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BTP is a Primary Healthcare Project for Travellers living in the North Fingal area.

We work from a community development approach to break down the barriers to inclusion and equality that Travellers face.

02/09/2026

All welcome

22/08/2026

Week 4 of the youth sewing group. Everyone is really enjoying it and learning a lot from Katelyn Trendy Threadz

Our newest PHC worker Mary is on site for support to the young ladies.

19/08/2026

Week 3
Copper art session 3 went very well. The mental health module is tomorrow. The participants are flying along

14/08/2026

Week 3 of the Youth Sewing Group 🧵

This week the young women are finishing off the patterns for their outfits and getting ready to start bringing their designs together.

Great to see them enjoying the sewing and getting stuck into it each week.

Trendy Threadz

13/08/2026

BTP was delighted to welcome Anne Costello from the Traveller Justice Initiative today to speak with our PHC team about her work and the supports available to the Traveller community.

Anne also spoke with participants on the QQI Understanding Mental Health course about the impact prison can have on mental health, the challenges people face when returning to the community, and how we can support community members with understanding, compassion and the right supports.

For any further info please contact the BTP PHC Team or Anne directly on 085 863 0565

12/08/2026

BTP was delighted to welcome Sandra and Mary, adolescent counsellors from the Traveller Counselling Service, who joined us this week to speak with participants about mental health and wellbeing.

This was also the second week of our QQI Level 5 Understanding Mental Health Through Copper Art course. Participants, along with members of the BTP Primary Health Care team, had the opportunity to take part in the talk, share experiences and have open conversations around mental health.

It was a really valuable session, bringing together mental health support, lived experience and a creative approach to wellbeing. A big thank you to Sandra and Mary for taking the time to join us and to everyone who took part. ❤️

07/08/2026

Week 2 of the young womens sewing course went really well. Today they learned ❤️👗🪡📝
•they selected there fabric choice ❤️🥰
•How to take there measurements 📝
•How to use the fashion rulers 📐📏
•The way measurements would change on stretchy vs non stretch fabrics 📏
And so much more ❤️🥰

Trendy Threadz

05/08/2026

Balbriggan Travellers Project were delighted to welcome 9 participants to the first day of our QQI Level 5 Understanding Mental Health Through Copper Art course funded through the HSE thanks to Doreen Carpenter Mental health coordinator for and with Travellers.

The group is made up of mixed ages and genders, and everyone is looking forward to learning more about mental health while developing copper art skills as a positive outlet for mental health and wellbeing.

We're delighted to have Martin McDonagh, currently the only Traveller copper artist, facilitating the copper art element of the course and sharing his skills and experience.

Tomorrow, participants will meet Michael Naughton from the ETB, who will deliver the mental health aspect of the programme.

We wish everyone the very best over the coming weeks.

31/07/2026

Our Young Women's Sewing Course started today at Balbriggan Travellers Project.

A big thank you to the very talented Katelyn Lawrence (Trendy Threads on TikTok) for facilitating the course.

Today was Week 1 of 8, and everyone got off to a great start.

There are only 2 places left, so if you'd like to join, contact Balbriggan Travellers Project to book your place. Spaces are limited and will be filled on a first come, first served basis.

Address

Matt Lane Community Resource Centre, St Macullins Park
Balbriggan
K32P660

Telephone

+353830138381

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