Fréa will be holding an online event at this years Liverpool Irish Festival about the Mother and Baby and County Home Programme on Friday 27th October at 1pm.
Following the discovery of the remains of 796 children, illegally buried on the site of the Bonn Secours Home in Tuam (County Galway) -and campaigns from former residents of the homes- a Commission of Investigation was established by the Irish Government. This was followed by the enactment of several pieces of legislation, aimed at responding to former residents’ experiences.
It’s believed 38,000 people will be eligible to access these schemes. Additionally, it’s estimated 40% of these live in Britain.
With today’s legislation in place, what effects are the systems having?
What were the experiences of former residents and how are they being addressed?
Where can people access the schemes or gain help to access them?
During our online event, Fréa will explore former resident experiences and share the Government’s response. The event will help people understand how they access these systems and ways they can advocate for former residents.
We encourage all Irish organisations across Britain to attend, whether they are involved in front line work or not. In this way we can endeavour to produce a community response that supports former residents of the Homes living in Britain. As the scheme will run for 5 years we feel that the session contains important information for both current and future support that will be offered to members of the Irish community.
To book a free place please go to Eventbrite:
We would invite people who work or volunteer within the Irish community to attend this event as we look to make our support for former residents a truly community based one.
For more info on events taking place at the Liverpool Irish Festival 2023 please go Liverpool Irish Festival.
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