Policy & Strategy
Could social inclusion consultations have been simple tokenism?
At SIF 2019, feedback from community representatives seened to ask one big question: was consultation on the new social inclusion strategy all a sham?
Initiatives
What happened at the first ever meeting of the Pullough Men’s Shed?
As Men’s Sheds become more and more popular around the island, Changing Ireland attends the very first meeting of the Pullough branch.
Initiatives
The Big Hello: How can you get to know the neighbours?
Wish you knew more about the people living next door? Here’s your opportunity…
Initiatives
No job? No problem: A Terenure crash course in entrepreneurship
Often, it can be the more vulnerable people in our communities who have the most difficulty finding ways to be self-sustaining. Here, Terenure Enterprise Centre enterprise support officer Vasilena Vasileva explains what they did with Walk to change that.
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.
