2025: Sixth Annual Sherie de Burgh Commemorative Event
Children Post Separation – Research and Guidance on Shared Access for Infants and Young Children
The sixth annual Sherie de Burgh commemorative seminar jointly hosted by One Family and the School of Social Work and Social Policy in Trinity College Dublin will explore the experiences of one-parent families in Ireland and reflect on their joint research, which illustrates a practice-to-policy approach and can be accessed here:
Guidance on Contact Time for Infants and Young Children in Separated Families
Event Details
Date: Thursday, 13 February 2025
Time: 5pm – 7pm
Programme
Registration: 5pm – 5.30pm
Seminar: 5.30pm – 7pm
Reception: from 7pm
Location
Trinity Research in Social Sciences (TRiSS)
TRiSS Seminar Room
6th Floor, Sutherland Centre
Arts Building, Trinity College Dublin
Streaming link: available to view on Zoom on the day (link TBC)
Panel
Chair
Dr Catherine Conlon – Assistant Professor, Social Policy School of Social Work and Social Policy, Trinity College Dublin.
Speakers
His Honour Judge Geoffrey Shannon – Former Law Society director and current Circuit Court judge, Dr Shannon was Special Rapporteur on Child Protection for the Irish Government 2006-19 and is the author independent report into historical child sex-abuse allegations in St John Ambulance 2023.
Geraldine Kelly – One Family’s Director of Parenting will speak about the research collaboration between One Family and the School of Social Work and Social Policy in TCD and how it illustrates a practice-to-policy approach.
More details to be added shortly.
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