Knockavoe FAST (Families and School Together) is a peer support group set up by parents of children with special needs who attend Knockavoe School, Strabane. The group was established in 2017 as the need to provide practical and emotional support to parents was very evident.
The group is made up of (but not exclusively) parents who have children in school or parents with children hoping to join school in the near future.
Pre-Covid we were running a drop-in support group in the school every Friday morning 10.30am-12.30pm providing a variety of projects for parents such as personal development, looking after personal mental health, child development, arts activities and cooking classes, wood work etc. Like most projects our group had to be paused March 2020. We are now in a position to start our meetings up and plan for the next term.
The drop-in sessions are relaxed and place no pressure on anyone to participate-Parents just come along, have a cup of tea and a chat! As parents who share a common bond, we can offer practical help and advice on many issues that you may face, including benefits, support you may be entitled to or basically looking after yourself.
This ongoing support has been identified as a life line for many parents and a great way of meeting new people who just basically understand!
We are very excited that we now have access to the new Rainbow room on the school site that we will use to facilitate future meetings and projects.
We will be holding a coffee morning on Wednesday 4th May @10.30 in the new Rainbow Room at the front of the school.
ALL NEW MEMBERS WELCOME
Please get in contact if you would like any further information.
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