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Ukrainian support workers in North East West Kerry Development (NEWKD) have created online resources for Ukrainian refugees about life in Ireland and information on career options. Tralee Library has also installed a Ukrainian language bookshelf.

So why are equality and human rights so important now? Past progress has benefited many of us but there are still many groups who are denied equity. Since the foundation of the State every decade in Ireland has seen various groups discriminated against, excluded and in some cases dehumanised.

Active Arranmore coordinator Fiona Ní Ghloinn believes the Government could be doing more to help Ukrainians in their late teens and twenties to integrate.

Ann is a former prisoner who has been working at The Mug Shot café, a social enterprise run by PACE, since May 2021. She spoke to Changing Ireland about life after prison.

“For some people, they had no idea that they had these skills until they got this opportunity." - The Dublin café providing jobs and barista training for people who have been released from prison

Angela Shafer, community education coordinator from Northside Partnership in Dublin, wants to alert community workers to work being done in their area through SICAP that may be of help to people in other counties. Specifically, an initiative promoting financial inclusion among people with intellectual disabilities.

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.

- 150+ students -76 jam sessions -40 online jams -11 songs written -6 bands formed -3 exchange trips - Goals exceeded