CHS recognised as member of Befrienders Worldwide
Community Help Service (CHS) has been presented with a certificate confirming its membership in Befrienders Worldwide, the international network of volunteer-based helplines. CHS operates the CHS Helpline, which provides free, confidential support in English 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Befrienders Worldwide is a family of listening volunteers who are there for people […]
Marking World Suicide Prevention Day together
On World Suicide Prevention Day, September 10, Community Help Service (CHS) and Darkness into Light Belgium came together in a coordinated flurry of posts across Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn. The aim was to highlight not only our partnership – which brought the moving Darkness into Light sunrise walks across Belgium in May – but also […]
Irish Theatre Group Puts Mental Health in the Spotlight
Irish Theatre Group has donated part of the proceeds from two recent productions in Brussels to the CHS Helpline. Both plays tackled themes of suicide and mental health with honesty, humour, and empathy. With World Suicide Prevention Day coming up on September 10, it is timely to report how ITG has used the stage to […]
CHS Helpline volunteers share the impact of active listening
The challenges and rewards of offering a lifeline to strangers “It’s the best thing in the world when your words and active listening together bring comfort to someone in pain.” For Patricia, one of the newest volunteers at the English-speaking CHS Helpline in Brussels, that captures the essence of why she chose to give […]