toy show appeal
Parents Plus are are chosen by RTE Toy Show Appeal for the Transformative Grant

ParentsPlus are delighted to announce that we have been chosen by #rtetoyshowappeal and The Community Foundation for Ireland as one of the lucky recipients of the Transformative Grant. This partnership will support our national collaboration with key parent support organisations to scale up the provision of Parents Plus evidence-based programmes online and to families across […]

communications officer for parents plus
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Communications Officer to join our team.

Parents Plus is a social enterprise and charity who are driven by our mission to improve the well-being of children, young people, and parents, and to strengthen families, by empowering professionals to deliver our evidence-based parenting and mental health programmes in their services. Our research, development, training and supervision enables community, health, education and disability […]

Calling all services for families in Limerick and Clare

The JP McManus Benevolent Fund and Parents Plus Charity are offering sponsorship for free training places to professionals providing services to children, adolescents, and young adults with intellectual disability or special needs in Counties Limerick and Clare.  The JP McManus Benevolent Fund will sponsor the training and post training supervision of professionals in two of the flag ship […]

develop an INTERREG application
Parents Plus is seeking partners to develop an INTERREG application

‘The families and carers of young people and adolescents facing an intellectual disability have indicated that the services provided for their affected person are in need of improvement.  Improving healthcare systems to better address the needs of these individuals, their families and carers has been identified as a priority in many countries.   We are […]

Call out to all ‘Working Things Out’ Programme facilitators

Expression of interest applications are invited for the following opportunity If you are an experienced practitioner, who has regularly run the Working Things Out Programme groups with young people in your setting over the last few years, you may be interested in the following development. We are looking for a trained Working Things Out facilitator, […]

What needs to be done next?
Five ways to connect with your children by John Sharry

Having a warm connected relationship with your children is definitely one of the most enjoyable aspects of parenting. Doing fun activities together, sharing experiences and having good conversations all make for creating deeply satisfying relationships between parents and children.  Such connected relationships have enormous benefits for children, in terms of building their self-esteem and confidence […]