Dublin City Council (DCC) will soon make a request to the PPN for ca. 20 PPN Representatives, to sit on a number of Strategic Policy Committees (SPCs) in the areas of climate, housing, traffic, planning, finance, economic development and culture.
If you are interested in committee work, and have experience of a representative role, perhaps this voluntary role is for you. The nomination forms will soon be live on our website.
Only PPN member groups can nominate.
General Information
The Irish Blood Transfusion Service invite all Dublin City PPN members to give blood in a Dublin City clinic soon: more information here. There were changes in criteria recently, which makes is more possible to donate for people who were not born in Ireland, and you can “find a clinic” here.
Mercy Law Resource Centre, is hosting a conference in September and will launch a policy entitled: “Children Left Behind: the Lived Experience of Long-Term Family Homelessness for Minority Ethnic Families and the Effects on their Children”. You can email for further details and to reserve your FREE place.
The National Museum of Ireland have recently published a resource called, “Succession Planning: A Guide for Community Archives and Heritage Groups” which can be used, to good effect by any volunteer and community group. You can download the FREE resource here.
Dublin City University (DCU) invite you to a “Taste of DCU” on 04 September for a unique event designed to showcase the range of research and opportunities at DCU. You find our more and register for the event here.
The Housing Agency invite all PPN members to FREE information sessions for people involved in multi-unit developments (MUDs) apartments and owners’ management companies (OMSs). For a full list of meetings in Dublin please, click here.
Tog Hackerspace invite you to the Repair Café at Dublin Maker on Saturday 31 August and Sunday 01 September in Richmond Barracks from 10.00am until 6.00pm You can find out more information about the event here.
Volunteer Ireland invites you to nominate a volunteer for the Volunteer Ireland Awards 2024. Please submit your nominations before the deadline of 11 October, and you can do so here.
The Irish Dementia Café Network invites you to a Dementia Café on 03 September, from 10.00am, and 10 September at 12.00pm at Cabra Library. Further information about the Information Sessions here.
The Department of Environment, Climate and Communication (DECC), invite you to find out about planning an event to celebrate SDG week, from 20 – 29 September. You can register your event here or reach out to other PPN member groups to work together on an event to celebrate the week.
Anam Cara invite you to a bereavement information session online, with guest speaker Bryan Nolan. Beginning at 7.00pm, all are welcome to this FREE, gentle event. You can register here.
The Land Development Agency invite you to read and share its resources on the Bluebell Waterways Project here.
The Department of Health requests expressions of interest for an appointment to the position of “Lived Experience Member” for the National Implementation and Monitoring Steering Committee for Sharing the vision: a mental health policy for everyone, (2020 – 2030). You can find out more about this here.
This year the PPN is not delivering a “Festival of Fundraising”. However, you are welcome to attend Academy Street Workshops’, “Introduction to Fundraising” here. Details of the cost, times and dates on the link.
PPN Autumn Series of Training
Healthy You – care for the carer training sessions with Martin Saunders.
Anti-Racism and Equality Training with Dr Ebun Joseph
Online supports for Dublin City PPN in partnership with DLR PPN and Carmichael.
Please save the date of Thursday 21 November for the PPN Plenary
PPN for Beginners: orientation for the newly elected Representatives to take place during September and October. These sessions will be semi-formal and will include refreshments, team building activities and time for reflection and planning. Further details to come.
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