The National Parents Council have launched a Ukrainian helpline to support children & families in education in Ireland. They have a new helpline officer who speaks English, Ukrainian & Russian. Please click on the flyers attached below, which are in English, Russian, and Ukrainian, for more information.
Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris, announced on 3rd May the establishment of a National Student and Researcher (NSR) Helpdesk.
This facility will be available to assist Ukrainian students and researchers who are seeking to continue their higher education studies in Ireland. Click on the link below for further information:
Let’s Break the Silence
World Maternal Mental Health Day:
Maternal Mental Health Day is an international campaign dedicated to talking about mental health problems during and up to one year after pregnancy.
It’s all about raising public and professional awareness of maternal mental health difficulties, advocating for women affected, changing attitudes, and empowering women and families by helping them to access the information, care, and support they need to recover.
Our key messages:
Mental health difficulties can occur in pregnancy and after your baby is born. Getting help early will give you and your baby the best start. Remember your needs matter too. This initiative is supported by Kildare CYPSC and Wicklow CYPSC.
The Feel Good Project Duleek are hosting a Family Fun Day to welcome Ukrainian families on Sunday, 1st May from 2:00pm to 4:00pm in Duleek Community Facility. Click on the poster link below for more information.
Click on the Citizens Information link below to access lists of organisations that are helping people who have come to Ireland from Ukraine. The organisations listed are providing services across the whole country. Many local groups and charities provide help too.
Click on the poster below for our upcoming coffee morning in Trim Family Resource Centre (FRC). This is an introduction to our Women’s development programme and an opportunity to meet previous participants over a cuppa.
For more information contact: Caroline Morris, M: 0876031108, T: 046 9438850
Please see information below from Outcomers Dundalk, on their upcoming events. If you have any questions, please contact Lorna Costello on [email protected] or 0861625030.
Dr. Brinkmann is a gender psychologist based in West Cork. The sessions she facilitates are not medical sessions, they are spaces for trans young people and their parents to meet others in similar situations to discuss challenges and joys in their life and to ask Lisa questions. These have been very successful since they began in 2020, and the demand has continued to grow. As they are on zoom, they are not restricted to one geographical area. They are free of charge.
If you know any trans and non-binary young people or parents of trans and non-binary young people who would like to join this space, they can register for the event on the below links. If young people would like their youth worker to attend the session, you are welcome to join along with the young person.
Online chats with Dr. Brinkmann for trans young people
April 19th – 7pm to 9pm.
Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZckcOioqD8sGdIH2QwylADppPEC8whIJ08a
Online chats with Dr. Brinkmann for parents of trans young people
April 30th – 12pm to 2pm
Register here:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0vduuoqzsjGd03K5Kc4KWY5gRexsT0_XDP
STIs, Safer Sex and Condoms webinar with HIV Ireland
April 21st 5pm to 6.30pm
This webinar is for over 18s only.
Register here:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZclcuuuqDkvE90Y9HCctxf9fRzs1QCNgEUT
Our peer support groups continue to meet at the following times:
LGBT+ Adults Group, Trim FRC, Trim, Co. Meath: 2nd and 4th Tuesday of every month 7pm to 9pm.
LMETB have a range of days/times please call one of our Adult Guidance Counsellors – Shona Dunne on 086 078 7988 or Eilís Coyne on 087 953 9357 for more information. Click on the link below to access the poster:
Involve Youth Services specialises working with the Travelling Community and delivers two different trainings, STATUS (Supporting Travellers Advance through Universal Services) and Traveller Culture and Identity Programme (TCIP) both trainings can be delivered in person or online depending on the needs of your organisation.
Traveller Culture and Identity Programme (TCIP)
The Traveller Culture and Identity Programme (TCIP) is designed to inform and educate participants about aspects of Irish Traveller History, Irish Traveller Culture and the issues which affect Irish Travellers Today. It is designed to be a useful and creative resource for Travellers and non-Travellers alike. It is an attempt to represent Irish Travellers and their lives in a balanced and non-stereotypical way, using material which has been developed and approved by a steering group consisting of a majority of Irish Travellers, from a range of different backgrounds, genders, ages and LGBTQI+ status. Therefore, it is our belief that Irish Travellers should deliver the TCIP. Furthermore, it would be impossible to represent every detail and variety of Irish Traveller history, culture and life today within the scope of this programme.
Time: This training can be delivered as a half day or a full day training.
Fee: Travel expenses
STATUS (Supporting Travellers Advance through Universal Services)
The purpose of the STATUS Toolkit is to provide a Quality Assurance (QA) Framework whereby youth and community work organisations can engage in a process of self-evaluation and agree a Continuous Improvement Plan (CIP) to support their youth work practices to be more inclusive of members of the Traveller community. This will help to achieve the best possible outcomes for the engagement, participation and retention of young people from the Traveller community in their projects and activities
Time: 1hr introduction workshop and then on-going support from the STATUS team ( min quarterly, but as required). You can book a workshop just for your organisation on a day that suits you or join in on one of our training dates from Google doc link below.
Fee: Free (funded by the DCEDIY)
Training dates: link to book https://forms.gle/a3CxAeYG3bPPuKNT6
To book either or both of these trainings contact Kay Mc Cabe 087-7572010 [email protected] or [email protected]
Meath County Council Library Service are delighted to be involved in this national initiative: Libraries Ireland have teamed up with the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth so that every child starting school this September can get a free First Five Little Library Book Bag! Each bag contains stories about school, friendship and being yourself plus a library card wallet.
*Book bags will be delivered to all Meath libraries during the week of April 11th and will be available for collection by parents then.
