Interagency is one of the five programme strands within the overall Better Finglas Programme. Interagency has been really important to both the creation and ongoing development of Better Finglas as many local and national organisations are actively involved in the wider consortium and within the current oversight structures. In order to evaluate this type of collaborative […]
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New Baby Stay and Play Group in Finglas West
The new Baby Stay and Play group in Finglas West will have its welcome event next Thursday, 9th November. The group will meet in St. Joseph’s Girls National School from 10am to 11.30am and there will be a focus on sensory play. If you would like more information, see the leaflet below or please feel […]
Little Lámh Training Workshops
Better Finglas hosted two ‘Little Lámh’ workshops on 18th October which were attended by 30 local early years professionals. Little Lámh was developed as an introduction to using Lámh signs and for those who only require a small number of signs. We organised Little Lámh training to support early years professionals in Finglas who may be […]
Home Visiting Training
Better Finglas delivered training for local Early Years Practitioners and Home School Community Liaison Teachers on home visiting. This training was funded by Tusla under the Parental Participation Seed Funding. The training was delivered to support professionals in working in partnership with parents and to carry out home visits. Training was delivered by Marian Baker, […]
Circle of Security – 10 Practitioners Trained
Better Finglas, with the assistance of a grant from the Dublin North West Area Partnership, have facilitated ten local professionals to train as Circle of Security Parenting Trainers. The Circle of Security Parenting programme is an attachment based parent reflection class for parents of children aged from birth to 5 years and is designed to engage […]
First Series of Aistear Workshops Completed
Better Finglas are currently delivering training to early years practitioners through a series of five Aistear workshops under the Pilot National Síolta Aistear Initiative. The first group of practitioners to participate in the training completed the full course in May. The feedback from the training was very positive with many of the settings making positive changes to their assessing and […]
Better Finglas Spring 2017 Newsletter – Issue 1
Better Finglas has had a busy start to the year with the provision of new training to Early Years and Triple P Practitioners, promotional events in the community, and a successful application for seed funding to provide Circle of Security training in the community. This is all alongside the ongoing work in the original strands […]
Finglas Positive Wellness Week
On Wednesday 29th March, Better Finglas and Tusla staff attended a very successful open morning in Erin’s Isle GAA Club for Positive Wellness Week. They had a stand with information on various programmes offered by Better Finglas and other agencies; Baby Stay and Play groups, Baby Massage, Preparing For Life Mentoring, and Triple P Positive Parenting courses. Interest was […]
Parenting24seven Online Resource
Parenting24seven is an online resource, by the Child and Family Agency (Tusla), offering evidence based key messages on what works best for children and families in different stages of childhood and in different situations. It is a excellent source of information for parents or caregivers bringing up children of different ages; birth to 5 years, […]
New Triple P Positive Parenting Courses
Better Finglas are delighted to be able to offer new Triple P Positive Parenting courses to parents in the wider Finglas area. We hope this will allow parents and caregivers more choice in the type of support available to them as they raise children. Three new programmes will be available from June 2017 alongside existing […]