Parents Support Group at Wicklow Library

Wicklow Library hosts a monthly Parents Support Group in the evening, on the last Wednesday of each month from 8pm to 9pm, with the next session on Wednesday, 26 August 2026. Run through the library rather than a clinical or HSE service, it gives parents in the town a regular, informal space to talk with others facing similar day-to-day pressures of raising children.

What to Expect

The group meets for an hour of peer discussion rather than a lecture or professional-led course, with the library providing the room as part of its wider community programme. Because it runs monthly at a fixed evening slot, it works for parents looking for an ongoing outlet rather than a one-off talk, and attendance is open to any parent in the community regardless of the age of their children. Wicklow Library runs a full slate of other adult groups through the month at the same branch, including a book club and language conversation groups, giving it a genuine role as a community hub beyond its book-lending function.

Holding the group in the evening rather than during the day is a deliberate choice that opens it up to working parents who could not attend a daytime session, and the library setting keeps it neutral and low-stigma compared with a clinical or referral-based service. The group is not tied to any particular parenting approach or age group of children, so parents of toddlers and parents of teenagers turn up to the same session and generally find enough common ground in the everyday pressures of the job to make the discussion useful either way.

Good to Know

• Date and time: last Wednesday of each month, 8pm to 9pm; next session 26 August 2026
• Venue: Wicklow Library, The Mall, Wicklow town
• Price: free, drop in
• Recurrence: monthly, year round
• Open to parents of children of any age

Getting There

Wicklow Library is on The Mall in Wicklow town centre, within walking distance of Wicklow railway station and the town’s main shops. Paid parking is available nearby for parents driving in after work.