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Meath Partnership  have provided us with information about:

Game of Phones – National Conference on 28th January, 2021 –Exploring Problem Based Learning and Critical Thinking in Youth Work.

Click here to register.

Face-to-face services are limited at present due to COVID 19 restrictions however a number of services are providing online and phone services.

Click on the link below for information on:

• Online counselling and support
• Phone support
• Text support

Supports for younger people, their parents or guardians are also included in the link below (Childline, BeLonG To Youth Services, JIGSAW, Barnardos and SpunOut.ie).

https://www2.hse.ie/services/mental-health-supports-and-services-during-coronavirus/?fbclid=IwAR1qKLTt_GKKCSVf8p51i7h9mSIpM_FWnHk1zPmbfMiJDWeLJdhTK9_BL4Q#young-people

Did you know that as a library member, you can access the Touch-Type Read & Spell (TTRS) course for free?

TTRS is a multisensory, structured, online typing course which assists students to learn at their own pace.

In addition to developing typing skills, TTRS is designed to benefit students of all ages, in particular those who experience spelling, reading or writing difficulties. Learners with dyslexia or literacy issues have also found it helpful

TTRS can be beneficial for:

•     learners with Dyspraxia
•     learners with Dysgraphia
•     students studying English as a second language
•     those who wish to upskill and improve their general typing skills
•     those who wish to improve their literacy skills or those having literacy difficulties
•     those who wish to improve their memory skills or who are experiencing memory problems

How does TTRS work?

If you are a member of Meath County Council Library Service and if you have Internet access at home, then you can use TTRS at home. Alternatively, you can access it from one of our public PCS in the library. The course is very user-friendly.  There are many different levels and modules which learners can work through and improve on, and on completion you can get a Certificate of Completion to represent all the hard work you have done! In addition to the main TTRS course, there is also a TTRS subjects section. This is only recommended after learners have completed at least 3 levels of the main course. Subjects include maths, grammar and science.

How to get access to TTRS

If you would like access to TTRS, please contact your local library, giving your full name, email address and Library card number. We will send you a username and password along with the login instructions.

For further useful information on TTRS check out their website.

As our libraries are currently closed under level 5 restrictions, users may register by emailing [email protected] stating their full name, local library and email address.

The Impact of Domestic Violence and Abuse on Children
In their words…
“It’s a really bad feeling in our heart, it feels like it’s broken. Sometimes we feel it in our bodies too, and our bones start to hurt”
Child 1

07 December 2020: Every year Barnardos works with hundreds of children impacted by domestic violence and abuse in their homes. To date their voices remain absent from the public debate and discussion. In collaboration with domestic abuse services around Ireland, Barnardos asked children to share, in their words, what domestic violence was to them.
“It gets louder and louder. They don’t think we can hear it but we can, even if we are in the last corner of the house”
Child 2
“It is our job to protect our little brothers and sisters”
Child 3

Reports from Barnardos projects across the country indicate a rising level of referrals to services this year related to domestic violence and abuse in the home.

According to Suzanne Connolly, CEO Barnardos, “Children are often forgotten when considering the impact of domestic violence in a home. We must hear the voices of children to make sure that we understand what living in a home with domestic violence and abuse is like for them. The trauma of living with domestic violence affects a child in many ways, in how they think, feel and behave. We must listen and support children to overcome these experiences.”

Barnardos provides support to children living with domestic violence across all our range of services including our early years and family support services; we work to prevent domestic abuse, support families through crisis and into recovery.

Speaking about this powerful video, Suzanne Connolly continued: “this piece of work is a collaboration of domestic abuse services around Ireland that are part of a national children’s domestic abuse project led by Barnardos. The children’s words are a powerful reminder that they are seriously affected by domestic abuse. Their expertise must be recognised, and their voices heard.
“Barnardos is calling on Government to take the lead in 2021 and put plans in place which would support children through crises and prevent more children from experiencing domestic abuse. Government must listen to children’s voices and allow them to participate in the changes to systems and society needed to address domestic violence in a child centred way.”

“In 2021 Barnardos will be pushing for government to address this issue by giving children a voice to influence changes to systems and society needed to address domestic violence in a child centred way.”

Speaking about her participation in this project one young girl said,
“Us 12 kids can make a difference, a big difference”

The aim of the children’s participation project is to give children their voice, have their experiences validated and their experience recognised. Barnardos, in collaboration with many services across the country, want to empower these children to influence and inform responses to domestic violence in the longer term.

To access the full video, please click here.
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For further information please contact Barnardos Press Office
Tel: 01 7080442 / 086 0445966
Email: [email protected]

Notes to editor –

• A recent survey conducted by Barnardos (September 2020) estimates that over a one week period 317 open cases that the charity worked with had been impacted by domestic violence and abuse in the home.
• For this video, 12 children and young people from around Ireland who have experienced domestic violence and abuse, shared their words. The illustrations received input from the children and are created by an illustrator.
• The members of the national children’s participation project to date are, Adapt Domestic Abuse Services in Limerick, Cuan Saor Women’s Refuge & Support Services, EPIC Empowering People In Care, Meath Women’s Refuge and Support Services and two Barnardos TLC KIDZ projects in North Tipperary and Limerick/Clare.
• We hope to expand this project over the next 12 months to capture the voices of many more children around Ireland who have experienced domestic violence and abuse and who deserve to be heard.
• For further information on Barnardos work on domestic violence and abuse please click here

Meath Library Services celebrates Christmas Carols with Teresa. Two lovely seasonal events coming up on 16th and 19th December, 2020 via the Meath Library YouTube channel. The links to the concerts will be released on the morning of each concert via Meath Library FB/Twitter accounts.

See attachment Poster below for further information