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Supporting excluded, vulnerable and isolated Irish people in Britain since 1957.

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Support for seniors

No one should feel alone. We offer support, friendship and advocacy services.

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Support for prisoners

We visit prisoners, offering compassion to them and their families and encourage fairer treatment in prisons.

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Support for Irish Travellers

Advocating for the human rights of Travellers and helping to improve their situation in the criminal justice system.

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The Irish Chaplaincy is the only charity supporting Irish prisoners in England and Wales. As a result of the research we’ve introduced, many prisons have rethought their approach to Travellers. We believe in a fairer more just society.

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News

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February 24, 2020

Living with Dementia

Our society has a tendency to view old age as a problem and the elderly as a burden on the state; and dementia tends to be seen in an especially…
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February 6, 2020 in Archive News, Blog

Once in a Very Blue Moon

Music has a particular power to transport us to another time and place, and one of the songs performed at our St Brigid’s concert had me back in the cosy…
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January 27, 2020 in Archive News, Blog

A Nice Cup of Tea

When I arrived at the train station last Monday morning I was greeted by volunteers from the Samaritans handing out tea bags to commuters (I’ve still got in a cupboard…
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January 9, 2020 in Archive News, Blog, General

If Music be the Food of Love

I was struck by two recent comments about the power of music, one from a 99-year-old Kerry woman; the other by a young man from Belfast. (more…)
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December 18, 2019 in Archive News, Blog

Viva la Música

Music is especially evocative during Advent, although for some people the memories touched can be bittersweet, as I discovered on a prison visit a couple of weeks before Christmas. (more…)
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