Parent & Toddler Groups

What is a parent and toddler group?

Parent and Toddler Groups vary in style and philosophy. Some have children as their primary focus placing an emphasis on providing adult activities. Many groups aim to strike the balance between Adult and Children’s needs and provide a safe, friendly and supportive environment for babies, young children and their parents and carers

What is WCCC's role in a parent and toddler group?

WCCC can provide advice and support by visiting the group.
WCCC can help with sourcing funding, information and training.

What is the parent's role?

The Parents and carers are the group without them the group cannot exist. In a Parent and Toddler Group each parent or carer is responsible for their own children at all times.

What should i expect from a parent and toddler group?

As there is such a variety of groups under the Parent and Toddler umbrella no two groups run the same, A Parent and Toddler group is a local support group where parents and carers can meet to chat and develop friendships in a safe and friendly environment while their children play and socialise together.

Parent Toddler Groups in County Westmeath

Collinstown Parent and Toddler Group
Paula Mulcahy
Phone: 044 96 72947
Collinstown GAA Club House
Monday 9.30 am – 11.30 am

Midlands Twin & Mulitple Group
Helen Hopkins
Phone: 087 9568501
Venue: Athlone & Mullingar
Email: midlandsmultipleclub@gmail.com
www.imba.ie

Athlone Community Mothers Mother and Baby Group
Jenny Fletcher, Athlone Community Services Council Ltd.,
Phone: 09064 72174
Venue: Clonbrusk Community Childcare Service
Wed 10am to 12.30pm.

Paradise Parent and Toddler Group
Jenny Fletcher, Athlone Community Services Council Ltd.,
Phone: 09064 72174
Venue: St Kierans Community Centre,Tormey Villas,
Tuesday and Thursday 10am to 1pm.

Family Resource Centre Mother and Toddler Group
Lynda McCormack,
Battery Heights, Athlone.
Phone: 09064 94336
13 Battery Heights, Athlone
Tuesday 10.30am -12.30pm.

Mullingar Community Mothers Mother and Baby Group
Catriona Corcoran,
Westmeath Community Development.
Phone: 086 0442354
Tuesdays 11.30 – 1pm
Venue: Westmeath Community Development Office, Church Avenue

Boher Parent and Toddler Group
Ruth Rooke,
Phone: 087 1210247

Cairdeas
Liz O'Rourke
Kinnegad, Co. Westmeath
Phone: 044 9379346
Mobile: 086 7671104
Fax: 044 9379347

Coole Parent and Toddler Group
Nicola Nea
Phone: 087 1269313
Thursday 10 am – 12 noon,
Coole Community Hall, Coole.

Cuidiu ICT – Athlone Parent and Toddler
Catriona Manser,
Jump for Joy, Play Centre,Monksland, Athlone
Phone: 087 6960853
Wed 11.30 am to 1.30pm

Mullingar Cuidiu Parent and Toddler Group
Claire Underwood,
Phone: 085 1301175
Monday 10 am – 12 noon
Parish Community Centre, Mullingar.

Cuidiu Breastfeeding Group
Ruth Rooke,
Phone: 087 1210247
Monthly – second Wed 10 – 12 noon
Parish Community Centre – Mullingar.

Delvin Parent and Toddler Group
Susan Brennan,
Phone: 087 9125405
Monday 9.30 am – 11.30pm
Fatima Room (beside Parochial House).

Wibble Wobble Parent and Toddler Group
Kilbeggan,
Grace Mullins,
Phone: 087 7860902
Wed 10 am – 12 noon
Pitch and Putt Club.

Little Apples, Riverside Parent and Toddler Group
Friday 10 am to 12 noon
Ann Rogers,
Phone: 044 9345080
Riverside Community Centre.

Kinnegad Mother, Baby and Toddler Group
Jennifer O’Shaughnessy,
Old School Building, Kinnegad.
Phone: 044 93 79449/087 6037278
Wed 10 am – 12 noon

La Leche League Breastfeeding Support Group
Georgina Hickey,
Phone: 044 93 41227
3rd Monday night of each month – 8pm
Anne Brook House Hotel,Mullingar.

Mother Goose/Killucan Parent and Toddler Group
Ita Copley,
Phone: 087 2845510
Tuesday 9.30 am – 11.30am.
Rathwire Hall, Killucan, Co Westmeath.

Oodles and Doodles Parent and Toddler Group
Rev. Stephen Lockington.
Phone: 044 93 43548
Thur 10.30 – 12 noon
Mullingar Presbyterian Church (Castle St.,).

Stepping Stones Parent and Toddler Group
Linda Keenan,
Phone: 087 2244584.
Tues 10.30 am – 12.30 pm

Tubberclair/Glasson Parent and Toddler Group
Martina Lynch,
Phone: 087 2959826

Michael’s Park Parent and Toddler Group
Elaine Delaney,
Phone: 086-8861905.
c/o Westmeath Community Development
Thurs 11 am – 12 noon

Willow Park Parent and Toddler Group
Willow Park Community House,
Nicola Fitzsimons
Phone: 0871440830
Wed 11am – 12 noon

Temple Tots
Mount Temple Parent and Toddler Group
Moate
Wed 10 am 12 noon.
Genevieve Ripley – 087 4144182
Yvonne Tuohy – 086 8229220.