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IICP College: QQI Level 8 Minor Award in Trauma Informed Therapy Studies

Applicants will hold a Level 8 Degree in the helping professions (counselling, psychotherapy, social care, social work, psychology, psych nursing, mental health, addiction etc.). Those who hold a Level 7 Degree in the helping professions, plus appropriate relevant work experience may be eligible to apply under RPL.

Dublin 24 / Online
  • Training

New Sage Advocacy Chair calls for ‘a GAA for Care’

The new Chair of Sage Advocacy has called for the immediate establishment of the Commission on Care, urging that it must be a focal point for profound change that will lead Irish society towards providing a ‘GAA for Care’.

Nationwide
  • News

Limerick Mental Health Association: Volunteers

Limerick Mental Health Association are looking for committed people to assist us with the running of Mental Health Week in October.

Limerick
  • Volunteering

Solace Café: Volunteers needed

We are delighted to announce that after months of planning we are currently recruiting Volunteers for open Solace Café in Cork City Centre.

Cork City
  • Volunteering

Third Age: AgeWell Companions Needed in Meath

We are currently seeking volunteers to join our dedicated AgeWell Companion team. AgeWell is a peer-to-peer care model which includes a befriending service and is being run in partnership with the HSE.

Co Meath
  • Volunteering

UNESCO CFRC Lunchtime Webinar Series: Complexity Theory for better Child Protection & Welfare and Public Services

This webinar series explores complexity theory and related aspects for public service and child protection and welfare work. We aim to increase insights into how complexity theory frameworks and approaches can help practitioners, managers, leaders and academics to better understand and engage with complexity at practice, service and system levels.

Online
  • Events

What Works Ireland Evidence Hub - Evaluations Workshop

This online workshop will include information on the Early Intervention Foundation Guidebook evidence standards and how evidence might be gathered per the EIF ‘10 Steps for Evaluation Success’ framework. There will also be a short Q&A.

Online
  • Training

Hermes Trismegistus School of Self Knowledge: Look Within..!

Learn about self knowledge, consciousness and the power of concentration in our upcoming talk in Limerick. All classes are free of charge. This talk is an introductory talk. Further classes for those interested in learning more can then be offered online or in our centres in Dublin and Galway.

Limerick
  • Events

Narrative 4: Online CPD Training

For the first time, Narrative 4 is running online CPD training for primary school teachers! Are you a primary school teacher who cares about nourishing connection, kindness, and well-being in the classroom? We have free spaces available (normally €150) on our online training course.

Online
  • Training

The Wheel: Social Economy and Skills Conference

Join us as we come together to explore the big topics related to the social economy in Ireland and the EU. It will be a day of learning and partnership building, including a light lunch. This event will take place on Friday, 3 November in the Ashling Hotel, Dublin, from 9am-4.30pm.

Dublin 8
  • Events

Human rights organisations call for independent inquiry into case of Sallins Men

The lives of these six men, known as ‘the Sallins Men’, were changed irrevocably when they were arrested, detained, charged, convicted and imprisoned following the Sallins Train Robbery in 1976. Their case remains one of the most significant miscarriages of justice in modern Irish history.

Nationwide
  • News

National Disability Authority: Launch of new guidance for researchers

The National Disability Authority is excited to announce that it will launch new guidance for conducting collaborative research with disabled people on October 10th as part of the Annual PPI Ignite Network Festival. This webinar will be of particular interest to researchers, disabled people, disability-related organisations, research funders, and policy makers.

Online / Zoom
  • Events

MentalDIY.com: Request for volunteers

Mental DIY is an online initiative aimed at helping people help themselves. It includes free resources for education, mental health, neurodiversity, art, and other areas of social good.

Limerick / Online
  • Volunteering

Irish Sign Language Awareness Week 2023

The Irish Deaf Society (IDS) is delighted to celebrate International Week of Deaf People 2023, and Irish Sign Language Awareness Week which runs from the 18th to the 24th of September. The theme of this week is A World Where Deaf People Everywhere Can Sign Anywhere.

Nationwide
  • News

Saolta: Training of Trainers

This Training of Trainers has been designed for Adult & Community Education (ACE) Practitioners to deepen their understanding of Global Citizenship Education (GCE) and to enhance skills in incorporating GCE into professional practice and to be leaders in transformative change.

Dublin / Online
  • Training

The Learning Curve Institute: NEW Remote Learning: Complex Trauma Intervention Skills

The foundations to begin working with complex trauma and to becoming a trauma informed practitioner are presented in the Complex Trauma workshop by Dr. Kevin Fehin. Due to demand this complementary workshop considers in depth how to work more directly with complex trauma.

Online
  • Training

HUGG: LIVE Volunteering Information Session

HUGG will hold a LIVE Volunteering Information Session over Zoom on Thursday September 28th at 1.15pm to 1.45pm. Our information sessions provide a brief background on HUGG, and details on everything involved in volunteering with HUGG, including the training and supports we offer.

Online / Zoom
  • Events

YMCA Dublin: Volunteers Needed

YMCA Dublin is seeking volunteers who are eager to make a real impact in their communities and make a difference in the lives of at-risk or vulnerable youths. Time commitment: 2 hours per week.

Dublin 2
  • Volunteering