Youth Suicide Prevention Ireland works exclusively with young people ages 12 -22 to raise awareness of youth suicide.  We work with schools, colleges and youth groups to provide youth suicide prevention services which are all provided under the Four Steps to Help Programme for Schools.

Youth Suicide Prevention Ireland is already working with secondary schools in most counties to raise awareness of the youth suicide crisis in Ireland and provide suicide prevention workshops for students through our Integrated School Visits Programme.  The programme has been running since 2012.  We visited around 130 secondary schools and provided classroom based awareness and prevention training face to face with about 18,000 students in 2015-16.  The Programme now allows us to provide integrated services to our clients and constituents at reduced costs to the charity.  We can focus on providing high quality services for schools, colleges and youth organisations either on an “as required” basis or through regularly scheduled provision.

We have never received a euro in public money in all the time we have been working for the young people of Ireland. All our funding comes from personal supporters so we understand the trust they put in us because we know if we don't live up to that trust there will be no state agency there to bail us out. It costs us just 11c per €1 to run the charity so 89c or 89% of funds we receive are available to fund lifesaving programmes for young people.

• Our Trustees are all volunteers.
• Our Trustees receive no salary or compensation of any kind for their time and service.
• Our Trustees are entirely independent, they are not related to each other in any way.
• Our Trustees do not have charity credit cards or any kind of direct access to charity funds but they have total access 24/7 to the charity's financial records and books so they can assure themselves that your donations are being spent properly.
• Our Chief Executive and administrators are not paid for their time or service.
• The charity does not own or lease any property or motor vehicles.
• The charity has no mortgages, leases or outstanding debts of any kind.
• The charity keeps cash reserves of 10% of annual income in case of emergencies.
• The charity has only two staff, both are trained facilitators who provide the National School Visits Programme around the country. They get paid around €25,000 per year each.
• The charity also pays for a certified accountant to keep our accounts, and separate independent auditors to check our accounts are complete and accurate.