Family Wellbeing Day – Share Centre
Connect with other families and enjoy a fun day out before the return to school, Saturday 17th August.
A well being course for pre-teens aged 7-11 in September and October 2024.
Connect with other families and enjoy a fun day out before the return to school, Saturday 17th August.
TESSA and Family Routes are excited to announce three Family Wellbeing Events
‘A family life for everyone’
Family Routes provides a range of support and counselling services to those affected by adoption and fertility issues. It is an independent charity with five distinct services, including TESSA.
TESSA exists to listen, support, enable and understand.
A well being course for pre-teens aged 7-11 in September and October 2024.
Interactive workshop to create a greater understanding of children's behaviour, Sept & Oct 2024.
Four-week programme for parents of adopted children struggling to handle emotions, autumn 2024.
A programme to help parents build communication and conflict resolution skills with teens, starts Jan 2025.
Connect with other families and enjoy a fun day out before the return to school, Saturday 17th August.
TESSA Teens project celebration day on Saturday 7th Sept 11am-3pm.
A course to help young people develop skills and techinques to boost emotional health and wellbeing, in October and November 2024.
Teen programme, taking place in April.
A six week climbing programme with a difference, for teens. May and June 2024.
Teen programme, April and May 2024.
TESSA and Family Routes are excited to announce three Family Wellbeing Events
TESSA and Family Routes are excited to announce 'Play It'
Art wellbeing group for adoptive parents, taking place in Oct 2024.
Online art course for pre-teens to explore creativity and emotions, Oct and Nov 2024.
Interactive workshop to create a greater understanding of children's behaviour, Sept & Oct 2024.
Four-week programme for parents of adopted children struggling to handle emotions, autumn 2024.
A programme to help parents build communication and conflict resolution skills with teens, starts Jan 2025.
A course to help young people develop skills and techinques to boost emotional health and wellbeing, in October and November 2024.
TESSA stands for Therapeutic, Education and Support Services in Adoption.
We are a project aimed at supporting families across Northern Ireland who have at least one child between the ages of two and eighteen years old, who has been adopted. We are funded by the National Lottery Community Fund, as part of their Reaching Out Support Families initiative.
TESSA is a Family Routes project.
TESSA is currently funded by the National Lottery Community Fund.
You can self refer or you can be referred by your post-adoption team via our contact details.
To self refer, please complete the Referral Form below, or visit our Services page for more details.
We also offer a 6-week programme for adopters on the impact of childhood trauma.
Love and Rage is delivered in-person and online and runs frequently throughout the year.
In the first instance we ask you to call us to explore what therapies are most suitable to your needs. We can also discuss the benefits of the accredited Love and Rage programme.
Please call: 028 9046 9211
Following the initial phone call we might ask you to complete a referral form, but this will be discussed on the call.
TESSA
Family Routes
Ground Floor
Unit 2
18 Heron Road
Belfast
BT3 9LE
T: 028 9046 9211
TEXT: 07484054774
E: tessa@familyroutes.co.uk
Family Routes Charity No: 101826 Company No: NI24153
