| Event Name: | Venue: | Aimed at: | Date/Time: | Description: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Homework Club | Eglinton Direct Provision Hostel | School age Primary and Secondary School Children living in the Direct Provision Hostel | Monday – Thursday 3.00 – 6.00pm | Homework Club |
| Extracurricular Activities | Depends on the activity Swimming – Leisureland | Children living or just left direct provision (Asylum Seekers) | Varies | Swimming, Rugby, tots Dancing, Soccor etc. |
| Intergenerational Programme – Young Hearts | Croí na Gaillimhe 1 Mill Street, Galway | Galway Teenagers and Older People | Tuesdays 8th January – 22nd May 2018 and September – December 10.30 -12.30pm | Intergenerational Programme – Art and Astronomy Project – Semester 2 |
| Adult Training Programmes | Croí na Gaillimhe | Parents of children | Varies – timetable on facebook and website or available by emailing info@croinagaillimhe.ie | NALA Blended Learning Employability Skills, Creative Writing, Art, Dancing, Conversational English, Sewing Mending, Yoga, Mindfulness, Mediation, First Aid, for Parents etc |
| Failte Isteach (Conversational English) | Croí na Gaillimhe | Adults learning English and for integration | Thursday’s 9.00-11.00am | Conversational English |
| Intercultural Singing Group | Croí na Gaillimhe | Adults | 6.30-7.30 Thursdays from September – June | Singing songs of peace and in different languages |
| Basketball | Organised by CNG and taking place in the Westside Gym | Women Asylum Seekers, unemployed, mothers | September – June, Friday 10.00-11.00am | Basketball to get people involved in sport |
| Yoga | Croí na Gaillimhe | General public | Monday,Tuesday and Wednesday’s | Yoga – Beginners and Advance |
| Mindfulness | Croí na Gaillimhe | General Public | Wednesdays | Mindfulness |
Croí na Gaillimhe
Who We Are
Croí na Gaillimhe (CNG) is one of six Resource Centres run by the Society in Ireland. The Resource Centres provide a safe, welcoming place for people to learn and grow, to develop new skills, to meet others and make new friends and to have a positive impact in people’s lives (What We Do – www.svp.ie).
The Centre opened it’s doors to service users in autumn 2009. Since then, the Resource Centre has established a strong track record in the delivery of family supports and community development initiatives. The centre works with a range of target groups across the life span: children, young people, parents, women, men, older people, people with disabilities and mental health issues, non Irish Nationals, Asylum Seekers and Refugees.
Croí na Gaillimhe is driven by a small team of skilled and dedicated staff and volunteers. We offer social, educational and developmental support for people who find themselves isolated or socially or economically excluded.
For more information on who we are/about us see our website www.croinagaillimhe.ie or check Croi na Gaillimhe facebook pages.
What We Do
Croí na Gaillimhe (CNG) is one of six Resource Centres run by the Society in Ireland. The Resource Centres provide a safe, welcoming place for people to learn and grow, to develop new skills, to meet others and make new friends and to have a positive impact in people’s lives (What We Do – www.svp.ie).
The Centre opened it’s doors to service users in autumn 2009. Since then, the Resource Centre has established a strong track record in the delivery of family supports and community development initiatives. The centre works with a range of target groups across the life span: children, young people, parents, women, men, older people, people with disabilities and mental health issues, non-Irish Nationals, Asylum Seekers and Refugees.
Croí na Gaillimhe is driven by a small team of skilled and dedicated staff and volunteers. We offer social, educational and developmental support for people who find themselves isolated or socially or economically excluded.
For more information on who we are/about us see our website www.croinagaillimhe.ie or check Croi na Gaillimhe facebook pages.
How We Do It
The centre has a special focus on the needs of children and families in Direct Provision and is known for its work in this area. The centre has devised a family support programmed aimed at supporting families that are leaving the Direct Provision system having achieved their refugee status. Currently there are 70 children living in Direct Provision.
Migrant Support Programme – The migrant support programme is addressing the needs of asylum seekers in many different area’s:-
Homework Club- CNG works with an average of 25 children in the Eglinton a Direct Provision Hostel in Salthhill since 2014 providing a homework club with two part time staff and 20 highly skilled volunteers. The establishment of the Homework Club in the Eglinton Direct Provision Hostel has developed a new approach to educational support to those in the asylum process, including building the capacity of children to engage as equals in the mainstream educational process. In respect to parents it offers a new way of facilitating dialogue with and building capacity of parents to assist in devising new solutions to problems of educational disadvantage for themselves and their children. We are currently working with the parents to develop their skills in assisting their children with the homework, so that they can continue to do so when they get their status. The Eglinton Homework Club has signposted possible solutions in relation to educational disadvantage amongst children in the asylum process to ensure equality of opportunity for this community. The club caters for children from high infants in primary school and teenagers in secondary school. We provide afterschool activities and a book club. The Homework club is open from Monday to Thursday from 3.00-6.00pm.
Activities for Children- CNG organises extracurricular activities for 70 (preschool, primary and secondary school) children in Direct Provision who would have no access to these activities. e.g. swimming, ruby tots, soccer, dancing etc.
We also have “aged out minors” as well as young adults from Great Western Hostel in Eyre Square and the Eglinton Direct Provision involved in our English conversational classes, NALA Blended Learning and other programmes and classes in the centre.
Men: We encourage men from all walks of lives to join our Men’s Group.
Fáilte Isteach: Conversational English language are provided in the CNG which enables migrants with little or/no English, experiencing isolation to participate to strengthen their social network, improve language skills and integrate in to their local community. This programme seeks to support the Integration of migrants into Irish Society through the provision of conversational English Language Classes. The Programme began in September 2012 and has operated from October to December and January to May since then.
Integration Programmes for all in the community: Singing Group and Basketball.
Youth and Older people from the community
Intergenerational Programme – Young Hearts - CNG has provided since 2010 an Intergenerational Programme for an average of 16 teenagers and 12 older people. The programme involves schools, teenagers and older adults working together in a community learning environment. The programme takes into consideration and responds to the needs of younger and older adults in our society through a specifically designed curriculum that provides a platform for equal expression from both groups The teenagers come from a Galway Community College a DEIS School based in Wellpark/Moneenageisha. Some of the outcomes are achieved in many different ways including: production of a books, presentation and development of many drama pieces, art exhibition, enterprise projects – making crafts and selling at CNG’s Craft Fairs,
Parents Group: We deliver a range of classes and programmes to meet the needs of young parents e.g sewing, mending and alteration workshops, nurturing, positive behaviour in children, Christmas crafts, first aid for children, putting more money in your pocket – budgeting courses etc.
Lunch and Social Club for Older People: CNG provides this service twice a week. We also provide classes such as creative writing, art, siel bleu (exercise programme), dancing, computer training to meet the needs of older people in the community.
Volunteers: We provide volunteer opportunities for people to share their skills. Sharing skills is enthusiastically encouraged. Very often people who have benefited from visiting the resource centre go on to become a tutor or volunteer themselves. Everyone has something to offer and can help others to develop new life and work skills or engage in hobbies and interests that give their lives more meaning.
Who We Serve
CNG promotes positive change in favour of those who would benefit most, it promotes inclusion and equality and we work on the basis of the principles of community development ensuring collectively, community empowerment, social justice and sustainable development; human rights, equality and anti-discrimination; We work with people experiencing a high level of unemployment and poverty. We work with people who lack, choice, power and resources and with groups and individuals who experience social exclusion because of unequal treatment and denial of rights e.g. asylum seekers, refugees, travellers, people with disabilities or because of their circumstances such as:
- Teenagers and Children who come from DEIS Schools (Galway Community College) and Direct Provisions Hostels (Eglinton Salthill).
- People who parent alone without sufficient resources
- Unemployed people or those who are excluded from the labour market
- Women who lack opportunities for their own growth and development
- Disadvantaged young people
- Homeless people – particularly men
- Elderly people who live in isolated circumstances
Quick Reference
Name:
Croí na Gaillimhe
Croí na Gaillimhe
Address:
1 Mill Street,
Galway
1 Mill Street,
Galway
091-895203
Is a Referral Required? No
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Monday | 9:00 | 9:00 |
Tuesday | 9:00 | 9:00 |
Wednesday | 9:00 | 9:00 |
Thursday | 9:00 | 9:00 |
Friday | 9:00 | 17:00 |
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