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The GPA partners with Barnardos for 2024

The Gaelic Players Association is delighted to announce that Barnardos has been selected as our Official Charity Partner for 2024. Players will work with Barnardos for the remainder of the year to help raise awareness of the work the charity does and to help raise much-needed funds. Barnardos is a nationwide charity dedicated to helping

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One in Five Parents Experiencing Poor Mental Health- Barnardos New Report on Parental Mental Health and the Impact on Children

Barnardos children’s charity today launched a new report outlining the prevalence of poor parental mental health and the impact it has on children across the country.             ‘Anxiety leaves me feeling very tired physically and mentally which in turn affects my mood and again my tolerance for my children’s perfectly normal

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Barnardos Shops Call for Unwanted Christmas Gifts

Spokespeople available Barnardos children’s charity is calling on the public to donate any unwanted Christmas gifts to their shops. Whether it’s a jumper a size too small, perfume you already have or a book you already read, it can be donated to one of Barnardos shops and will be greatly welcomed by staff. Every cent

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Christmas FM’s annual ‘Donation Day’

Christmas FM’s annual ‘Donation Day’ takes place TOMORROW to raise funds for ‘The Magic of Christmas’ appeal Christmas FM, the much-loved festive music station that raises funds for charity and Switches Christmas On across Ireland every year, will be running its annual Donation Day tomorrow to raise funds for The Magic of Christmas appeal. The

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Minister of State Listens to Children’s Experience of Coercive Control  

  30 November: Children are victims of coercive control in their own right – according to children’s charity Barnardos. As part of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence 2023, Empower Kids Project and Barnardos are raising awareness of the impact coercive control on children.     The Empower Kids Project, is part of Barnardos’ National Childhood Domestic Violence and Abuse

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Barnardos Advice on Talking to Children about War

Spokespeople Available – 086 044 5966 Once again news of conflict across the world is dominating headlines, social media platforms and conversations across the country. Many children are likely to have been exposed to information about violence. Children do not always talk about what is worrying them but they may be trying to make sense

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Barnardos Reacts to the Budget 2024 Announcements for Children

The range of measures within Budget 2024 will help to alleviate the immediate financial concerns of families we work with across Ireland. They will go some way in the short term to reduce their worries about being able to provide their children with basic essentials. We particularly welcome the expansion of free schoolbooks to secondary

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Barnardos Children’s Charity welcomes the introduction of free schoolbooks for secondary school students up to the end of Junior Cert.

10.10.2023: Barnardos children’s charity welcomes the introduction of free schoolbooks for secondary school students. Suzanne Connolly, Barnardos CEO said: “We welcome the introduction of free schoolbooks for secondary school students up to the end of the Junior Cert. It is positive progress on the work started last year with the introduction of free school books

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