irish Junior and Senior Cycle curricula, skoool.ie is the first resource of its kind designed specifically for Irish students and teachers.
  • Trocaire
    Trócaire is the official overseas development agency of the Catholic Church in Ireland
  • Veritas
    Publisher of general religious titles, liturgical and catechetical texts.