Fabulous get-together with The Fermoy International Choir and 3 of our new sister choirs in Charleville, Kildare and Tipperary. #solidarity #respect #onevoice FRC National Forum Avondhu Blackwater Fermoy Forum #onetownonevoice

Our National Programme Lead, Shauna Diamond and vice-Chair Ellen Duggan catching up with Joe O'Brien TD for Dublin Fingal at The Wheel #CharitySummit great opportunity to talk community development approach and integration with someone who understands the context and champions our approach!

Stellar engagement from inside the session on "Exploring Family Resource Centres as a Model for Place Based Systems Change" with Ellen Duggan, Shauna Diamond, Kevina Maddick, and Grace Kearney of the FRC National Forum . #charitysummit

Òscar Prieto-Flores speaks about mentorship as form of migrant support, there is great scope to develop this in the Irish context, especially family mentorship, with FRCs well placed to facilitate Children, Equality, Disability, Integration, Youth Roderic O’Gorman TD Tusla - Child and Family Agency Simon Harris TD #familysupportforequality #familyresourceirl

It was great to see so many FRCs in attendance at the UNESCO CFRC conference in Galway last week with representation from Carlow to California! #familysupportforequality #familyresourceirl NFSN

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The Government is being called on to introduce standardised minimum funding for Family Resource Centres (FRCs) - vernaculandy newstalk.com/news/family-re…

Today we launch our Pre-Budget Submission 2025 and host briefing event for politicians calling on Government to finally address the long standing underfunding of FRCs by bringing all existing FRCs to a minimum of €240k. See full submission here familyresource.ie/publications.p…

Family Resource Centres are the life blood of many parts of Ireland. Meeting up with Galway, Mayo and Roscommon reps today in Dublin, who are asking for increased core funding to maintain this vital work, including my European Election pal vernaculandy ! ARD Family Resource Centre

What a great day at the FRC National Forum Budget 2025 submission engagement at Buswells Hotel today! A huge thank you to all who came and to those who send their apologies. A very positive day with fantastic acknowledgment of the National FRC Programme. #FamilyResourceIRL

Delighted to meet up with Ellen Newbridge FRC and Joan at the Family Resource Centres pre budget event yesterday. Always glad to support the great work of all the Family Resource Centres throughout #Kildare. #familyresourceirl vernaculandy

Fantastic day at Hill Street Family Resource Centre. Amazing atmosphere celebrating 25th anniversary with inclusion and diversity! A real example of community development in action through the National FRC Programme under the collaborative leadership of Eileen and her team! #familyresourceirl

Here we go! When the General Election comes I’ll be the The Labour Party candidate in the new Dublin Fingal East constituency. I’ll be standing on my record of open, fair and honest politics while working with communities and people on real solutions to real problems. Join us 🌹

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I'm delighted to represent FRC National Forum on a panel discussion about #FoodPoverty organised by Children's Rights Alliance as part of #ChildPovertyWeek

Bella Ciao has become an anthem for the oppressed women in Afghanistan and Iran.

Shauna Diamond FRC National Forum kicks off the first international conference on Whole Family Mental Health and Recovery YourMentalHealth.ie HSE National Office for Suicide Prevention (NOSP) Department of Health looking forward to welcoming Minister Mary Butler TD later this morning #FamilyMentalHealth #familyresourceirl

Great starting slide from David McDaid at #FamilyMentalHealth conference, really relevant to work of PEIN and of course to Government's Budget 2025, we must consider the cost of inaction to supporting families, inaction costs society a lot of money!

Fergal Landy vernaculandy Chief Executive FRC National Forum “We have a tendency in this country to come up with new ideas while neglecting, under resourcing existing organisations working in this space.” #EndChildPovertyWeek #ChildrensBudget25

“I’ve received messages all this week from Family Resource Centres saying that summer camps are now becoming a medium to deliver food to families,” vernaculandy What we are saying and seeing, is the demand is increasing. #EndChildPovertyWeek #ChildrensBudget25