Community Playgroup Research
Arising from the learning from cpi the KHF saw the need for further research on the role of community playgroups in Ireland. KHF and the IPPA, The Early Childhood Organisation, formed a consortium of organisations in late 2004 and commissioned the Children’s Research Centre in Trinity College Dublin to undertake a research study.
The aim of the study is to identify the role of community playgroups in the early childhood care and education, community development, family support and social inclusion areas, and examine the factors which contribute to, or undermine their existence, and, through this, make recommendations for reconceptualising community playgroups in contemporary Ireland at a policy and practice level.
The report arising from this research will be available in early 2006.