Aster Family Support

Assist, Support, Teach, Empower, Resource

Welcome to Aster Family Support

Aster Family Support works to increase a family’s capacity for self-sufficiency by building on strengths, enhancing life skills and strengthening community linkages. Supports are generally provided to families in their own homes and communities. The primary focus is on early intervention aiming to promote and protect the health, wellbeing and rights of all children, young people and their families, paying particular attention to those who are at risk.

Our Mission

Aster Family Support aims to nurture children, their parents or guardians by working with them to increase their capacity for day to day living and by building trust with them to support them to be healthy and to stay together.

What We Do

Family Support

Family Support works to increase a family’s capacity for self-sufficiency by building on strengths, enhancing life skills and strengthening community linkages. Supports are generally provided to families in their own homes and communities.

Household Assistance

Household assistance helps with the planning and management of household challenges like budgeting, housing issues, social welfare applications, managing bills, and signposting to other services.

Preparing For Life

Preparing for Life is a home visiting programme that supports families from pregnancy until your child starts school. The programme is a great way to support you as a parent in your own community on your journey as a parent.

Triple P

Triple P is a positive parenting programme that is a flexible, practical way to develop skills, strategies and confidence to handle any parenting situation. We run small group and home-based sessions to suit families’ needs.

Family Resource Centre

The aim of the National Family Resource Centre programme is to combat disadvantage and improve the functioning of the family unit.

Aster Family Support is funded by Tusla, Child and Family Agency.