Recent Submissions

  • The Adoption Advice Service - Dublin: The First Ten Years 1977 - 1987 

    Lefroy, Laetitia (Barnardos, 1987)
    Barnardo's is an independent child care charity. It aims to provide and develop in consultation with statutory and other agencies, and in partnership with parents, selected services for children and young people in need ...
  • Barnardos: A Three-year Action Plan 1999-2002 

    Barnardos (Barnardos, 1999)
    In this, the last year of the century, Barnardos is embarking on an ambitious plan to take us well into the millennium. Our aim is to improve and expand present services, and find newer and better ways to help Irish ...
  • Making a Difference: Barnardos 2002-2005; 1962-2002 Celebrating 40 Years Working with Children in Ireland 

    Barnardos (Barnardos, 2002)
    Although we have come a long way, children in Ireland still do not get what they should while living in a wealthy country — too many children still live in poverty, are not adequately protected from danger and risk, are ...
  • Barnardo's Services for Families in Tallaght 

    Phelan, Jan (Barnardos, No date)
    This series of papers, written by practitioners, is offered as a contribution to the development of social work practice. The aim is not to present definitive statements on particular themes or areas of work, but ...
  • The Adoption Advice Service - Dublin: The First Three Years May 1977 - May 1980 

    Lefroy, Laetitia (Barnardos, 1980)
    The Adoption Advice Service, Dublin, started on 3lst May, 1977. The previous week we held a meeting for adoption societies and workers from other agencies involved with single parents and adoption. Carole Smith spoke of ...
  • Supporting Children and Families: Planning a Service Development for Killinarden 

    French, Geraldine (Barnardos, 2001)
    This report documents the outcome of an assessment of needs undertaken by Barnardos in West Tallaght, from December 2000 to March 2001. It involved consultation with Barnardos staff, families, children, agencies, ...
  • Moving Forward: The Proposals for Change 

    Barnardos (Barnardos, 1990)
    The purpose is to set out the proposals to shape the future of our child care work in the 1990s.
  • Barnardos in the 90s: New Services to Meet New Realities 

    Barnardos (Barnardos, No date)
    Plan outlining the services delivered by Barnardos in the 1990s.
  • Barnardos Review of Services: Report of the Family Work Sub-Group 

    Barnardos (Barnardos, 2000)
    This report provides a detailed overview of the work of the Family Work Sub-Group — its objectives & methodology; key learning from literature & site visits, review of current practice and recommendations. Resource and ...
  • Making a Difference: Corporate Plan Implementation Schedule, 2002-2005 

    Barnardos (Barnardos, 2002)
    Making a Difference: Corporate Plan Implementation Schedule, 2002-2005.
  • A Review of Volunteering in Barnardos 

    Walsh, Angela (Barnardos, 2001)
    In August 2001 the post of Volunteer Co-ordinator was created in Barnardos. The provision of this post underpins a commitment to volunteering within the organisation. The role of the Volunteer Co-ordinator is to plan for ...
  • Review of Early Years Services in Barnardos 

    Barnardos (Barnardos, 2000)
    The review of the Early Years Services took place at a number of levels. 1. Literature review of best practice in the area. 2. Audit of existing Early Years Services in Barnardos. 3. Site visits to centres in Dublin, ...
  • Summary of Strategic Plan 

    Barnardos (Barnardos, 1992)
    This strategic plan has been formulated following an extensive investigation over several months of the environments, both internal and external, in which Barnardo’s operates in Ireland. The process has included meetings ...
  • Strategic Plan 

    Barnardos (Barnardos, 1992)
    This strategic plan has been formulated following an extensive investigation over several months of the environments, both internal and external, in which Barnardo’s operates in Ireland. The process has included meetings ...
  • Review of Barnardos Services 

    Barnardos (Barnardos, 2000-04)
    Undertaking a review of any organisation is a substantial task. To do so largely from within and at a time of exceptional growth is all the more daunting. That is essentially the challenge we set ourselves in embarking ...
  • Implementation of Strategic Plan: 1994-1997 

    Barnardos (Barnardos, 1994)
    Following the completion of the Strategic Plan in October 1992 a great deal of work has been undertaken in the organisation in reviewing and developing existing services on the basis of local reviews of work. The potential ...
  • Barnardo's Adoption Advice Service: Trends and Issues in Adoption in Ireland in 1992 

    Barnardos (Barnardos, 1992)
    The Adoption Advice Service provided by Barnardo's started on the 31 May 1977. This report is intended as a description of that service over the past fifteen years. It looks at the way the service is provided, and the ...
  • Information for Change 

    Schonfeld, Heino (Barnardos, 2000-06)
    Draft strategic plan for the NCRC. During the writing of the document it became apparent to me that a brief outline of the process leading up to it may be helpful and of interest to those who have participated but even ...