Family Support Groups
PDFFamily Support Groups
| Name | Address | Description |
| Bedford Row Family Centre |
Family Resource Centre, Lower Bedford Row, Ph: 061315332 |
The Bedford Row Family Project seeks to facilitate the families of prisoners, as a group sharing common interests, to identify the needs and issues which are of importance to them, to develop strategies to address those issues and needs, to carry those strategies through to implementation and to monitor and evaluate progress. |
| Daughters of Charity Child and Family | The service operates in a number of places around Dublin, such as, Ballyfermot, Tallaght, Blanchardstown, Balbriggan etc | The Daughters of Charity Child and Family Service provides a range of family support services for children and families, primarily based in the Dublin region. We work in collaboration with the Health Service Executive North Dublin, Dublin North Central, West , North West, South West, North East and Dublin City Council. |
| The Matt Talbot Community Trust |
Kylemore Rd (Rear of Assumption Church), Ballyfermot, Dublin 10 Contact Person: Grainne Jennings (Director) |
The aims of the project is to provide community support including education, counselling, recreation and meals especially for those returning to the area from prison or addiction therapy, or for various reasons unable to cope alone. - To provide training for work through FAS Community Employment Scheme. - To provide formal and informal education including Junior and Leaving Certificate subjects. - To provide support for prisoners and their families through prison visitation and an outreach service to their families and a Women's Group. |
|
Irish Commision Of Prisoners Overseas |
Columba Centre, Maynooth, Ph: 01 5053156, E-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
Information, advocacy and support for Irish prisoners overseas and their families. As prisoners near completion of their sentence, ICPO makes referrals to homeless services (including accommodation for ex-offenders) in Dublin or elsewhere. Target group Irish prisoners serving sentences overseas, and their families. Area served Prisoners mostly UK, families mainly in Ireland. Service also for prisoners in other countries. |
| Springboard Project Naas |
1 New Row, New Row, Newbridge Road, Naas, Co. Kildare Ph: 045 898623 E-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
The Vision of Springboard is to support families with their own communities. It is envisaged that this will be achieved through inter-agency collaboration, commitments to wide ranging consultations and partnerships with families and community. Referrals will be accepted from the Eastern Health Board, schools, Juvenile Liaison Officer and other concerned agencies. There will be an emphasis on self referral. |
| Familiscope |
Siobhan O Reilly, 201 Decies Road, Ballyfermot Ph: 01 6206842 | To work in partnership with individuals, families and communities in Ballyfermot, to prevent children and young people developing behavioural communication and relationship difficulties and to support people who live and work with children and young people who are already experiencing such difficulties. |
| Family Support Service | Bridge House, Cherry Orchard Hospital, Ballyfermot, D 10 Ph: 01 6206387 or E-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
The service offers flexible home based support to families for an agreed number of hours each week in one or more of the following areas: Parenting confidence, Diet, nutrition, health |
| St Nicholas' Trust, Cork |
Cork Tel/Text 086 1768266 086 1768267 Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it www.stnicholastrust.ie |
Support for Prisoners' Families, especially in Cork area |
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Post Release Service, Cork |
Education Unit, Cork Prison | Services and Supports for ex-Prisoners and their Families |
| Castlerea/Outreach Roscommon Project |
RIDC, Castle St, Roscommon Town. 094 9621337/8/9 Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it www.ridc.ie |
Provides a centre for visitors and families of prisoners to Castlerea prison. Prison Links Worker ascertains needs on release and links prisoners to programme providers. |