Community Exchange

This is the Activelink Community Exchange noticeboard.

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HUGG: Finding Hope and Healing After Suicide

HUGG will host a free information event from 1pm - 4pm in Hotel Kilmore, Cavan H12F6Y7. This event will benefit anyone affected or bereaved by suicide, in a personal or professional capacity whether you have experienced a bereavement this year or earlier in your life.

Cavan
  • Events

Diabetes Ireland: TEST - Know what it stands for

TEST which stands for Thirst (increased), Energy (reduced), Sudden (weight change), and Toilet (trips increased) – Know what it stands for, recognise the symptoms, and take immediate action. Time is critical in a diagnosis of Type 1 diabetes.

Nationwide
  • News

"The Priest, The People, and the Light" - Seminar - Canon Hayes & Muintir na Tíre

"The Priest, The People, and the Light" - A seminar that looks at the impact that Canon Hayes had on Rural Development and on Bansha. The seminar looks at the impact that Canon Hayes had on Rural Development and on Rural Electrification. There is no admittance charge.

Bansha, Co Tipperary
  • Events

IDEA: Webinar - Decolonial Practice in Global Citizenship Education

This webinar aims to build understanding of decolonial practice and also aims to equip participants to strengthen anti-oppressive, anti-racist and decolonial practice in their organisations in line with Principle 11 of the IDEA Code of Good Practice for Development Education.

Online / Zoom
  • Events

Suicide or Survive: Free Wellness Workshop - Clones

SOS are delighted to be bringing a Wellness Workshop to the Creighton Hotel on Friday 13th October. A Wellness Workshop is an opportunity for you to take time out and learn a wide range of simple practical and effective tools and tips that you can use in your everyday life to improve your own wellness.

Clones, Co Monaghan
  • Training

St Stephen’s Green Trust: Traveller Accommodation - Small Grants Scheme

St Stephen’s Green Trust is currently offering small grants of up to €6,000 with the aim of supporting groups who are leading on the issue of Traveller accommodation to accelerate and strengthen their campaign work.

Nationwide
  • Funding

Comhlámh: #FirstWeds Autumn Series 2023 - Ecological Sustainability and Finding Ways In

Join Comhlámh’s First Wednesdays Autumn Series 2023 on ecological sustainability, in partnership with Maynooth University Department of International Development. This two-part series taking place in October and November will offer some ‘ways in’ to think about this theme through the lens of place-specific projects happening on our island.

Online / Zoom
  • Events

Meitheal Training Courses - October to December 2023

Meitheal is a Community Development Support & Training Organisation. Our courses are: Meitheal 5 Day Foundation Facilitation Skills Training Course and Meitheal Staff Support & Supervision Skills 2 Day Introductory Course. Meitheal training courses are available to individuals and organisations.

Dublin City
  • Training

UNICEF Ireland: Libya Floods Emergency Appeal

Right now the situation in Libya is getting worse by the day. Over 6,000 people have lost their lives due to devastating floods caused by Storm Daniel in eastern Libya, hundreds more are still missing, and over 40,000 people have been internally displaced. Please donate now and help children and their families survive.

Nationwide
  • Fundraisers

Breast Cancer Ireland: Very Pink Run

This year the Very Pink Run events are taking place in Dublin, Kilkenny and our brand new venue – Cork. Each event will offer a fun, family, festival style day out, with music, games, and children’s entertainment, along with festival style food trucks, ensuring entertainment for all the family – including those participating or simply supporting!

Dublin, Kilkenny & Cork
  • Fundraisers

Irish Council for Civil Liberties: Police Surveillance North and South

Join the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) and the Committee for the Administration of Justice (CAJ) for an extensive conference looking at the issues of surveillance and oversight in policing in the North and South.

Dublin 2
  • Events

Human rights at risk: AI and facial recognition tech in the arts

AI and facial recognition tech are on the rise. What are the human rights implications of these technologies for artists and activists? Join the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) for a compelling panel discussion with artists, campaigners and experts as we tackle these questions and more.

Dublin 7
  • Events

SHEP: Reflective Practice (Training Programme) for Managers, Coordinators and Team Leaders

Using the Critical Reflection Model (Fook & Gardner, 2007) this SHEP CPD Programme (November 2023 – May 2024) will give you the opportunity to step out of your role to explore with others how your own assumptions, motivations, feelings and beliefs shape your ways of working.

Dublin City / Blended
  • Training

Creative Futures Academy Scholarship for Creative Diversity at NCAD

A CFA scholarship represents a fee waiver for successful applicants for the course of their choice. One scholarship is offered per course. CFA scholarship is currently being offered for the following course: Professional Certificate in Creative Diversity – Level 9.

Nationwide
  • Funding

Social Enterprise Grant Awardees Announced by Oakfield Trust

Over €45,000 in Funding Awarded to Eleven Social Enterprises Nationally by Clondalkin-based Social Enterprise. In March 2023, Oakfield Trust launched a new grant funding scheme for social enterprises and social entrepreneurs, focused on making a social impact in the community.

Nationwide
  • News

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 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