The project is a HSE funded community health project that aims to improve the health of Travellers in Kilkenny City and County.

The project works through five Traveller Community Health workers and a Traveller Well-being and awareness worker who are peer educators and are managed by a Project Co-ordinator. The Project addresses issues in the community such as: Cardiovascular Health, Diabetes, Mental Health and Positive Well-being, Child Health & the Social Determinants of Health.

The Traveller Health Workers act as liaison between the Health services and their own community to bring about an increase in the uptake of services and improve the health status of Travellers in Kilkenny.

The Traveller health project also employs a Traveller Parent Link Worker funded by Tusla. This position aims to strengthen and develop the pathways to support Traveller Parents seeking support regarding their children and families.  Ongoing group and individual Parent Plus Parenting supports are available either in the home or in a community setting.    Our work is carried out mainly through outreach and community-based programmes to support positive health.