basis.point Spring Lunch February 2015
On Friday 20 February 2015, well over one hundred investment fund industry participants attended the First Annual basis.point Spring Lunch which was held in Fallon & Byrne Restaurant.
The guest speaker at the event was Jacqui Guiry of Archways, which is the recipient of the very first grant made by basis.point.
Adrian Waters (director of basis.point and non-executive director), Colm Clifford (treasurer of basis.point and partner at KPMG), Jacqui Guiry (Archways) and Pat Lardner, (CEO of the IFIA).
As a result of this grant, Archways will implement a programme called Incredible Years® which is designed to support emotional, social and behavioural development in children aged 3 to 10 years.
Archways will liaise with schools and community organisations initially in the Dublin 1 and 2 areas to establish what would best match their local needs.
Based on this, a suite of conjoined Incredible Years® Teacher Classroom Management and Tailored Incredible Years® group leader training will be offered over a two year period to up-skill local community organizations to deliver parenting provision and to train teachers in proactive classroom management skills.
Jacqui provided the attendees with some insights into the challenges being faced and the substantial benefits that the implementation of this programme would deliver.
