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Mayo County Childcare Committee (Mayo CCC) has welcomed the recent announcement to provide €23,520 to a number of voluntary notified child minders and Parent & Toddler groups in Mayo.

Mayo County Childcare Committee (MCCC) welcomes Inez Bailey of the National Adult Literacy Association (NALA) and Eleanor O’Toole of the Mayo Library service to speak at an information evening for parents on the topic of supporting young children’s literacy and numeracy skills. The evening will be held in the Knockranny House Hotel, Westport, on Tuesday October 23, from 7.30pm to 9pm, and there is no charge.

A leading UK professor will speak on the importance of play in the development of children’s future social skills at a conference in the city next month.

Are you a new parent? Are you missing adult company during the day? If so, you may be interested in Parent Link, a new service which offers home visits to parents with new babies and toddlers in the city and surrounding areas.

During the monthly meeting of Westport Town Council, a report which highlights the provision of childcare in Westport concludes that there is more than sufficient supply for pre-school places, however, there is no community facility providing full time, part time, and afterschool care in Westport.

A variety of events for childminders and children will take place in Galway next week as part of Galway Childminding Week, an initiative of the Galway City and County Childcare Committee.

More than 70 per cent of parents of pre-school children who use childcare use a childminder.

The Road Safety Authority in conjunction with the Galway City and County Childcare Committee are organising a child safety training event for childcare service providers at the Menlo Park Hotel on Tuesday August 11 at 7pm.

A special information meeting for stay-at-home fathers who find themselves more involved with raising their families will be held in Galway on November 17.