At the end of 2022, KHF provided a grant towards the development of a Nurture Room in St. Joseph’s Junior National School and Pop-up Crèche in Ballymun. The grant was used to decorate and furnish a new space called the Nurture Room, a safe, warm and home-like environment for the children engaging with this space.The...
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CRA launch Report Card 2023
The Children’s Rights Alliance Report Card 2023 is the third analysis of the Programme for Government: Our Shared Future and how it performed for children in 2022, and an analysis of 16 promises made to children and young people. Full Report Card is on the CRA website here
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Community Families Programme- Request for Expression of Interest
Request for Expression of Interest- Community Families Implementation Readiness Assessment and Planning Support The Community Families Programme National Oversight and Support Group wishes to engage a suitably qualified person to undertake an assessment of the readiness of the current 7 Community Mothers Programme sites to transition to the Community Families model and to identify the...
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CFI Impact Grants Round now open
The RTÉ Toy Show Appeal was established in 2020 to raise funds for Irish children’s charities through the televised Late Late Toy Show. Since then, more than €17 million has been raised to support these charities. Thanks to the continued generosity of the Irish public, the Appeal raised over €3,800,000 since November 2022 to be distributed through...
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CRA publish the Child Poverty Monitor
Children’s Rights Alliance launched the first Child Poverty Monitor on 13 July, the first in a series of reports that will analyse the complexity of child poverty across the country. The Monitor explores the root causes and showcase solutions to addressing issues including educational disadvantage, social exclusion, accessing healthcare, homelessness, food poverty and income inadequacy....
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CEO speaks at Ireland Funds conference
Dr. Cliona Hannon, CEO, joined the panel at The Ireland Funds global conference on 16 June in Killarney. The conference brings together friends and supporters of social, educational and cultural projects in Ireland to learn about the impact of their support. The Education Panel reflected on the unique pathways for children and young adults in...
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MU research recommends ‘family’ approach within mental health services
On 17 May, Maynooth University launched the findings of the five-year PRIMERA research programme on mental health within families, a comprehensive HSE-funded programme, illustrating barriers that need to be addressed within mental health services. The HSE provided funding from 2017-2022 for the PRIMERA research programme (Promoting Research and Innovation in Mental hEalth seRvices for fAmilies and children) to...