Inclusion
Ireland wins UN award for its community work – SICAP among 10 winners after 350 apply from 58 countries
Ireland has won a United Nations award for its response at community level to the Covid pandemic. The UN received over 350 entries from 58 countries for 10 awards - with Ireland winning one for its Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (SICAP).
Inclusion
Mary Hurley is new secretary general at Dept of Rural & Community Dev’t
Mary Hurley has been appointed as the new Secretary General at the Department of Rural and Community Development.
Inclusion
Campaigners welcome amnesty
Gone is “the fear that the next knock on the door will be someone to take us away”, said Tjanasi Potso, responding to today’s announcement by Justice Minister Helen McEntee of an amnesty for undocumented migrants.
Inclusion
Pobal chair Rosarii Mannion calls on development workers to join board
Last year, they sought two new members for Pobal’s board; this year they have six vacancies and chairperson Rosarii Mannion is calling on people with community development experience to apply.
Inclusion
Social inclusion & community programme budget up 10% for 2022
Budget 2022 will see additional workers hired to work in communities through the Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (SICAP). Funding for the programme will increase from €40m to €44m, in a widely welcomed move.
Empowerment
Hope is focus of Dublin Arts & Human Rights Festival (Oct. 15-24)
Festival aims to highlight the work of human rights defenders and the role of the arts in promoting human rights
Family Support
Children are sometimes at risk through contact visits with violent parents
The family court system needs urgent reform, says Mary Louise Lynch who founded a group for survivors of domestic violence, Survivors Informing Services and Institutions (SISI).
Equality & Rights
CALLS TO END “INCARCERATION” OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN NURSING HOMES
Minister Rabbitte agrees: €3m to go on independent living solutions
