Information Services

Citizens Information Centre (CIC)
Augustine House,
St Augustine Street,
Galway.
Tel: 091 563344
Email: info@galwaycic.ie
Web www.galwaycic.ieOpening
Hours: Mon-Fri 9.30-17.00 including lunchtime except Wed from 13.00-14.00.
Free confidential information advice and advocacy service for all, on all rights and entitlements including employment, housing, legal matters, health, welfare payment, and immigration issues.

Citizens Information Phone Advice
Tel: 1890 777121
Opening Hours: Mon – Fri 9.00-21.00.
Lo-call service offering free confidential information advice and advocacy service for all, on all rights and entitlements including employment, housing, legal matters, health, welfare payment, and immigration issues.

Galway People’s Resource Centre
Equality Office,
Canavan House,
Nuns Island,
Galway.
Tel: 091564822
Email: gcu@eircom.net
Opening Hours: Mon-Fri 9.00-17.00.
Information service and assistance with complaints under equality legislation.

Society of St Vincent de Paul
Ozanam House
Augustine Street
Galway
Tel (091) 563233

Galway Refugee Support Group (GRSG)
3 The Plaza,
Headford Rd.
Galway.
Tel (091) 779083.
E-mail refugee.galway@ireland.com
Full time community development organization working with social, cultural information and health projects.

Irish Refugee Council
Unit 13,
Business Park,
Carmody Street,
Ennis,
Co. Clare
Tel (065) 6822026
or
88 Capel Street,
Dublin 1
Tel (01) 8730042

Refugee Information Service (RIS)
Canavan House,
Nuns Island,
Galway.
Tel: 091 532850
E-mail: infogalway@ris.ie
Opening Hours: Tues 2.00-4.30 in People’s Resource Centre. Thurs 10.30-1.00 in Citizen’s Information Centre, Augustine Street.
Free confidential specialist information, advocacy and referral service for refugees and asylum seekers.

Support Project for Adolescent Refugee Kids (SPARK)
No 7 Francis Street,
Galway.
Contact Berni Smyth
Tel: 091 562041 or 087 6502349
Email: spark@gyf.ie
Project for 12-18 year old refugees and asylum seekers, including unaccompanied minors, living in Galway city, providing information, social activities, individual, group and family work support.

ACCESS IRELAND (REFUGEE INTEGRATION PROJECT)
Richmond Business Campus,
North Brunswick Street,
Dublin 7.
Information regarding different cultures, training for minority group mediators to liase between clients and services providers. Provides training on interculturism. Mon-Fri 9.30 – 5.30pm
Tel (01) 8780589

AFGHAN Community of Ireland
Off Navan Road,
Dublin
Tel (01) 8683577

AkiDWA – Sisters from Africa
The Catherine McAuley Centre
23 Herbert Street
Dublin 2
Tel (01) 6387500
Fax (01) 6387511
E – mail akidwa01@yahoo.co.uk.

Amnesty International
48 Fleet Street
Dublin 2
Tel (01) 6776361
Or
2-3 Middle Street
Galway
Tel (091) 533637

Equality Authority
Clonmel Street
Dublin 2
Tel (01) 4173333

Galway One World Centre
The Halls,
Quay Street,
Galway.
Tel: (091) 530590.
E-mail galwayowc@hotmail.comItalic
Opening Hours 14.00-16.30 Tue-Fri.
Provides anti-racism training.

Galway City Lets
Local Employment and Trading System
Tel (091) 530590 / 087 9111624
www.galwaylets.uk
A Lets is a local trading system in which goods and services are traded by members for a unique currency that is only valid within the system.

Samaritans
14 Nuns Island,
Galway
Area Help Line 1850609090
Tel (091) 561222
Text 087 2609090
jo@samaritians.org

Intercultural Focus Group,
Galway City & County Childcare Committee
9b Liosbaun Retail Centre,
Tuam Rd,
Galway.
Tel: (091) 752039
Provides supports for families of minority groups in Galway, to enable greater integration and access to childcare services.

Police Services
Garda Siochana,
Mill Street,
Galway.
Tel: 091 528000
Opening Hours 24 hours per day every day.