Children’s Referendum:

Campaign Toolkit for Members

October 2012

The Children’s Rights Alliance is a coalition of over 100 organisations working to secure the rights of children in , by campaigning for the full implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). It aims to improve the lives of all children under 18, through securing the necessary changes in Ireland’s laws, policies and services.

Vision Ireland will be one of the best places in the world to be a child

Mission To realise the rights of children in Ireland through securing the full implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

Membership The Alliance was formally established in March 1995. Many of its member organisations are prominent in the children’s sector – working directly with children on a daily basis across the country. The Alliance’s policies, projects and activities are developed through ongoing collaboration and consultation with its member organisations.

Alcohol Action Ireland Irish Traveller Movement Amnesty International Ireland Irish Youth Foundation (IYF) Ana Liffey Drug Project Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice Arc Adoption Junglebox Childcare Centre F.D.Y.S. Assoc. for Criminal Justice Research and Kids’ Own Publishing Partnership Development Kilbarrack Youth Project (ACJRD) Lifestart National Office Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland (ASTI) Marriage Equality – Civil Marriage for Gay and ATD Fourth World – Ireland Ltd Lesbian People Barnardos Mary Immaculate College Barretstown Camp Matt Talbot Community Trust BeLonG To Youth Services Miss Carr’s Children’s Services Bessborough Centre Mothers’ Union of Ireland Border Childcare Network Mounttown Neighbourhood Youth and Family Catholic Guides of Ireland Project Catholic Youth Care MyMind Child and Family Research Centre, NUI Galway National Association for Parent Support Childminding Ireland National Organisation for the Treatment of Abusers Children in Hospital Ireland (NOTA) City of Dublin YMCA National Parents Council Primary COPE Galway National Parents Council Primary Crosscare Drug and Alcohol Programme National Youth Council of Ireland Crosscare Teen Counselling One Family DIT –School of Social Sciences & Legal Studies One in Four Doras Luimní OPEN Down Syndrome Ireland Parentline Dublin Rape Crisis Centre Parentstop Dun Laoghaire Refugee Project Pavee Point Early Childhood Ireland Peter McVerry Trust Educate Together Psychological Society of Ireland School of Education, UCD Rape Crisis Network Ireland (RCNI)

Enable Irela nd Saoirse Housing Association EPIC (formerly IAYPIC) Beag Children’s Centre Focus Ireland Sevenoaks Early Education Centre Forbairt Naíonraí Teoranta Society of St. Vincent de Paul Foróige Sonas Housing Association GLEN - Gay and Lesbian Equality Network Spunout.ie Headstrong - The National Centre for Youth Mental St. Nicholas Montessori College Health St. Nicholas Montessori Society Home-Start National Office Ireland St. Patrick’s University Hospital Immigrant Council of Ireland Start Strong Inclusion Ireland Step by Step Child & Family Project Inspire Ireland Súgradh International Adoption Association The Ark, A Cultural Centre for Children Irish Association of Social Care Workers (IASCW) The CARI Foundation Irish Association of Social Workers The Childhood Development Initiative Irish Association of Suicidology The Integration Centre Irish Autism Action The Jack & Jill Children’s Foundation Irish Centre for Human Rights, NUI Galway The Unmarried and Separated Families of Ireland Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) Treoir Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) UNICEF Ireland Irish Foster Care Association Young Ballymun Irish Girl Guides Youth Advocate Programme Ireland (YAP) Irish National Teachers’ Organisation (INTO) Youth Afterca