A Parent and Toddler Group is an informal group within the local community, which provides an opportunity for young children and their parents/carers to meet.
Parent and Toddler groups can be a great way of meeting other people with children the same age as yours in your area.
While these were traditionally aimed at mothers/fathers, they are now aimed at childminders, grandparents and other guardians.
Some are held in local community centres or church halls etc.
A voluntary committee of parents/carers is formed, and officers (members with responsibilities) are elected/appointed. This committee (with the support of all the other parents attending the group), oversee the smooth running of the group.
The Parent & Toddler Group Grant Initiative 2024 is now closed. This Grant Initiative is part of the Government’s First 5 Strategy.
This year the emphasis will again be on supporting Parent & Toddler Groups that offer a welcome to Ukrainian families and to all families who are newly arrived in Ireland.
Check back in 2025 for further Grants.
| Play Café/ Bumps and Babes | Kilternan Dublin 18 | Lynn Storey | 0876957061 | Wednesday 10am-11.30am | |
| Talls and Smalls | Urban Junction Blackrock | Belinda Briggs | 0857739723 | Wednesday 3pm-4.30pm | |
| Baby Talk | Sandyford Dublin 18 | Olive Tracey | 01 2956414 | Wednesday 9.30am-11.30am | |
| Honey Bee Hive | Stillorgan Dublin | Rev Kevin Conroy | 0868567329 | Tuesday 9.30am-11am | |
| PEEP+Mounttown | Mounttown Dun Laoghaire | Tracey Toner | 0871129542 | Friday 10am-12pm | Referrals only |
| Wobblers and Toddlers | Balally FRC Sandyford | Sarah Jane Tracey | 0838721696 | Friday 10am-12pm | |
| PEEP+Shanganagh | Shanganagh, Shankill Dublin 18 | Catie McCarthy | 0872978699 | Thursday 10.30am-12pm | Referrals only |
| Blackrock Library | Blackrock, Dublin | Blackrock library | 01-2888117 | Fridays 10.30am | |
| Shankill Library | Shankill, Dublin | Shankill Library | 01-2823081 | Monday 10.30am-11.45am | |
| Dalkey Library | Dalkey, Dublin. | Dalkey library | (01) 285 5277 | Monday 10.30am-11.15am | |
| Dalkey Library | Dalkey, Dublin. | Dalkey library | (01) 285 5277 | Friday 10.30am-11.15am | |
| Dundrum Library | Dundrum, Dublin 14. | Dundrum Library | (01) 298 5000 | Monday 10am-12pm | |
| Deansgrange Library | Deansgrange | Deansgrange library | 01 2850860 | Monday 10.30 am-11.30 am | |
| Barnardos Loughlinstown | loughlinstown, Dublin 18. | Sheila Ryan | 012820328 | Fridays 9.30am-11am | Referrals only |
| Ballyogan community development group ltd/Ballyogan | Ballyogan, Dublin 18 | Louise McLoughlin | 01-2943870 | Tuesday 10.30am-12pm | |
| updated 8 August 24 |
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