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New project looks to enable frontline practitioners achieve best outcomes for children CAMPAIGNER against domestic abuse Luke Harte has described a new resource launched in County Clare as a crucial step towards giving all children the best chance in life. The information resource for frontline practitioners ‘Listen, Hear, Act’ is aimed at providing enhanced awareness and understanding of children living with domestic abuse was launched on UN International Day of the Child in county Clare. The resource provides insight on how children don’t just witness domestic violence as passive bystanders, but see it, hear it and feel it. An in-depth project, it has been undertaken jointly by The Clare Local Area Network Opposing Violence Against Women (CLAN) and has been funded by the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth. The project also provides information on how to identify the signs of domestic abuse in children, as well as a roadmap on how to access suitable services to help …

THE lack of affordable private rental housing and the absence of sufficient social housing have been cited as key reasons behind the fact that Clare Haven were unable to accommodate 148 women and 272 children in 2013. Denise Dunne, services manager with Clare Haven, highlighted this in a week when an international effort to raise awareness of and curtail violence against women was launched locally in Kilkee and Ennis. Tuesday marked the start of the 16 Days of Action and Awareness of Violence against Women. This is a global campaign that runs until December 10, International Human Rights Day. As part of this campaign, the Clare Local Area Network on Violence against Women launched Safe Ireland’s Man Up campaign in the de Valera Library in Ennis on Tuesday. Meanwhile, at an event in Kilkee, co-ordinated by the West Clare Family Resource Centre, balloons were released and a group of women met with Rachel Doyle from the National Women’s Council. “One …