M&S Navan

Meath Women's Refuge was established in 1987 by a group of local women, to provide crisis accommodation for women and children in County Meath, who are experiencing domestic abuse within their family setting. Since then the organisation has developed a number of supports for women and children in response to their needs. When families arrive at the refuge they usually only have the basics with them. The Refuge provides them with a place of safety and supports them in ensuring they will continue to be safe. We provide the families with food and essentials while in Refuge. We depend on the community to support us with fundraising, to provide the extra funding that is needed to continue providing the services. Once a family leave crisis accommodation the Refuge continues to support them in whatever way we can. For many women, the demands on their income can be such that they are left with little or no money to buy food for themselves and their children.

Tabor House is a ten bed residential secondary addiction treatment centre, located in Navan, County Meath, Ireland. It runs a four month programme emphasising group therapy, one to one counselling, personal responsibility, peer support, retraining and work skills, and participation in a twelve step programme.The aim of Tabor House is to assist men in early recovery to develop and maintain an abstinence based lifestyle and improve quality of life. The objective of Tabor House is to continue to deliver a high quality abstinence based addiction treatment for addicted men in early recovery. Tabor House is a five bedroom en-suite detached house with three reception rooms, kitchen, living room and three offices on its own grounds.

The Louth/Meath Branch was founded in 1982 and represents approximately 250 member families throughout the counties of Meath and Louth. This Programme was set up by the Branch in 1982 as there was no State provided Home Teacher Programme available to children our counties. There are no administrative costs associated with the Programme, as it is managed on a completely voluntary basis by members of the branch who are parents of children with Down syndrome. The Programme consists of Early Intervention Home Teachers visiting the home of the child with Down syndrome for one to two hours every fortnight throughout the school year (approximately 20 visits per year).