Welcome to Rainbows Website
Rainbows is very pleased to invite you to join our free online support sessions designed for parents/guardians.
We very much welcome you to book in to either the bereavement sessions or the sessions related to parental separation.
“An Introduction to Rainbows: Supporting bereaved parents supporting their bereaved child” Click below to book.
“An Introduction to Rainbows: Supporting parents supporting their child/children at a time of parental separation”
Group Support for children & young people following –
Bereavement
Family change following Parental Separation, Divorce, Relationship breakdown.
Creating a safe space to talk about difficult feelings
Listening to the voices of children & young people
What they say matters
What they say is accepted
What they say is acknowledged and validated.
Meeting others of a similar age and loss experience
“I am not the only one”
“We are not the only family”.
Bereavement
In Ireland 80 people die each day. 30,000 (CSO 2015) people die in Ireland each year These are the parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles & siblings of our 1.2 million children. Approximately, 10 persons on average can be impacted
Separation
Approximately one in every ten marriages ends in separation or divorce, in Ireland. That might seem high, but it is actually the lowest rate of separation and divorce in Europe and the third lowest in the world. 94,924
Ethos & Values
Our vision is that the grief experienced by children and young people in Ireland, following a significant loss in their lives through bereavement, parental separation or divorce, is recognised and that they are offered the understanding and support