Enterprise
Got milk? How a community shop is bringing Pullough back to life
For most of us, running out of milk is a mild inconvenience. For Martin Buckley – and the eight volunteers he recruited – it was a game changer for Pullough, Co Offaly.
Community
Gambia’s Smiling Coast: A small country and its big hopes
Allen Meagher returns to the Gambia, the country where he worked with Irish volunteer organisation APSO in the 90s, to see how communities are developing after the democratic ouster of its former dictator.
Planning & Governance
Community Services Programme to be reviewed for first time
The Community Services Programme was set up to provide local services and create employment opportunities for disadvantaged people. After 13 years, we’re about to find out if it’s working.
Development Work
Who were the winners at the 2018 Pride of Place Awards?
In November 2018, community and voluntary sectors representatives descended on Cork to honour their best and brightest at the Pride of Place Awards.
Community
3 books to get community development fans this Christmas
‘Tis the season, but what do you get the community development worker who has it all? One of these books might do the job…
Climate Justice
Jim Ife: Fighting a defensive war has made us conservative
At this summer’s World Community Development Conference in Maynooth, activist Jim Ife spoke about why community development workers have to stop pulling their punches.
Development Work
Bernadette McAliskey rings alarm bells for community development
At the World Community Development Conference in Maynooth, veteran activist Bernadette McAliskey told those gathered that, if we have nothing to say about wealth, funding and the rise of the right, it’s time to go home.
Development Work
WCDC 2018: Sweating, singing and speaking up in Maynooth
At this summer’s World Community Development Conference in Maynooth, enthusiastic attendees sang, danced and made their feelings heard.
