Special Edition Newsletter November – Bereaved Children’s Awareness Week 2023
The Irish Childhood Bereavement Network (ICBN) is a hub for those working with bereaved children and young people throughout Ireland. One of the main aims of the ICBN is to advocate for bereaved...
View ArticleAtlantic Bro-ing Interview Limerick Live 98fm
Eamon Breen of Atlantic Bro-ing was interviewed in November on Limerick Radio Station Live 95. Eamon and Andrew Breen of Atlantic Bro-ing are making a challenging 3,000-mile journey in a...
View ArticleFirstLight Requires 2 Experienced Psychotherapists to Join our Team.
FirstLight is a national charity providing professional crisis intervention and counselling services to parents and families who have been suddenly bereaved by the death of their child. Our team...
View ArticleDecember 2023 Newsletter
As we move towards the end of the year and Christmas time, a season so associated with celebration and children, we hold in our thoughts all of those who are living with bereavement and for whom this...
View ArticleJanuary 2024 Newsletter – National Grief Awareness Week
National Grief Awareness Week will take place this year from Monday the 22nd until Sunday 28th of January. It is an annual campaign run by the Irish Hospice Foundation (IHF) to encourage people to be...
View ArticleMarch 2024 Newsletter
We have just passed Imbolc, an Irish festival that marks the beginning of spring. March has arrived with brighter days, daffodils, and crocuses blooming. These signs of new beginnings are welcome...
View ArticleThe FirstLight Families Podcast Series –Áine’s Story
“I don’t want to be fixed, because if I was fixed it means I would be over losing Áine, and I’m never going to be.” In 2023, bereaved mum and FirstLight client, Amie, sat down with our Clinical...
View ArticleThe FirstLight Families Podcast Series – Finn’s Story
“It’s okay to feel every single emotion under the sun. It’s okay to be angry…you’re not going mad…just because other people don’t understand it and don’t know what to say doesn’t mean that your...
View ArticleThe FirstLight Families Podcast Series – Emily’s Story
“For other, say, dads in particular, that might not be inclined to talk to someone or talk to a counsellor – just do it.” In 2023, bereaved dad and FirstLight client, Rob, sat down with our Clinical...
View ArticleThe FirstLight Families Podcast Series – Zach’s Story
“If someone lives in our shoes for a week, a month, even a day, to experience the pain, the loss, the fear, the anger…they’d get some insight into what it’s like to lose a child..” In 2023, bereaved...
View ArticleAGM Notice 2024
IRISH SUDDEN INFANT DEATH ASSOCIATION t/a FirstLight COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE WITHOUT A SHARE CAPITAL: COMPANY NUMBER 113349 NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING (AGM) Notice is hereby given that the...
View ArticleRecruiting: Charity Trustee & Board Member
FirstLight supports bereaved parents and families across Ireland. Find out about our work here: FirstLight We are seeking to recruit a Charity Trustee & Board Member with a fundraising background...
View ArticleOctober Newsletter 2024 – Baby Loss Awareness Week
As we move into Autumn with cooler weather and darker evenings our landscape is filled with vivid colours and softer light evoking a sense of beauty but also sadness. There is an invitation to...
View ArticleOnline CPD Workshop for FirstLight Therapists with Dr. Karen Treisman
Please see below the recording of FirstLight’s CPD Workshop with Dr. Karen Treisman ‘Trauma During Pregnancy and Within Maternity Settings’. This workshop is only available to individuals on...
View ArticleBereaved Children’s Awareness Week 2024 Newsletter
As a member of the Irish Childhood Bereavement Network, FirstLight is very glad to be able to support the national campaign, Bereaved Children’s Awareness Week 2024 which will take place from Monday...
View ArticleJanuary 2024 Newsletter – National Grief Awareness Week
National Grief Awareness Week will take place this year from Monday the 22nd until Sunday 28th of January. It is an annual campaign run by the Irish Hospice Foundation (IHF) to encourage people to be...
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