Sure Start Dungannon and Coalisland

Breastfeeding Support Group
2024-06-05 10:30 - 12:00, 2024-05-29 10:30 - 12:00, 2024-05-22 10:30 - 12:00 UTC | Main Office, Dungannon
The Breastfeeding group is a weekly drop-in group. The group is open to all members and non-members of SureStart, who are breastfeeding or expressing. Antenatal mums are always very welcome.

Art Ventures
2024-06-05 10:00 - 11:00, 2024-05-29 10:00 - 11:00, 2024-05-22 10:00 - 11:00 | Main Office, Dungannon
Art Ventures is a group for children 18months – 3 years (up to child’s 4th birthday) and is designed to enhance your child’s creative thought processes. Taking inspiration from the Reggio Emilia inspired approach this group celebrates children’s ideas and how they play.

Young Parents
2024-06-04 10:30 - 11:30 | Main Office, Dungannon
Young Parents – This group is just what you need for a little bit of ‘you’ time. Relax for an hour with other mums in the same age group and join in a range of lovely activities.  Crèche is provided although places are limited.

Rhyme B4 Teatime
2024-06-03 15:45 - 16:15, 2024-05-20 15:45 - 16:15 | Main Office, Dungannon
Rhyme B4 Teatime – (Suitable from Birth) Promoting a love of books and enhancing imagination through use of puppets, rhymes and songs.

Coffee Chill & Chat
2024-06-03 11:00 - 12:00 | Coalisland Cornmill
Coffee Chill & Chat: this group gives you a chance to meet other parents, have a chat and relax with a cuppa. Children (0-12months) are welcome to attend too.

Health & Wellbeing - A focus on you
2024-06-03 10:30 - 11:30 | Main Office, Dungannon
Health and Wellbeing group – a focus on you. Why not take some time out and focus on yourself by attending our new Health and Wellbeing group. These sessions will focus on photography and you will have space to take a little breather; to relax with other parents and to discover ne photography skills that help you tap into new ways of expression.

Brincadeira - 18months-3 years
2024-05-31 11:00 - 12:00 | Main Office, Dungannon
Brincadeira: This group is designed for our East Timorese families. This group ensures that your child will have the very best play experience, improving their language and communication, fine and gross motor skills and social and emotional development. It also gives you quality time to spend engaging with your child, or children. This group is suitable for children 18 months to 3 years.

Playtime, Coalisland
2024-05-31 10:30 - 11:30 | Parochial Hall, Coalisland
Playtime is a unique play programme adopting a Reggio Emilia inspired approach that provides an enriching learning experience for children and their parents. The group helps to build positive relationships through fun, active play opportunities and will support the all-round development of your child. This group is aimed at children 18 months – 3 years.

Postnatal Exercise
2024-05-30 14:00 - 15:00, 2024-05-23 14:00 - 15:00 | Main Office, Dungannon
Postnatal Exercise class will be delivered by Laura Donnelly, PT Instructor. Pre mobile babies are welcome to attend with mum.

Nurturing Programme
2024-05-30 10:30 - 12:00, 2024-05-23 10:30 - 12:00, 2024-05-16 10:30 - 12:00 | Main Office, Dungannon
Nurturing Programme- gives parents the support needed to help manage the big and small issues of family life. The programme covers a range of topics from behaviour management, social skills and self-esteem. An important element of the programme is for parents to understand the importance of caring for yourself, so you can look after those around you. Crèche is available with this programme

Story and Rhyme, Coalisland
2024-05-30 10:30 - 11:00, 2024-05-16 10:30 - 11:00 | Coalisland Library
Story and Rhyme: Promoting the use of your local library and a love of books, this session helps parents and children bond and have fun whilst learning new stories and rhymes. It enhances speech and language and social skills in all the children who attend. The physical rhymes and songs enhance physical development and imagination for children 0 – 3 years.

Baby Massage
2024-05-29 13:00 - 14:00 | Main Office, Dungannon
Baby Massage: Baby Massage provides a wonderful experience for parents to connect and unwind with their babies whilst learning nurturing touch strokes. Baby massage benefits include secure attachment, supporting your baby’s physical and mental development, providing relief from wind and colic, improving circulation and promoting better sleep. Classes are suitable for babies from birth to 1 year old.

Balanceability Group
2024-05-28 10:30 - 11:30, 2024-05-21 10:30 - 11:30 | Dungannon Youth Resource Cente, 2 Savings Bank St, Dungannon, BT70 1DT, Ireland
Balanceability is an approved Learn to Cycle programme for children aged 2.5 and upwards. It is the starting point for children’s cycling and is an excellent opportunity to promote active lifestyles at the earliest possible stage.

Parents Forum with Creche
2024-05-28 10:00 - 11:30 | Main Office, Dungannon
Parents Forum: The Parents Forum is an opportunity for parents to share what they think about SureStart activities, highlighting what we are doing well and what we can improve on. Crèche is available with this programme.

Story and Rhyme, Dungannon
2024-05-27 10:30 - 11:00 | Dungannon Library

Hypnobirthing
2024-05-24 13:00 - 15:00, 2024-05-17 13:00 - 15:00 | Main Office, Dungannon
Hypnobirthing is run by our midwife and is a unique method of relaxed natural childbirth education. Enhanced by self-hypnosis and guided imagery techniques that allow women to use their natural abilities to bring about safer, easier and more comfortable birth. These techniques aim to help reduce awareness of fear, anxiety and pain during childbirth.

Baby Massage
2024-05-20 10:30 - 11:30 | Coalisland Cornmill

Speech & Language with Creche
2024-05-20 10:00 - 11:00, 2024-05-20 08:00 - 17:00 | Main Office, Dungannon
If you have any concerns about your childs speech or are currently waiting to be seen by a Speech and Language Therapist, come along to our “Tips for Talking for Toddlers” workshop. You will get practical ideas for what you can do with your child to encourage their speech, language and communication.
