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May 31, 2011 at 1:34 pm #12063onefamilyMember
One Family Links: enabling connections
Launch and opening by Minister for Children & Youth Affairs Frances Fitzgerald TD at 10.30am sharp
Date: Thursday 9 June 2011 Time: 10.15 am until 6pm
Venue: Coach House, Dublin Castle
Do you want to participate in a networking day for people who work in the areas of family and parenting supports for one-parent families? Then the One Family Links event is for you!
It’s free to attend and learn about best practice, what services are available locally and nationally – and how you can facilitate your professional development. You can come for the whole day or just drop in to hear the speakers that interest you.
There is a minimal charge if you want to take a stand* – by doing so you can showcase and demonstrate your services and disseminate information about what you do. All participants receive a One Family Certificate of Professional Development.
Minister Fitzgerald will launch the event, as well as our Family Communications – Coping with Family Life and Communicating with Teenagers manual and the evaluation of our Training Links pilot in conjunction with the Family Resource Centres in the south-east.
As well as a fantastic range of information stands, there will be a range of expert speakers all day including:
Gordon Jeyes, HSE’s National Director of Children and Family Services; Dr John Sharry, parenting expert and guests from the Teen Parent Support Programme, MRCS, the Family Mediation Service and many more…The One Family Links event is a national programme that will:
• connect you to leading and pioneering speakers on parenting and family supports
• provide you with a services trade fair and InfoBuzz sessions
• give you an opportunity to promote your services to support those parenting alone and sharing parenting.*Cost: there is no funding in place for this event and the costs for taking an information stand are:
€25 for Community and Voluntary Agencies.
€50 for Partnerships and Statutory Agencies.
€200 for Private Sector Services.Final programme to be confirmed on Wednesday 1 June, contact us for more info or see http://www.onefamily.ie or follow us on Facebook and Twitter.
To book a stand or to let us know that you will be attending please email: info@onefamily.ie or ring 01 662 9212. Many thanks from the One Family team.
One Family looks forward to linking with you and enabling your connections.
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