Barnardos reports a substantial increase in demand for support across all services The charity calls for public donations to help them to provide families with basic essentials and support through the cost of living crisis Families using Barnardos facilities to wash and dry their school uniforms and children’s clothes due to energy increases Charity reports
31 August 2022. This year Barnardos children’s charity marks the monumental milestone of 60 years working with and supporting children and families in Ireland. Barnardos work in Ireland started in 1962 supporting children and families in Dublin and also in the border counties. Today the charity has grown to become one of Ireland’s largest children’s
Media Release 10 August 2022. Barnardos children’s charity today launched its annual Pre-Budget Submission. The charity is calling on the Government to focus measures on families struggling the most as a result of cost of living rises, in order to make sure children don’t go without essentials this winter. Budget 2023 must protect vulnerable children and
Media Release Tuesday 26th July Spokespeople available – 086 044 5966 @barnardos_IRL #SchoolCosts #BacktoSchool Barnardos Calls on the Government in Budget 2023 to: Provide free schoolbooks to all children Ensure all schools have an option of an affordable uniform Maintain back to school allowance increase End voluntary contributions ‘I can’t afford back to school costs without having
Spokesperson available Barnardos: Government must increase Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance for low-income families immediately 05.07.22. Barnardos children’s charity is today calling on the Government to increase the Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance for low-income families to ensure children can go back to school with suitable uniforms and shoes. On July 11th Back to School
For immediate release Media Release: Barnardos Welcomes Zero Tolerance Third National Domestic, Sexual and Gender based Violence Strategy 28 June 2022: Barnardos welcomes the third national domestic, sexual and gender based violence strategy announced by Government today. In particular, the positive steps outlined within the strategy acknowledging: children and young people experiencing domestic violence and
Children’s Charity Calls on Parents & Children to Share their Views on the Return to School in September 22 June 2022 – Barnardos 17th Annual Back to School Survey is now open and aims to shine a light on the real cost of Ireland’s free education system. Parents and young people are invited to fill out
2nd June 2022. Barnardos children’s charity today launched new research, conducted by Amárach Research, which highlights the impact that recent cost of living increases are having on parents and children across the country. The children’s charity details the impact the rising cost of living is having specifically on the families Barnardos works with, from their
Barnardos children’s charity hosted a cyberbullying webinar on May 31st to bring together a group of experts to discuss cyberbullying within Ireland, how it is happening and the role schools, parents and the tech industry should play in trying to address it. The children’s charity welcomes the commitment from Government to develop a new action
10th May 2022 – Barnardos has today announced that that Dell Technologies has committed to extending its current five-year partnership with the children’s charity as it works to support the most vulnerable in communities across Ireland. Since 2017, the Dell teams in Dublin, Cork and Limerick have volunteered their time to support the organisation’s core
