Links

The Quality Standards Support Project: Irish Links

Carmichael Centre

carmichaelcentre.ie
Sector Supports including quality assurance training and development

Carmichael Centre KnowledgeNet

knowledgenet.carmichaelcentre.ie/
Virtual hub for Irish not for profit organisations. Management and governance best practice, news and views of relevance to the not for profit sector.

Citizens Information

citizensinformation.ie
Information on public services and entitlements in Ireland

Department of Children and Youth Affairs

dcya.gov.ie
Children First Guidance

Governance Code

governancecode.ie
A code of governance for community and voluntary organisations

HIQA (Health Information and Equality Authority)

hiqa.ie
National standards for healthcare, social care and health information

HSE (Health Service Executive)

hse.ie
HSE policies, procedures, protocols and guidelines

HSE National Office for Social Inclusion

HSE Social Inclusion
The National Office for Social Inclusion supports equal access to Health Services for people from vulnerable groups

Irish Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy

iacp.ie

Irish College of General Practitioners

icgp.ie

Irish Council for Psychotherapy

psychotherapy-ireland.com

Irish legislation directory

irishstatutebook.ie

NALA (National Adult Literacy Agency)

nala.ie
Plain English guidelines, health literacy and other resources

The Equality Authority

www.ihrec.ie
Equality benefit tools and good practice publications

The Wheel

thewheel.ie
A support and representative body connecting community and voluntary organisations and charities across Ireland

Volunteer Ireland

volunteer.ie
Volunteer Ireland is the national volunteer development agency and a support body for all local Volunteer Centres in Ireland

UK Links

National Treatment Agency

nta.nhs.uk
Drug Misuse and Dependence: UK Guidelines on Clinical Management (Orange book)

Skills for Health, UK

skillsforhealth.org.uk
Skills for Health is the UK Sector Skills Council for all health employers

UK Substance Misuse Skills Consortium

skillsconsortium.org.uk
The Skills Hub provides access to a vast library of resources on substance misuse treatment interventions

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

nice.org.uk
NICE Guidelines

European Links

EMCDDA

emcdda.europa.eu
EMCDDA (European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction) best practice portal

Euro-Methwork

q4q.nl/euromethwork
Euro-Methwork European Methadone Guidelines

World Health Organisation - alcohol

www.who.int/topics/alcohol_drinking/
Facts and figures, publications and research tools on substance use

World Health Organisation - drugs

www.who.int/substance_abuse/
Facts and figures, publications and research tools on substance use