Anew Support Services

Anew provides inclusive professional care and support, including therapeutic parenting support, accommodation and life skills to pregnant women and new mothers, their children, partners and families, who are facing issues surrounding pregnancy, homelessness and parenthood. Anew’s Vision is to provide any woman and her family on the island of Ireland with professional support services empowering them to overcome issues surrounding pregnancy, homelessness and parenthood. In our accommodation unit in Swords, we provide intensive support to vulnerable pregnant women who are experiencing homelessness, often as a direct result of their pregnancies. These women have little or no support systems, many are victims of domestic violence and a significant proportion are care leavers. Anew services provide extended and specialised support for these women in the areas of parenting, life skills, housing and tenancy sustainment, through group support, peer to peer sessions, therapeutic interventions, and professional support. Women are empowered to parent their children confidently, live in secure accommodation, gain employment, take up educational opportunities and create support networks. In addition to our Accommodation Unit in Swords, Life Skills, Housing Support and Visiting Support Services, we have developed our Therapeutic Parenting Services and set up a new Therapeutic Centre in Haven House in Dublin. We advocate for early and intense intervention for pregnant women, often from difficult backgrounds, who have experienced issues such as domestic violence, addiction, cultural stigma, and isolation. Many of the women who came to us grew up in the care system with no role model.