Preparing for Life supports parents to nurture their children so the child, family and community can thrive.

Network calls for candidates to commit to 10% growth in funding for children and families

Nov, 2024
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Network launches mascot ‘PEINNY’ to champion prevention and early interventionas A network of 40 organisations supporting babies, children and families has called for spending on the prevention and early intervention to be grown by 10% annually by the next government. The Prevention and Early Intervention Network (PEIN), of which...

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...

Baby Bunch Cafe is Back!

May, 2024
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The Baby Bunch Café returns to Darndale on Tuesday 28th May! This is a 6-week postnatal group for new mams offering information and support from Preparing for Life, The Rotunda Hospital and the HSE. Join other mams for a cuppa and a chat, where you can get practical advice...

Triple P Group Dates Announced

Apr, 2024
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The next Triple P 8-week group will start on Wednesday 17th April. Triple P, an evidence-based Positive Parenting Program, offers simple, practical strategies that have been proven to work around the world, helping parents raise happy, confident children. Group Triple P is suitable for parents with concerns about...

Preparing for Life Celebrates 14 Years of Home Visiting

Oct, 2023
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Hip! Hip! Hooray! Preparing for Life celebrated 14 years of its Home Visiting programme recently by inviting families who took part in the programme fourteen years ago to a party in The Bell Building, Darndale. Dozens of families joined in the celebrations, including skincare tutorials, comedy, music,...

National Breastfeeding Week: PFL Home Visiting in Darndale Now Similar to National Breastfeeding Levels

Oct, 2023
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Over the last two and a half years, 61.3% of Preparing for Life Home Visiting participants started breastfeeding in the hospital and 58.1% were breastfeeding leaving hospital. On average, more than half of those that initiated breastfeeding continued to breastfeed for at least 6 months....

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