Daily Mail Article: Inside the town the Banished smartphones for children under 12
This week the ITAV movement featured on the front page of The Daily Mail in the UK and interviewed Rachel Harper. Read the full article...
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Spreading The Word..
This year since launching our local No Smart Phone voluntary code, we've been inundated with correspondence and requests from news...
Sorry for the Delay! New Website, New Team
Good afternoon followers of It Takes A Village, We would like to apologise for the delay in coming back to some of your inquiries and...
Parents to be asked views before any Smartphone ban
Based on the example of the It Takes A Village voluntary No Smartphone code, primary schools will survey parents for their views under...
Government drawing up guidelines for voluntary No Smart Phone code
Minister for Education Norma Foley is drawing up guidelines for primary schools and parents’ associations who wish to introduce a...
There is a call for a ban on mobile phones in primary school classrooms nationwide.
Fine Gael Senator Mary Seery Kearney says the proposal is inspired by similar measures already in place in schools in Wicklow and Kerry....
Cabinet to approve primary school counselling services across seven counties on a pilot basis
Counselling services will be provided to children in primary schools across seven counties, under a new pilot programme. It will be the...
‘Much easier to say no’: Irish town unites in smartphone ban for young children
Parents and schools across Greystones adopt voluntary ‘no-smartphone code’ in bid to curb peer pressure. On the principle of strength in...
Free counselling for primary school children in new mental health pilot scheme
Primary schools in counties Cavan, Laois, Leitrim, Longford, Mayo, Monaghan, and Tipperary will be able to access free counselling and...
Children are seeing things no one should see on smartphones. What can be done about it?
This week the US surgeon general warned of ‘ample indicators’ that social media can have ‘a profound risk of harm to the mental health...
8 Wicklow primary schools agree 'no smartphone' code
Parent associations in eight schools in Greystones, Co Wicklow have agreed to adopt a code of having no smartphones until the children...
Smartphone Primary School Ban Approved
Greystones Guide: In a commitment to prioritise the well-being of primary school children, the Parents Associations of all eight primary...
Greystones parents agree to ‘no smartphone’ code for children until second level
Parents’ associations across all eight primary schools in Greystones, Co Wicklow, have agreed a “no smartphone voluntary code” until...
Breffni Clack talks to Jennifer Whitmore
East Coast FM's Breffni Clack got to catch up with Wicklow Social Democrats' Jennifer Whitmore TD at the "It Takes A Village" event at...
Stephen Donnelly at 'It Takes A Village'
East Coast FM's Head of News Breffni Clack attended the It Takes A Village event at the Whale Theatre in Greystones, aiming to bring a...
East Coast Radio
Another highlight from Friday night in Greystones! Breffni Clack caught up with Rachel Harper - The brains behind #ittakesavillage,...
‘Children used to go with the flow more easily’ Independent.ie
– rise in anxiety among school-age children since pandemic It has long been known that it takes a village to raise a child – now a school...
‘The level of anxiety we’re facing in schools is unprecedented’
Primary schools in Greystones and Delgany join forces to recruit a play therapist for pupils Anxiety among individual primary school...
‘It Takes A Village’ initiative aims to support children's positive wellbeing
The launch of the 'It Takes A Village' community initiative will take place on Friday May 12th at 8pm in the Whale Theatre, Greystones....
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