Ms Kathy Downes:

Yes. At present, we have approximately 50 volunteers. In 2019, we probably had 22 or 23 volunteers, but Covid-19 has increased demand and it also has given us more volunteers.

Many people have come forward. We have a national helpline manned by volunteers. We had a face-to-face group in Dublin before the Covid pandemic. That has not come back yet. We are thinking through how to make that a safe space once again. We have an online teen group that runs once a week. We also have an online adult group. These are to provide support for people with eating disorders. The adult group also runs once a week. As I mentioned earlier, we are going to start up a men’s online support group in June. In September, we are going to start a student online support group because we have begun to recognise that students have quite specific needs arising from going off to college. We also have an email-based support service, for which there is great demand. It is more than just sending emails back and forth; it is almost like a listening ear in an email. Those are our services.