Grant funding totaling just over €20,000 has been awarded to 20 Parent and Toddler Groups across Galway.
This is part of €352,000 allocated for 370 Parent and Toddler Groups across the country by Minister Roderic O’Gorman this week.
“Parent and Toddler Groups throughout the country provide essential informal support to parents, grandparents and childminders, as well as to young children.”
“These groups are an important source of social contact especially for new parents and families new to an area,” Minister O’Gorman said.
There are three streams of funding under the Parent and Toddler Group Grant Initiative. The main line offers €800 to existing groups, and €1,100 for establishing new groups.
On top of that, €300 was offered to establish Buggy Walking Groups, and another €300 for new or existing groups to provide a second session to meet demand.
The 20 groups in Galway which received grants are: Árann, Athenry, Ballinfoile, Ballygar, Clann, Clifden, Claregalway, Corofin, Cumasú, Down to Earth, Galway Community Circus, Gort, Headford Cloughanover, Killalaghton, Kinvara, Knocknacarra, Mullagh, Renmore, Woodford.
