Friday has been designated as Childminding Day to celebrate all childminders who contribute so much to the lives of the children they care for, their families and their communities. See childminding.ie for events throughout the country. For an information pack on Childminding Ireland, e-mail info@childminding.ie or tel: 01-2878466.
* Find and Live a Purposeful Lifeis a two-day workshop on Saturday and Sunday in Oscailt Integrative Healing Centre, 8 Pembroke Road, Dublin 4.
The workshop will be led by life coaches and facilitators Paula Mullin and Nadine McCarthy.
Cost €195. Booking on tel: 01-4513935. www.odyssiconsulting.com.
* Entertaining on a budget is the theme of a one-off cookery workshop on Thursday night in Killiney, Co Dublin.
It is one of a series of cookery courses run by Maggie Lynch of the Soul Food Company. On Saturday, April 10th, she will hold a full-day class on whole foods for health, and on Saturday, May 1st, another full-day class entitled Easy Food for Busy Mums (and Dads). She will also run a series of four classes, 20 meals in 20 minutes, starting on April 28th. Details from tel: 01-2814039 or thesoulfoodco.ie.
* The Irish Preschool Play Association (IPPA) is hosting a series of workshops in Dublin this week aimed at explaining the play-based curriculum, which is now regulated.
Workshops take place today at the Plaza Hotel, Tallaght, and tomorrow at the National College of Ireland, Mayor Street, Dublin 1, and in the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Blanchardstown.
For bookings, tel: 01-4630011; text: 087-7610631 or see ippa.ie.
