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The PPN Migrant/Minority Thematic Group were delighted to attend the inaugural meeting of the Community Integration Forum, organised by the Local Authority Integration Team (LAIT), you can read a full summary of the meeting here.
Dublin Disabled Persons’ Organisation (DPO) is holding an in-person workshop on Monday 04 November from 10.00am – 1.00pm at the Carmelite Centre, Aungier Street, Dublin 2. This is your change to meet other disabled people, share experiences, build your confidence as an activist, and explore how disabled people are stronger when working together for change. Email (note* this event is for disabled people only).
Dublin City University (DCU) would like to invite you to follow the ENHANCE project, a Europe-funded initiative hosted by DCU, connects researchers, policymakers, community members, and organisations to advance citizen science and inclusive learning. PPN members are invited to join the network to help shape research and policy, participate in Futures Workshops, and amplify the voices of those directly affected. Sign up here as an individual, organisation, policymaker, researcher, or workshop facilitator.
The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) would like to invite PPN member groups to read and share, “The Way Home”, which is an illustrated children’s book to support children bereaved by suicide. Written by Dr Trudy Meehan. Availability: Print edition: www.thewayhome.ie: Free download: RCSI Repository
TEDx Talk: Watch here
All Together in Dignity (ATD) invite you to mark the United Nations International Day for the Eradication of Poverty on 17 October from 11.00am – 12.30pm, at the Famine Statues on Custom House Quay. This year marks 25 years of commemorating the UN Day for the Eradication of Poverty in Ireland, and the gathering will include testimonies based on lived experiences of poverty and exclusion, speeches, a creative common gesture, music and song. The title for this year is “Working Together with a Radical Hope and Decisive Action to End Poverty and Leave No One Behind” and for further information contact, Dann at ATD.
Phibsboro Village Tidy Towns invite you to BuzzFest: Community Sustainability and Biodiversity Festival on 04 October, from 12.30 – 4.00pm in Phibsboro library and Gardens and Panama Scout Hall: for more information go here.
Dyspraxia DCD Ireland invite PPN member groups to the launch of Dyspraxia DCD Ireland’s National Awareness Week, on Monday 06 October, from 1.00pm – 2.00pm online via zoom. Further information and details here. This year’s theme for Awareness Week is #DyspraxiaInFocus, celebrating the creativity, resilience and potential of people with Dyspraxia/DCD.
Sligo PPN and partners invite you to complete a survey called, “Community Groups Greatest Challenges” which aims to collect the challenges and issues faced by community groups, and share this information with the government. Please, please, please help Sligo PPN collate the information we need to show Government that the sector is struggling. The survey takes about 15 minutes and you can complete it online here.
Dublin City Council (DCC) commemorates 25 years of car free day with the launch of 25 Play Streets Initiative Citywide: 25 Play Streets was launched creating safe, traffic free environments for children and families to play and connect. You can read more about this initiative here.
Dublin City Council (DCC) invite you to their Bike Disco! A 5k fun cycle from 7.45pm on Friday 10 October at the Phoenix Roundabout, Phoenix Park. Car free and fun!
Positive Ageing Week 2025 takes place from 26 September – 03 October and has many, many events to mark this week. You can browse the many, many events here.
Training
PPN Member Groups are invited to FREE PPN training sessions this autumn, where you can learn new skills, network with other member groups, and share your own experiences.
Funding and Grant Writing Tips with Evelyn Fitzpatrick
This session is designed for those who are new to writing grant applications or those who would like feedback on applications they are currently completing.
09 October, 7.00pm – 8.30pm online on zoom. Further information here.
13 October, at Carmichael from 10.00am – 12.30pm further information here.
Updates from PPN Representatives, and Secretariat
The PPN has 21 Representatives across seven Strategic Policy Committees (SPCs) and the Local Community Development Committee (LCDC), and these Representatives come from the three pillars of Community and Voluntary, Social Inclusion and Environment.
You can watch the Representatives at committee meetings here.
You can contact the Representatives through the pillar working groups: and those groups have been sent invites from Ellenora Lynch recently, with information about support sessions. These invites were sent via email and/or WhatsApp. The support sessions are aimed to help Representatives network and learn from one another, share experiences and challenges, and offer a bridge between the committee work and the wider PPN. We’re hoping that all pillar working groups will be able to feedback to the Plenary on 20 November.
