Inclusion

“Relating to people’s thoughts, fears and concerns, you take the sting out of it,” says Marie Louise Byrne, a community work co-ordinator with Wexford Local Development.

People with disabilities will be taking to the streets on Friday, September 22 for Make Way Day, an annual campaign to raise public awareness about the problems caused by obstacles blocking footpaths.

End Child Poverty Week takes place this year from September 11 to 15 to highlight key issues relating to child poverty and the impact on those affected.

Local Action Groups in counties Carlow and Tipperary were announced today as the first two local development strategies (LDS) approved to deliver the 2023-2027 LEADER programme.

Residents of Ireland’s offshore islands believe that the new national policy for island communities provides a good foundation to help address some of the challenges facing them.

An ambitious new ten-year national policy designed to support vibrant and sustainable island communities was launched by Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys this morning.

A zero-tolerance approach to child poverty, a travel allowance to replace the travel pass, and employment quotas for marginalised communities were some of the suggestions that emerged from yesterday’s Social Inclusion Forum in Dublin.

A new in-depth report ‘Social Enterprises in Ireland: A Baseline Data Collection Exercise’ has provided vital insights into the sector in Ireland for the first time. The data collected shows that there are currently 4,335 social enterprises in Ireland employing 84,382 people – three per cent of the Irish workforce.