Income & Employment
€3.5 million funding to maintain drugs services as C&V sector pay crisis continues
A total of €3.5 million in government funding has been granted to help maintain the existing level of drugs and inclusion health services provided by community and voluntary organisations.
Family Support
Cultural Champions provide the missing link between services and those who need them
"We're building very good practices", says Cavan Cultural Champion. The project has already spread from Monaghan to Cavan. It is backed by two local
development companies and Tusla.
Education & Training
New bursary to help community workers gain qualifications
A new bursary fund of €200,000 was launched today to support community workers seeking to pursue endorsed postgraduate community work qualifications.
Equality & Rights
Galway’s new anti-racism network calls for solidarity and housing action
“I was abused verbally and physically by my landlord in Galway. He threatened to cut my head off and send me ‘on a slow boat back to the Congo’,” said Wally Nkikita from The Galway African Diaspora, urging others to tell their stories of racism and discrimination.
Income & Employment
Warnings to increase funding for volunteer-managed projects “before they collapse”
“We are sleep-walking into the collapse of a huge and essential range of services if we don’t address the shortfalls in funding which thousands of not-for-profits are experiencing,” warns Senan Turnbull, who has a lifetime’s experience in the Community and Voluntary Sector.
Education & Training
Music to their ears – Donegal teens jam with Dutch and Polish peers with Erasmus+
- 150+ students -76 jam sessions -40 online jams -11 songs written -6 bands formed -3 exchange trips - Goals exceeded
Equality & Rights
DFI warns of “unprecedented threat to essential disability services” as pay talks postponed
3,200 emails sent to TDs and Senators as staff and clients of disability services are "gravely worried" about the crisis facing vital services
Education & Training
Learning hubs to bring third level education to rural communities
A new partnership launched today between remote working hubs and universities will allow students to live and study in their own communities.
The first ‘Learning in the Hubs’ initiative was announced at the Technological University of the Shannon (TUS) Athlone, and will see the university working with 11 Connected Hubs facilities in the Midlands.
