Jane Asquith is to be the Plenary Speaker at this year’s National Conference. She is an independent International consultant and trainer specialising in fostering and adoption and has worked for BAAF UK
Jane is a social worker and manager with 35 years experience in the field including 25 years as a foster parent and is currently involved in the development of foster care and adoption services, including policy and practice development, training of foster carers and social workers and project development.
She is a member of the IFCO training and development committee.
Monthly Archives: May 2010
Organising Committee for the National Conference
On the 23rd of January a meeting was held in the Castlecourt Hotel to setup the committee to plan the national conference.
The Committee is: Chair – Eugene Flynn, Vice Chair – Therese McCaffrey, Secretary – Peter McCallig, Asst.Sec – John Horgan, Treasurer – Deirdre Diskin, Asst.Treas – Josie Corr, Workshops – Marie Morris, Childcare Programme – Moira McCallig and Patrick Gilmore
Also at this meeting it was decided to make a contribution to the Gena Heraty Haiti Fund – Gena is an aid worker from Westport.
The Committee is: Chair – Eugene Flynn, Vice Chair – Therese McCaffrey, Secretary – Peter McCallig, Asst.Sec – John Horgan, Treasurer – Deirdre Diskin, Asst.Treas – Josie Corr, Workshops – Marie Morris, Childcare Programme – Moira McCallig and Patrick Gilmore
Also at this meeting it was decided to make a contribution to the Gena Heraty Haiti Fund – Gena is an aid worker from Westport.
National Conference Plenary Speaker Announced
Jane Asquith is to be the Plenary Speaker at this year’s National Conference.
For further details, please see our National Conference page.
Date Set for Branch Summer Outing
This year’s branch Summer Outing is scheduled to take place on Saturday July 17th.
Keep an eye on the website for details as soon as they’re finalised.
West of Ireland Women’s Mini-Marathon
Twelve ladies (including some members of the Mayo branch) took part in the West of Ireland Women’s Mini-Marathon on Sunday 2nd May 2010 to raise funds for The National Conference which will be held on Westport in November 5th-7th. Those who took part were: Mary Flynn, Michelle, Denise McNulty, Carla McNulty, Dympna Carolan, Anne Flynn, Nicola Flynn, Patricia Mcloughlin, Sonia McAndrew, Helen Maloney, Josie Corr and Deirdre Diskin.