Building Big Futures Graduation 2026: Investing in Educators, Transforming Outcomes for Children

Jun, 2026
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Last week in Coolock Library, we came together to celebrate something very special — the graduation of local Early Years educators from Preparing for Life’s Building Big Futures programme. It was a proud evening for our community. In 2026, 63 educators from six community-based Early Years services completed...

Acknowledging the completion of the 10 week Art Therapy Group with parents, facilitated by Sinead Kiernan and Siobhan O’Callaghan.

Jul, 2025
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Art Therapists Sinead Kiernan and Siobhan O'Callaghan brought parents on a wonderful journey of self expression and personal growth. Over ten weeks via different themes and discussions they explored topics and emotions in a safe and supported space. All parents that attended said they will miss their...

Building Big Futures Graduation 2024/2025 – A Celebration of Learning, Growth & Community Spirit

Jun, 2025
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Paul Rogers, Northside Partnership; Stacy Heavey, PFL Early Years Education; Liam Murphy, Principal Our Lady Immaculate JNS; Bernie Laverty, Area Based Childhood programme; Niall Sexton, Preparing for Life; Jelena Simic, PFL Early Years Education; Katy Cluskey, Senior Speech & Language Therapist, PFL; Shauna Byrne, Preparing for Life. We...

Playful Parent Mornings

Nov, 2024
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Last February we launched our Playful Parents Pilot Programme in the Coolock library. Since then we have delivered 4 workshops, reaching approximately 55 families from within the Northside Partnership area. https://youtu.be/NkOIpLn7ajY These workshops have covered several topics including: • Introducing Sensory Play at Home • Supporting Language Development Through Play ...

PFL Home Visiting Programme on RTE Radio 1

Aug, 2024
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Professor Orla Doyle of University College Dublin discussed Preparing for Life Home Visiting with Philip Boucher Hayes on RTÉ Radio 1. Orla talked about the success of PFL Home Visiting, the importance of building positive relationships and how the programme has spread across the country. Click on link...

Preparing for Life’s Early Years Education Team Introduces Biffy, our Building Big Futures Mascot.

Jul, 2024
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Biffy was created as a way of promoting our Building Big Futures (BBF) professional development programme. We wanted our mascot to not only promote our programme but also celebrate the achievements of the local early years services who engage with us. During the 2023/2024 academic year, we ran 3...

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