{"id":298999,"date":"2025-12-04T18:04:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T18:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/298999\/"},"modified":"2025-12-04T18:04:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T18:04:09","slug":"donegal-womens-centre-launches-the-haven-building-for-healing-support-and-empowerment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/298999\/","title":{"rendered":"Donegal Women\u2019s Centre launches\u00a0The Haven Building for healing, support and empowerment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Donegal Women\u2019s Centre has opened of The Haven Building, a dedicated new space in Letterkenny which now houses the\u00a0Donegal Community Counselling rooms\u00a0and the Centre\u2019s\u00a0Creative Workshop spaces,\u00a0a vital expansion of services supporting women\u2019s mental health, trauma recovery, and emotional wellbeing across Donegal.<\/p>\n<p>The Haven Building represents a major milestone for the organisation, offering a safe, welcoming, and confidential environment for women seeking\u00a0Community Counselling,\u00a0Domestic Abuse Trauma Counselling, and\u00a0Psychotherapy\u00a0services.<\/p>\n<p>For nearly four decades, Donegal Women\u2019s Centre has been a lifeline for women of all ages and backgrounds, providing professional, compassionate care to those affected by trauma, anxiety, depression, and domestic abuse.<\/p>\n<p>The new facility allows the Centre to meet the increasing demand for these essential services in the county.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHaving this dedicated space means we can provide a calm, healing environment where women feel truly safe to talk and begin their journey of recovery,\u201d said\u00a0Mary Herlihy, Manager of Donegal Women\u2019s Centre.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/unnamed-18.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-cGVuY2ktZ2FsbGVyeS1pbWFnZS1jb250ZW50\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-616636\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/unnamed-18.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>She added \u201cThe Haven Building is exactly what its name suggests, a haven for women who need to be heard, supported, and empowered. It\u2019s a space built on hope, compassion, and community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One of the Centre\u2019s counsellors added,\u00a0\u201cEvery day, we witness women rediscover their strength. The Haven allows us to do this work in an environment that reflects the care and respect each woman deserves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A client who benefited from the service shared,\u00a0\u201cComing here changed my life. For the first time, I felt safe enough to talk. The counsellors gave me back my confidence and reminded me that I mattered.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Haven Building not only benefits the women who use the service but also provides a dedicated base for Donegal Women\u2019s Centre\u2019s team of professional counsellors, psychotherapists, and creative facilitators, whose invaluable work continues to make a real difference in the lives of countless women and families.<\/p>\n<p>As a registered charity, Donegal Women\u2019s Centre relies on\u00a0community support, corporate donations, and local fundraising events\u00a0to continue providing these life changing services.<\/p>\n<p>Every contribution helps ensure that counselling and trauma recovery support remain available to women across Donegal, regardless of their circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>Those wishing to support The Haven Building or the services provided by Donegal Women\u2019s Centre can visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.donegalwomenscentre.ie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.donegalwomenscentre.ie\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1764917383826000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1sTlJnAC7HlayoDPrF91pg\">www.donegalwomenscentre.ie<\/a>\u00a0for more information or to make a donation.<\/p>\n<p>Donegal Women\u2019s Centre launches\u00a0The Haven Building for healing, support and empowerment was last modified:  December 4th, 2025 by Staff Writer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Donegal Women\u2019s Centre has opened of The Haven Building, a dedicated new space in Letterkenny which now&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":299000,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[102,1906,6623,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-298999","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mental-health","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-mental-health","10":"tag-mentalhealth","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom","13":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=298999"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298999\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/299000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=298999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=298999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=298999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}