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Galway City & County Childcare Committee is seeking a parent representative to join its board of management. All parents are invited to attend a parents’ meeting on Thursday February 16 in the Clayton Hotel, Galway, at 8pm, where an election will take place.

Junior Chamber International Galway hosted its annual Christmas ball and awards ceremony in the Harbour Hotel recently where the voluntary activities and efforts of members were recognised and the end of a successful year for 2010 branch president Victoria Whelan was celebrated.

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.

A local group is appealing to women to donate a dress they once loved or never wore to a charity “Buy My Dress” campaign which will raise funds for the national Down Syndrome Centre.

Demand for childcare training has reached an all time high since the introduction of the Government’s new free pre-school scheme. The Early Childhood Care and Education Scheme requires that staff in childcare services have accredited childcare training in order to participate in the scheme. “This has been a welcome step in the professionalisation of childcare,” said Mary Giblin, coordinator of the Galway City and County Childcare Committee.

Child psychology expert Dr Tessa Livingstone - who is the executive producer of the BBC television series Child of Our Time - will address the sixth annual childcare conference on Saturday at the Salthill Hotel. It opens at 9.30am and will be officially launched by Mr Barry Andrews, Minister for Children and Youth affairs.

A new publication offering guidelines for parents and carers about choosing safe services and activities for children has been published.

Children born between February 2 2005 and June 30 2006 are eligible for a free pre-school place (ECCE Scheme) from January – June 2010.

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.