Wicklow Traveller Primary Health Care Project

25/11/2025

Wicklow County Council has begun a rent review for its social housing tenants, including HAP (Housing Assistance Payment) and RAS (Rental Accommodation Scheme).

The deadline for returning your completed forms has now passed.

If you have not completed and returned your rent review form, please do so immediately.

Forms that are not returned by Friday 28th November, may incur a penalty rent.

For any questions, please contact Wicklow County Council at 0404 20100 or via email at rentreview2025@wicklowcoco.ie

25/11/2025

What is Coercive Control?
Coercive control is when someone tries to control every part of your life. It can include:

Stopping you from seeing friends or family
Controlling your money
Telling you what to wear or where you can go
Making you feel scared or worthless

This is against the law in Ireland. It is a crime under the Domestic Violence Act 2018.

What is Gaslighting?
Gaslighting is when someone makes you doubt yourself. They might say:

“You’re imagining things.”
“You’re too sensitive.”
“That never happened.”

This makes you feel confused and think you are wrong, even when you are right.

Why is this serious?
Both coercive control and gaslighting are forms of abuse. They can harm your mental health and make you feel trapped.

How to Get Help in Ireland

If you are in danger, call 999 or 112.
Women’s Aid 24/7 Freephone: 1800 341 900
Men’s Aid (Mon–Fri): 01 554 3811
Safe Ireland: www.safeireland.ie
Bray Women’s Refuge (Wicklow): 01 286 6163 or 083 411 1917
Bright Sky App: Free app with info and help

All services are free and confidential. You are not alone. Help is available.

25/11/2025

https://youtu.be/IZvy-SkJ1k8

🟠 16 Days Campaign – Stop Abuse 🟠
From 25 Nov to 10 Dec, people all over the world speak out against violence.
One big problem is intimate image abuse.
👉 This means someone shares your private photos or videos without your OK.
👉 It can hurt, shame, and scare people.
Remember:
✅ Your body, your choice.
✅ No one should share your pictures without permission.
✅ If this happens, you can get help. Talk to someone you trust or call a support service.
📞 Free Helpline in Ireland:
Women’s Aid 24hr Helpline: 1800 341 900
(Confidential and free support)
Animation Producer: Sam Whelan-Curtin
Illustrator & Animator: Martyna Lebryk

This animation shares Julia’s experience of intimate image abuse (when someone shares or threatens to share private images or videos without consent). Intima...

25/11/2025

24/11/2025

🎀 Celebrating Breast Health with Creativity & Knowledge! 🎀
Over the past two weeks, the PHC Team and Active Age came together to celebrate Breast Health Awareness in a truly creative way! 💖
With the amazing support of Nuala and Shane from HSE Ireland and the National Cancer Control Programme, and the incredible Lucy from Refashioned.ie, we hosted a La Di Bra event where women decorated bras while learning vital information about breast cancer awareness and prevention.
✅ Nuala even brought a mannequin so we could feel what suspicious lumps might feel like—an eye-opening experience for everyone.
✅ We also had bra fittings, and guess what? Only 2 women were wearing the correct size! This matters for both health and comfort.
Here’s why this event was so important:
🔍 Only 4 women had ever attended a breast check, and just 2 had checked their breasts in the past year.
This is significant because early detection saves lives—with a 97% survival rate when breast cancer is caught early.
💡 Knowledge is power, and creativity can be healing! Crafting together not only boosts mental wellbeing but also opens the door to conversations that matter.
Let’s keep breaking the stigma and fear—checking your breasts is simple, and it could save your life.
👏 Huge shoutout to all the women who shared their skills, creativity, and courage during these sessions. You inspire us all!
Refashioned.ie

24/11/2025

“For many ICU survivors the experience of recovery is not just physically challenging, it is often psychologically overwhelming, with recovery continuing far beyond discharge home. This virtual tour offers a safe and supported way to revisit the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) environment, helping patients make sense of what happened as they continue their recovery journey” - Dr Melanie Ryberg Clinical Psychologist at Tallaght University Hospital (TUH).

TUH has launched a new Virtual ICU Tour, a pioneering initiative designed to support survivors of critical illness and their families in making sense of their experience in intensive care. Funded through the Adelaide Health Foundation's New Initiatives Scheme, the project reflects TUH’s strategic commitment to innovation, compassion, and excellence in patient-centred care.

“For many ICU survivors the experience of recovery is not just physically challenging, it is often psychologically overwhelming, with recovery continuing far beyond discharge home. While some patients have no memory of their time in ICU, others remember aspects of their experience, but can have difficulty making sense of those memories. Many patients will remember strange and sometimes very frightening experiences, which often arise as part of delirium, which is very common in ICU.”

Read more: https://bit.ly/47TdCF6 | | HSE Dublin and Midlands

24/11/2025

We are starting an under 18 boys pool tournament next week
message or call if you are interested
in CEART every Thursday

20/11/2025

"I trusted that CervicalCheck would do what needed to be done if they found anything abnormal in my results. At the end of the day, it was a good thing that CervicalCheck found it and did what had to be done."

Alejandra's cervical screening test found HPV and abnormal cells in her cervix. She had timely treatment to prevent cervical cancer developing. Book your screening test today.

https://bit.ly/42GP28V

13/11/2025

On Thursday 20th November at 10.30am, Bryan Nolan will present an information session on dementia, offering practical guidance for family carers. Questions and conversation are welcome throughout the session. Register at https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/1963347619582?aff=oddtdtcreator

13/11/2025

A TY student from St. Mary’s College, Arklow, is carrying out a short study as part of her coursework for people living with arthritis - share your input here 👉 https://forms.office.com/e/PFiBwCk2UU

The purpose of this study is to evaluate two assistive product designs aimed at making daily household tasks easier and more accessible.

1. Adaptive bed sheet system: magnetised attachments make changing sheets simpler and require minimal effort.
2. Innovative clothes peg: uses magnetic clips instead of squeezing, ideal for reduced hand strength or dexterity.

Survey takes about 2 minutes and no personal data is collected.