To discover that you may be pregnant or that your girlfriend or partner is, and that it was neither planned nor expected, may be very distressing. You may not want anyone to know. You have questions, without answers, you may be isolated, scared, confused. Who can you talk to in confidence, who will listen to your fears, your anxieties? CURA will.
CURA was set up in 1977 to offer support, and to listen in confidence and without judgement to anyone for whom a pregnancy is, or has become, a crisis.
CURA offers:
Free pregnancy testing;
Crisis pregnancy counselling;
Support;
Information on Social Welfare and other entitlements;
Links to other support services;
Support with accommodation if required;
Postnatal support service;
Counselling after an abortion;
Schools awareness programme.
All these services are offered to any woman going through a crisis pregnancy, and can include the baby’s father and other family members.
The focus of CURA has always been and remains to provide easy and immediate access to support and counselling to help take the crisis out of a crisis situation. To provide this service CURA volunteers work in Athlone and 16 other centres throughout the country.
It may be difficult to talk to those you are close to. CURA provides space and time while you explore how you feel. All CURA services are free and confidential.
CURA Athlone is looking for volunteers to support their work. If you are interested in the work of CURA and would like to find out more, CURA Athlone are holding an information night in the Clonmacnois Room, St Mary’s Presbytery, Athlone on Thursday January 28 at 7.30pm.
You can contact CURA at ‘Shalom’, St Mary’s Place, Athlone. Tel (090 ) 6474272 from 11am to 1pm Monday and Wednesday, and 6pm to 7pm Monday to Friday.
