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Sean ArdaghChildcare in Dublin South Central

Are you a child minder or thinking about childminding in your own home?  For free information, advice and support contact: Patrick Brannick, HSE, Childminder Adviser, Maltings Business Park, Marrowbone Lane, Dublin 8.  Telephone: 4734090

Parent & Toddler Groups

  1. Drimnagh Parent & Toddler Group, Parents Drop in Centre, Girls Primary School, Knocknaree Road (gate opposite convent), Drimnagh.  Group meets every Friday morning 10am-12pm
  2. The Moeran Hall Parent & Toddler Group, Moeran Hall, Sommerville Avenue, Walkinstown.  Group meets every Friday morning 10am- 11.30am.
  3. Kimmage Manor Parent & Toddler Group, in the hall at the back of church, Kimmage Manor, Kimmage.  Group meets every Thursday morning 10am- 12pm.
  4. The Marist Parent & Toddler Group, Marist Primary School, Clogher Road, Crumlin.  Group meets every Thursday morning 9.30am- 11.30am.
  5. St Pius Parent & Toddler Group, in the hall at the back of church, College Drive (off Fortfield Road), Terenure.  Group meets every Wednesday morning 10.30am- 12pm.
  6. Greenhills Parent and Toddler Group, Parents Room, St Peters Primary School, Limekiln Road, Greenhills.  Group meets every Thursday morning 9.40am-12pm.
  7. Dolphins Barn Library Parent & Toddler Group.  Group meets every Tuesday morning 11am- 12pm.
  8. Ballyfermot Family Resource Centre

For further information on all these groups is available by dropping into the centres above or by contacting the Childcare Information Bureau at 4563487.

Community Based Childcare

Early Childcare

  1. Pearse College Community Nursery Ltd., Clogher Road, Crumlin.  Telephone: 4164625.  Contact: Marie Tuite.
  2. Little Treasures, Limekiln Lane, Greenhills.  Telephone: 4652808.  Contact: Aileen McKinney.
  3. Daisy Chain Community Creche, Herberton Centre, Crumlin.  Telephone: 4651713.  Contact: Barbara Brogan.
  4. Ballyfermot Family Resource Centre.
  5. Cherry Orchard Equine Centre

Pre- School

  1. St. Agnes Pre School, Armagh Road, Crumlin.  Telephone: 4555127.  Contact Fiona O’Rourke.
  2. Marist Primary School, Clogher Road, Crumlin.  Telephone: 4541228.  Contact: Sr. Anne Wrynn.
  3. Community Boys and Girls Pre School Play Group, Infant School, Mourne Road, Drimnagh.  Telephone: 4556594.  Contact: Deirdre Bannan.

Mostessori

  1. Stepping Stones, 23 Ardagh Road, off Crumlin Road.  Telephone: 4542059.  Contact: Bernadette Codd.
  2. Forget Me Not Montessori School, Community Hall, Keeper Road, Drimnagh.  Telephone: 0877851194.  Contact: Maria Pettersson.

Back to work for women

Dublin 12 – JOBSCLUB

The aim of the KWCD Dublin 12 Jobsclub is to help unemployed people who are actively seeking employment.

The Jobsclub provides formal training to all people aged 18-65 and is a resource centre for those seeking employment.  The Jobsclub is funded by FAS and managed by the KWCD Partnership.  Contact: 1A St Agnes Road, Crumlin Village. Telephone: 4059883.

Local Employment Service

The KWCD Local Employment Service can help you to help yourself in a number of different ways.

Contact:
DRIMNAGH – St. John Bosco Centre, Davitt Road. Telephone: 4550042.
CRUMLIN -         17a St Agnes Road, Crumlin Village. Telephone: 4095082.
CLOGHER ROAD – Unit 1, Goldstone Court, Clogher Road.  Telephone: 4150983.

Women’s Groups

Dublin 12 Women’s Action Group, 1A St. Agnes’ Road, Crumlin, Dublin 12.  Telephone: 4059376.  Contact: Marie Mooney

The group provides a focal point for all women to access information and support.  It has a focus on voter awareness education, education courses for women and support for women’s groups.

Dublin 12 Domestic Violence Service, Telephone: 4563126.  Help line open every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 9.30am- 1.30pm.

The service is aimed at people who suffer violence in the home.  It aims to provide a safe, confidential space to enable people to break the silence of violence and oppression, to provide information and to offer confidential non-judgemental support, advice and guidance.

Drimnagh Women’s Education Group, Telephone: 086 3774943.  Contact: Geraldine Taafe.

The group provides classes in drama, art etc and regularly organises Social and Cultural outing including talks for women.

Ethnic Minority Women’s Group, 1A St Agnes’ Road, Crumlin Village.  Telephone: 4059376.  Contact: Ailicia Gayson.

Provides support and information in a safe, warm and open way to women from an ethnic minority.

P.M.E Ltd Perrystown Manor Estates, Community Centre, Perrystown.  Telephone: 4515527 / 4562171.  Contact: Una Kelly.

P.M.E. Ltd Perrystown Manor Estates support many local groups using the community centre including: Ladies Clubs, Active Retired Clubs, Weightwatchers and many more.

Lower Crumlin Women’s Group, Unit 1, Goldstone Court, Clogher Road, Crumlin.  Telephone: 4736392.  Contact Marie O’Neill.

Organisation, planning activities and training courses for women.

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