Gloucestershire CAMHS services had for many years run the Parents Plus Children’s Programme across their parent support. In 2024, they reviewed their parent needs and decided to include the Parents Plus ADHD programme in their offer to meet a growing demand from families for this support. Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust In […]
17 years since his first interaction with Parents Plus, Senior Trainer Fred Ehresmann reflects on his relationship with the charity, what makes Parents Plus parenting programmes different, and why he still finds his work with us so fulfilling to this day. Who’d Have Thought? Reflection on a 17 Year Relationship with Parents Plus […]
Parents Plus ADHD Project Lead Lisa Whitlock reflects on our recent in-person training with The Changing Lives Initiative: Flourish and Thrive, a new North-South partnership project in Ireland, funded through the EU PEACEPLUS Programme until December 2028. Parents Plus will play a major part in The Changing Lives Initiative plan to deliver evidence-based parenting programmes […]
We are delighted to share details of our Facilitator Training Schedule at Parents Plus for autumn 2025, offering you an opportunity to build on your skills and enhance your service’s capacity to make a positive impact in the lives of the families you support. Our scheduled training takes place online. You can expect the following from […]
Since autumn 2021, Parentline and Parents Plus have had a very successful collaboration in the delivery of online Parents Plus programmes. The project began during COVID as a response to the high volume of parents reaching out to Parentline for support for themselves, and their children struggling with mental health challenges, including anxiety and depression, […]
Parents Plus co-founder and Clinical Director, Dr John Sharry, recently welcomed some of the over 150 Accredited Parents Plus facilitators to an engaging workshop for those wishing to integrate a neuro-affirmative approach to their work with parents. A neuro-affirming approach, like the Parents Plus model itself, is compassion-driven and celebrates each child’s unique experience and […]
Last week, Parents Plus was delighted to host our first in-person scheduled training, open to professionals from education, mental health and community sectors in the UK. Taking place at Lockleaze Sports Centre in Bristol over three days, we welcomed over 20 professionals to train in the Parents Plus ADHD Programme with Senior Trainer, Fred Ehresmann, […]
Parents Plus is currently seeking a candidate to fill a vacancy on our Board of Directors (Trustees). We are seeking applications from interested candidates, from a Public Sector background who have a passion for making a difference in your community and strengthening families across Ireland? Who We Are Parents Plus is a charity on a […]
Do you have expertise in HR and a desire to make a difference by helping to strengthen families across Ireland. Parents Plus is currently seeking candidates for the positions of external non-board members on the following subcommittees: HR and Remuneration Subcommittee External non-board members are recruited to join subcommittees to lend their particular skills […]
Developed in 2019 after a series of focus groups and workshops with families, the Parents Plus Healthy Families (PP-HF) programme is designed to support parents of babies and young children up to 12 years old to establish healthy habits that promote family health and wellbeing. Now, the results of a new randomised controlled trial published […]
