Wednesday 1st December. Barnardos children’s charity is concerned about the call for mandatory facemask wearing for children age nine/third class and upwards in schools for a three-month period. While we respect the need for public health measures, we believe that mask wearing in schools will impact on children’s social and emotional development. Barnardos CEO Suzanne
26 November 2021: Christmas FM wants to “Give the Gift of Childhood” this year by raising over €250,000 which will go directly to Barnardos, a fitting charity partner considering it’s been such a difficult 18 months for vulnerable children living in disadvantaged communities. Fans of festive music will be delighted to hear that Christmas FM
Spokesperson available - 086 0445966 Friday 15 October. Barnardos children’s charity today launches the findings of the Queens University Belfast Evaluation of its National Post Adoption Childrens Service, funded by Tusla the Child and Family Agency. The service provides specialist therapeutic services to children and teenagers who are adopted both internationally and domestically – and their parents. In
12 October 2021. Barnardos welcomes commitments outlined today in Budget 2022, many of which will go some way to alleviating the stresses and pressures families experiencing disadvantage deal with on a day to day basis. The children’s charity however cautions that this should not be seen as a once off reaction to help families ‘get
Spokesperson available Barnardos Calls for Schools and Parents to Register for their Online Safety Workshops Barnardos children’s charity is calling for primary school teachers and parents to sign up to their Online Safety Programme to support children in Ireland. Parents have reported that excessive personal screen time is causing difficulties between children and parents at
The Children’s Futures Campaign, established in February 2021 in response to the Covid-19 pandemic and comprising 13 children and young people organisations, is today throwing a spotlight on failures within the education system to tackle educational disadvantage “before and during Covid-19” and calling on Government to instigate wholesale educational reform. Almost 200 people are due
16 September 2021. Barnardos today launched its annual Pre-Budget Submission. The children’s charity calls for a Government focus on a number of measures to improve the lives of children and families in Ireland including; an increase of funding for family support services, reducing school costs, tackling waiting lists, a review and extension to government childcare
Barnardos, Ireland’s leading children’s charity was joined today by RTÉ 2FM presenter Jennifer Zamparelli to launch its annual National Collection Day, which is once again kindly supported by Dell Technologies. In the past, Barnardos annual National Collection Day involved over 1,000 wonderful volunteers organising bag-packs and on-street collections right across the country. This year things
Spokesperson available – 086 0445966 08 September 2021: Barnardos welcomes the publication of the Department of Education’s Covid-19 Learning and Supports Scheme with the aim of providing additional support within school, through increased teaching hours, to children most impacted by the pandemic. Results from Barnardos Back to School survey show it is clear that a
View our Back to School Infographics: Infographic Children’s Infographic Barnardos: Parents Concerned About Long-Term Impact of Pandemic & School Closures ~Barnardos Calls on the Government to Provide More Support for Schools & Families~ ‘My 7-year-old has had a total of 18 months desk time in front of a teacher. They’re behind 7 months of time
