Newpin Northern Ireland

About the service

Newpin works on a cross-community and multi-cultural basis, supporting families where there has been stress due to a combination of challenges including poverty, domestic violence, addictions, trans-generational trauma, inadequate housing and mental health difficulties. 

Newpin Objectives are:

• Build resilience and the ability to navigate during periods of difficulty, drawing on psychological, social, cultural, and physical resources, which will support the person's wellbeing, thriving and daily functioning. 
• To provide a safe and supportive environment for vulnerable parents/children where learning, confidence building, and safe reflection can take place to enable participants to be more proactive in taking care of their own feelings and promote self-efficiency. 
• To improve life skills such as building up self-esteem, managing emotions and relationships, promoting a positive self-image, negotiation skills, problem solving, critical thinking and decision making.

The core work of Newpin and the process is about developing strengths in people, not focusing on problems. Newpin achieves it's objectives by:

• Raising the self-esteem of parents who are suffering from depression and isolation. 
• Encouraging within each individual an awareness of their own value as a person, a parent and a fulfilled member of the community.
• Nurturing positive, loving, and supportive parenting.
• Helping to provide the opportunity for children to develop emotionally, physically, and psychologically at their own pace in a secure and caring environment.  
• Ending repeat effects of destructive family relationships. 
• Preventing the hurting (emotional and physical) of children.
• Enabling mothers to come to terms with their past and prevent trans-generational trauma.

Newpin offers various programmes including a Parenting Programme, Moodmaster, Healthy Relationships, Drama Therapy, Drum Therapy, Art Therapy, Peer Support Groups, Anxiety Management, Counselling and Child Psychotherapy.