About Us
Westport Family & Community Resource Centre was established in 2004 in response to the needs of the local community. We are a community managed and government funded organisation. We offer a drop-in service where anybody can come in to seek information about the different supports and services offered locally and nationally. We provide information and advice on a wide range of social, community, health & education issues.
We offer a range of support services, including affordable individual counselling for both adults and adolescents. Our counsellors are fully accredited and the service is confidential.
We have a small meeting room available that can be rented at minimal cost to local groups. The centre can also be used for meetings with external agencies such as MABS (Money Advice & Budgeting Service), Social Workers, Drug & Alcohol Counsellors and the Mayo Women’s Support Services (Domestic Violence Support).
We also run a number of community-focused projects. Our employees work directly with local people and volunteers, running and managing projects such as the Quay Community Project, Befriending Mayo, Computer Classes for Older People, and Cara Visitation, which all deal directly with the needs of people within the community.
The Centre is part of the Family and Community Services Resource Centre Programme, funded by Tusla - the Child & Family Agency. There are currently 108 Family Resource Centres in Ireland. We are directed by a voluntary management committee, which is made up of representatives from the local area who all work in a voluntary capacity. Give us a call on 098 24419 if you have any questions at all - if we can't help directly we will refer you to someone who can.
Vision Statement:
"To have a community spirit within Westport that is all embracing, happy, enriching, safe and sustainable".
Mission Statement:
“We will build family, community participation and well-being through the provision of information, support, training and community projects”.
We offer a range of support services, including affordable individual counselling for both adults and adolescents. Our counsellors are fully accredited and the service is confidential.
We have a small meeting room available that can be rented at minimal cost to local groups. The centre can also be used for meetings with external agencies such as MABS (Money Advice & Budgeting Service), Social Workers, Drug & Alcohol Counsellors and the Mayo Women’s Support Services (Domestic Violence Support).
We also run a number of community-focused projects. Our employees work directly with local people and volunteers, running and managing projects such as the Quay Community Project, Befriending Mayo, Computer Classes for Older People, and Cara Visitation, which all deal directly with the needs of people within the community.
The Centre is part of the Family and Community Services Resource Centre Programme, funded by Tusla - the Child & Family Agency. There are currently 108 Family Resource Centres in Ireland. We are directed by a voluntary management committee, which is made up of representatives from the local area who all work in a voluntary capacity. Give us a call on 098 24419 if you have any questions at all - if we can't help directly we will refer you to someone who can.
Vision Statement:
"To have a community spirit within Westport that is all embracing, happy, enriching, safe and sustainable".
Mission Statement:
“We will build family, community participation and well-being through the provision of information, support, training and community projects”.
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Staff
Leanne Barrett - Project Coordinator Megan Burke - Acting Project Coordinator John Doherty - Community Development Worker Linda Mc Nulty - Project Administrator Joanne Keegan - Project Worker Sue Hynes - Volunteer Coordinator Counsellors Eva Brady - Adult Counsellor Rebecca Cresham - Trainee Counsellor Jannah Walshe - Adolescent Counsellor Joanne Gibbons - Play Therapist Voluntary Management Committee Members Richard Marsh - Chairperson Gerri Staunton - Vice Chairperson Mary Tierney - Company Secretary Paddy Geraghty - Trustee Naomi De Ris - Treasurer Rita Kwiotek - Trustee Mark Garavan - Trustee Pat Conway - Trustee Daphne Mooney - Trustee Paddy Guthrie - Trustee |
Staff & Board Members: (L-R) Richard Marsh, Linda Mc Nulty, Leanne Barrett, Joanne Keegan, Sue Hynes, John Doherty - October 2019
L-R Paddy Geraghty- Trustee; Tracey Halloran- PRO; Rita Kwiotek- Trustee; Gerri Staunton- Vice Chairperson; Megan Burke- Board Secretary; Marie Freeman- Vice Treasurer; Naomi de Rís- Treasurer; Mary Tierney- Company Secretary; Richard Marsh- Chairperson.11th June 2018
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Westport Family & Community Resource Centre The Fairgreen, Westport, Co. Mayo Tel. 098 24419 Email admin@westportfrc.ie
Charity No. 16804
Charity No. 16804
