Mental health project under threat over funding loss
Slí Eile, which provides care and support for people who are trying to get their lives back on track during or following an illness, is struggling to survive on foot of the Health Service Executive’s (HSE) decision to withdraw €150,000 in funding.
Joan Hamilton set up the project in Charleville, Co Cork to help her own daughter. Slí Eile focuses on human contact, reintegration and confidence building. There are five tenants who pay a small amount of rent each week for bed and board. However, the withdrawal of €150,000 in funding from North Cork HSE, has placed the future of the initiative in doubt. Although it still receives money on a month by month basis, without the security of annual funding it is vulnerable. A HSE spokesperson said it is undertaking a review of the service which will be completed “shortly”.
