Through our unique support groups, telephone support line, informative website, vital research, advocacy and educational work, HUGG is an essential lifeline for people who have been bereaved by suicide. Our postvention work is an important part of suicide prevention.
Postvention refers to activities that reduce risk and promote healing for people impacted after a suicide. Through being there for those who have lost someone to suicide, HUGG helps to reduce the heightened risk that the bereaved person may experience following a suicide – which it has been established is ten times higher than with the general population.
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Articles & Events
Learn more about suicide prevention and postvention.
Read insights about coping after a suicide, gain an understanding of suicide bereavement, suicide support groups, and suicide in Ireland.
National Suicide Bereavement Remembrance Event
ABOUT THE EVENT: Each year in mid-November, people who are…
New Suicide Bereavement Support Group Launches in Wexford
HUGG is launching a dedicated suicide bereavement support group in…
New Suicide Bereavement Support Group Launches in Kerry
HUGG is launching a dedicated suicide bereavement support group in…
Bearing The Unbearable: Growing From My Grief
I estimated that the last vestiges of light drained from…
Relating to Others After You’ve Experienced a Suicide Loss
Being bereaved by suicide is devastating, heartbreaking and can feel…
My Friend Died by Suicide – Is Suicide Bereavement Support Available for Me?
“I as a best friend felt I had no right…
Memory Meadow
Plant a flower in your loved ones’ name and make them part of our memory meadow.
Each flower planted enables us to maintain and grow our support groups and services for those bereaved by suicide.
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Remembering Orla a beautiful person daughter, sister and aunt always in our hearts xx
Thinking of you Hilary xx
Luv u,miss u Daibsie
Paula Molloy
