Events
The PPN Summer Networking Event (plenary) is on 21 May from 6.30pm – 8.30pm, at the Deanery Mews, St Patrick’s Cathedral, and online. Find out more and register for the event here.
The PPN/DCU Summer School takes place from 25 May to 28 May, at the Glasnevin Campus in the mornings and online in the evenings. Find out more and register for one or all the sessions here.
The PPN Disability Thematic Group invite you to a meeting on Friday 29 May from 9.30am – 12.30pm at Finglas Youth Resource Centre to mark #MakeWayDay Find out more and register here.
PPN Information
The primary contact from your member group, has been sent an email asking them to please re-register their details, as members of the PPN. This is to make sure our data is up-to-date and accurate. Please email if you have any questions.
Nominations
The PPN shares information and training opportunities so that PPN member groups might get more involved in local authority decision making. To that end, we have 5 vacant PPN Representative roles open for nominations: 3 on the Secretariat, 1 on the LCDC and 1 on the Planning and Urban Realm SPC – all from the Environment Pillar. Read information about the nominations process here Nominations are open until 07 May.
General Information
Dublin City Council (DCC), invite PPN member groups to get involved in research into arts and cultural provisions in the Finglas area, which would include artists workspaces, venues, consideration of underutilised buildings in Finglas for cultural events, and further feasibility testing. Please complete the survey here.
The PPN host, Dublin City Volunteer Centre (DCVC) are looking for volunteers to help the Community Volunteers Programme at Bloom Festival in Pheonix Park from 28 May – 01 June. And for people to help with the Pedalling Parade at Sundrive Velodrome, Crumlin on 10 May from 11.00am – 4.30pm If you would like to volunteer at one or both events, please call Enrique on 087 473 7756 or Basira on 087 104 0915
Dublin City Volunteer Centre (DCVC) provides a range of support services to PPN member groups to help them effectively recruit, manage, and retain volunteers. DCVC also offer one-to-one advisory support to help organisations set up or improve their volunteer programmes, including guidance on role design, onboarding, retention, and overall volunteer management. Colm and Nina from the Organisational Development team will be at the PPN Summer Networking Event on 21 May, and you can meet them there and find out more about how they can help you work with volunteers. In the meantime, feel free to browse the website here.
