Thursday, Oct 15 — Pregnancy loss affects approximately 1 in 4 pregnancies each year in Ireland, including Traveller and Roma women. “We remember all the babies who have been lost and born sleeping, may their souls rest in heavenly peace and may God comfort their loved ones on this day of remembrance” – Valerie O’Leary […]
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Wednesday, Oct 14 — on Monday Pavee Point was in attendance at a consultation event on Cohort ’24 hosted by Growing Up in Ireland (GUI) Cohort ’24 refers to a randomly selected group of children born in 2024 who are surveyed as part of a national longitudinal study conducted by GUI. Data collected informs policy […]
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This morning Pavee Mothers and Traveller Brighter Beginnings hosted a coffee morning in celebration of HSE Breast Feeding Week Valerie O’Leary (Pavee Mothers) and Mary Collins (Pavee Point Primary Health Care Worker) spoke to those gathered about breast and infant feeding, and the history of Traveller women breastfeeding. The group capped off the morning with […]
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On Thursday (24 Sept), Pavee Mothers attended the ‘Break the Cycle Conference’ in Dublin — looking to how prevention, timely intervention and family support services can help tackle inequality for children and young people. The conference was a side event to the official meeting on the European Child Guarantee, and was organised by Eurochild, the […]
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On Wednesday (23 Sept), Pavee Mothers attended the Shaping the Future forum, hosted by the Department of Children, Disability and Equality. The forum is the final stage of a wider consultation process on the future of early learning and care and school age care across Ireland — bringing together parents, early years educators, school age […]
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This morning (15 Sept) Pavee Point was in attendance at an Early Childhood Ireland (ECI) roundtable for a presentation and discussion on their forthcoming research: ‘Investigating Children’s Access to Early Years and School Age Care’. Participants discussed key findings from the research and how organisations can use the research in their own work. #TravellerEducation #RomaEducation […]
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On Thursday Pavee Mothers & Traveller Brighter Beginnings (TBB) attended the Rotunda Hospital conference ‘Connecting Care – Postnatal Support for Families’. The event provided Pavee Mothers & TBB the opportunity to meet nurses, midwives and other medical professionals, and to share information on how Traveller mothers, babies, and families can be best supported during the […]
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Pavee Point was delighted on Wednesday to attend the Irish College of GPs’ (ICGP) Curriculum launch. We warmly welcome the strengthened inclusion of Traveller health within the updated ICGP curriculum and valued the opportunity to work with the ICGP in its development. General practice has a vital role to play in addressing the significant health […]
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This week Pavee Mothers and our education team delivered an information session on anti-racism and discrimination to the Alternative Education Assessment & Registration Service in Tusla. The morning made for an engaging exchange and we look forward to future sessions and continued engagement with Tusla services. #PaveeMothers #Diversity #Inclusion
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On Wednesday morning in Pavee Point offices Dublin, our Primary Health Care Team, as well as Pavee Mothers and our Drugs & Alcohol Programme attended training on Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). The training was led by Tristan Casson-Rennie, CEO of FASD Ireland, and he shared understandings of what it is like to live with […]
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