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Cost of Living Crisis - Impact on Children
(Barnardos, 2023)We have been monitoring the impact of cost of living increases on families and children over the past 18 months. This report outlines the impact that cost of living increases has had on children and families across the ... -
Cost Of Living Crisis - Impact on Children: Summary
(Barnardos, 2023)We have produced a report highlighting the growing impact that cost of living increases are having on children across the country. It sets out findings of a nationally representative survey of parents (315) conducted by ... -
Tomorrow's Child in an Age ot Austerity
(Barnardos, 2011)In autumn 2008, on the eve of Ireland’s economic collapse, Barnardos published Tomorrow’s child. The picture it painted was one of an Ireland in which four-fifths of children led reasonably prosperous lives: they were ... -
Policy Briefing 2: Proposals Concerning the Establishment of a Register of Sex Offenders
(Barnardos, 1999)The growing recognition over the past fifteen years of the reality of the sexual abuse of children has brought in its wake international debate concerning legal remedies, therapeutic programmes and the need to introduce ... -
Policy Briefing 4: The Case for Mandatory Reporting of Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect
(Barnardos, 2000)The past decade has exposed the reality of abuse and neglect, both past and contemporary, visited on children in Ireland. It has highlighted the inadequacy of our collective concern for vulnerable children over many ... -
Policy Briefing 3: Responding to the Needs of Troubled Children: A Critique of High Support and Secure Special Care Provision in Ireland
(Barnardos, 2000)On an accelerating scale over the past five years children and young people deemed to be out of control have been coming before the High Court in order to force the State to meet its constitutional responsibilities towards ... -
Policy Briefing 5: Meeting the Needs of Refugee and Asylum Seeking Children in Ireland
(Barnardos, 2000)Ireland has experienced a massive increase in the number of refugees and asylum seekers arriving here within the past five years. This phenomenon has stretched the capacity of our system for the processing of applications ... -
Policy Briefing 1: Responding To Youth Suicide and Attempted Youth Suicide in Ireland
(Barnardos, 1999)Facing the tragic reality of a suicide is enormously difficult and stressful for families, communities and, indeed, society as a whole. A suicide, which is often committed by someone with a family and friends who care, ... -
Policy Briefing 6: Responding to Domestic Violence and its Impact on Women and Children
(Barnardos, 2000)Considering the extent to which the reality of domestic violence has been recognised over the past twenty-five years, it is somewhat surprising that more attention has not been given to its effects on children. Certainly, ... -
Cost Of Living Crisis - Impact on Children: Summary
(Barnardos, 2022)New research launched today by national children’s charity Barnardos outlines the impact that recent cost of living increases are having on parents and children across the country. We highlight the impact the cost of living ... -
Yes / No Child Poverty Campaign
(Barnardos, 2009)Poor children live in poor households. Poverty affects every aspect of a child’s life; children living in poverty live life on the margins, excluded from opportunities and often unable find a way out of cycles of poverty ... -
A Way Forward for Delivering Children’s Services
(Barnardos, 2011)This report outlines a fresh start for policies and services for children for the next five to ten years for policy-makers, practitioners and those with an interest in children, set in the context of the making of a new ... -
Employment Potential Within the Childcare Sector
(Barnardos, 1998)This research examines the area of pre-school and after-school child care provision as sources of potential employment. Towards that end, an overview of recent reports and studies at national and EU level dealing with ... -
Side by Side: a Child Care Course for Travellers
(Barnardos, 1995)In May 1993, sixteen trainees began the first accredited Child Care Course for Travellers in Ireland. The trainees were selected from over seventy applicants. The successful candidates had some previous experience ... -
What's the Harm? A Child-centred Response to Domestic Abuse
(Barnardos, 2016-12)Domestic abuse is prevalent in Ireland. Due to the often hidden nature of the abuse and limited data available many are blind to its effects, yet its effects are far reaching. Domestic abuse is not just a problem for those ... -
Rise Up for Children Report
(Barnardos, 2015-11-25)To inform Barnardos’ Rise Up campaign, we commissioned Indecon International Economic Consultants to examine the scale and depth of inequality in Ireland and its impact on children. Particular attention was paid to the ... -
Patients. Parents. People. Towards Integrated Supports and Services for Families Experiencing Mental Health Difficulties
(Barnardos, 2014-06)‘There is no health without mental health’. It is universally accepted that everyone’s mental health needs to be supported and protected. Whether you are an adult or a child, having positive mental health gives you the ... -
Breaking Point: Why Investment is Needed Now to Ensure the Sustainability of Quality Services for Children and Families
(Barnardos, 2019-06)This year marks ten years since Barnardos agreed to temporary cuts to the funding for services they deliver on behalf of the State under Service Level Agreements (SLAs). Despite a sustained economic recovery, and the fact ... -
Cost of Living Crisis Impact on Children June 2022
(Barnardos, 2022-06)For 60 years, we have been supporting and working with children and know the impact of living in deprivation, can have on health, wellbeing and development. The experience of our staff, backed by rigorous research, ... -
Faces Behind the Figures of Child Homelessness Briefing Paper: February 2017
(Barnardos, 2017)Barnardos is very concerned the housing crisis is not abating. Child and family homelessness is gathering pace and the responses and actions of Government, local authorities and agencies are unable to stem this flow. The ...
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