Loughrea Family & Community Resource Centre CLG

The day-to-day work of the Centre includes a broad and diverse range of activities, services and supports including:

• the provision of a substantial range of information leaflets and booklets;

• issue – based awareness raising and information dissemination;

• facebook page, website and newsletter;

• one-to-one information and support;

• an affordable counselling service;

• scheduled weekly outreach information services from the Citizen’s Information Centre, Galway People’s Resource Centre and the National Advocacy Service;

• Rainbows (peer support programme for children affected by separation issues. Facilitated by trained volunteers, it is not a counselling programme.)

• SuperMummies parent support group;

• Older person’s Computer Club;

• Weekly Family Support drop-in service;

• Basic computer classes for older learners (classes taught by volunteer tutors);

• The Family Resource Centre’s Meeting spaces are used on a regular basis by:
– Loughrea Play Therapy Service
– Youthwork Ireland- Youth Counselling Service.
– Domestic Violence Response Counselling Service.
– Galway Traveller Movement Counselling Service.
– Roscommon Home Services.
– Áthas Chernobyl Group.
– Epilepsy Ireland.
– Shine.
– Al-anon.
– Tusla – Loughrea Family Services.
– Tusla – social work
– “The Ladies Club”.
– ISPCC (Irish Society for the prevention of cruelty to children)
– Tusla – National gender-based violence unit.
– Maureen Fynes Wellness.
– Sr. Bridie’s women’s support group.
– AA (Alcoholics Anonymous)
– Waterside House Domestic Violence Outreach Support Worker
– Loughrea ICA
– “Cairdeas Cois Locha” conversational Irish
– Employability Galway
– Liz Kirby, Yoga.
– Galway Rural Development (various sections)
– Aware
– Bridie Clinton – set dancing
– Maria Ní Laoire – Children’s Yoga
– Chamber of Commerce
– Galway City Partnership Bridge Project
– Feilecáin (Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Association of Ireland)
– Bethany Bereavement Support Group

• involvement in and highlighting of national and international campaigns such as IDAHO T (International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia), 16 Days of activism against violence against women, Gay Pride Week, Social Inclusion Week, Positive Ageing Week.