Inclusion
I Am Traveller: Talking history, heritage and social inclusion
Social inclusion policies don't always reach everyone that needs them. How can that be addressed in the Traveller community?
Policy & Strategy
Community workers share experiences at SICAP consultations
At a series of consultations that sought frontline views of SICAP, case studies and stories gave us a detailed picture.
Initiatives
Social farming: A closer look at the growing initiative
Following on from a successful visit to a Co Kerry social farming open day, Allen Meagher takes a closer look at what it’s all about.
Initiatives
Social farming open day: ‘It’s not tied to old ideas of farming’
Farming is a vocation as well as a way to make a living. Imagine sharing farming life with people who need to catch a break, but who may also not know a thing about farming… That’s social farming and it’s changing lives.
Policy & Strategy
New caps on moneylending could end exorbitant interest rates
As laws come into effect to cap moneylending rates, Olive McCarthy and Noreen Byrne of the University College Cork (UCC) Centre for Co-operative Studies explain why they support it.
Programmes
Horace asks: Have you been sigh-capped?
Former agony uncle Horace McDermott has come up with a new approach to help promote SICAP. To make sure everyone can pronounce it he is introducing tattoos.
Programmes
Is social inclusion our best weapon in the fight against the far right?
People forced to the margins of society are far more likely to be radicalised, so why aren’t we talking more about successful social inclusion approaches?
Policy & Strategy
The Secret Librarian: “What kind of society do we want?”
As a raft of new services are announced for Ireland’s libraries, we ask our Secret Librarian for their take on the upcoming changes.
