Sure Start Dungannon and Coalisland

Breastfeeding Support Group
2025-02-19 10:30 - 12:00, 2025-02-26 10:30 - 12:00, 2025-03-05 10:30 - 12:00, 2025-03-12 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.

Baby Massage Dungannon 0-1yr
2025-02-19 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-02-26 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-03-05 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-03-12 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.

Toddle & Talk 2-3yrs
2025-02-21 10:30 - 11:30, 2025-02-28 10:30 - 11:30, 2025-03-07 10:30 - 11:30 | Main Office, Dungannon

Hypnobirthing
2025-02-21 13:00 - 15:00, 2025-02-28 13:00 - 15:00, 2025-03-07 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.

Story & Rhyme 0-3yrs
2025-02-24 10:30 - 11:00, 2025-03-10 10:30 - 11:00 | Dungannon 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.

Art Ventures 18m-3yrs
2025-02-24 10:30 - 11:30 | 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.

Baby Yoga Coalisland 9m-walking
2025-02-24 10:30 - 11:30, 2025-03-03 10:30 - 11:30, 2025-03-10 10:30 - 11:30 | Coalisland Cornmill
Baby Yoga gives parents and children the opportunity through playful interaction and communication to experience the benefits of touch, stretching, movement and relaxation and songs. There are 2 separate baby yoga classes to cater for different ages. The first group caters for babies 3 – 9 months (pre-walking), and the second group is for babies crawling to walking to 18 months.

Health Visitor - Weaning
2025-02-25 10:30 - 11:30
Health Visiting Workshop: Health Visitor support and advice provided with a specific topic each month. Topics include Weaning and Toddler diets, Sleep, Toilet training, Positive parenting/Behaviour management, dental health – included in the weaning sessions.

Parents Forum with Creche
2025-02-26 10:00 - 11:00 | 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 & Rhyme Coalisland 0-3yrs
2025-02-27 10:30 - 11:00 | Coalisland Library
Story and Rhyme: Promoting the use of your local library (Coalisland) 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.

Chatter Matters
2025-02-27 13:00 - 16:00 | Main Office, Dungannon
Chatter Matters – This is a monthly speech, language and communication advice clinic. It is for children aged 18 months to 3 years who are NOT already known to Core Speech Services. Time slots will be allocated so you need to book your appointment in advance, between 1pm and 4pm.

Young Parents with Creche
2025-03-03 10:30 - 11:30, 2025-03-10 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 available with this program.

Rhyme Before Teamtime 0-3yrs
2025-03-03 15:45 - 16:15 | Main Office, Dungannon
(Suitable from Birth) Promoting a love of books and enhancing imagination through use of puppets, rhymes and songs.

Parenting Puzzle With Creche
2025-03-04 10:00 - 12:00, 2025-03-11 10:00 - 12:00 | Main Office, Dungannon
Parenting Puzzle: This programme is for parents of children 0 – 3 years. There are a range of topics covered for example the art of listening, giving praise, child led play, choices and consequences. Crèche is available with this programme.

Playtime Coalisland 18m-3yrs
2025-03-07 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.
