Greensleeves place of safety for children was started some 18 years ago by Di and Ian Lehy.
They never planned to open a Children’s home – it was planned for them
Everything started when they decided to help an existing staff member’s girlfriend when she arrived at their home with a baby on her back and a baby on her hip. This was the beginning!
Gradually the local community heard about what we Di and Ian were doing and that they were happy to help children who needed a place of safety, and so the numbers grew and so too did their vision. They would often get calls from Child Welfare asking them to place a child in a safe environment for 3 months and then possibly foster the child.
As the need for this is so high, so too did the realization that there was not enough space to accommodate all the children. The need for more room for all the children, led them to look into altering an existing stable into a proper Children’s home.
