Information
Nina Tryhorn and Colm McMann, from the Dublin City Volunteer Centre (DCVC), met some PPN member groups at the recent PPN Plenary. They would love a chance to speak to member groups about the services they can offer volunteer involving organisations. Nina and Colm will be sending emails to plenary participants, in the next few days and weeks, but if you would like to learn more about the supports and services Dublin City Volunteer Centre can offer, please follow the link here.
Circular.ie are delighted to open their Full Circle Awards 2026. Do you know a circular champion? Someone who repairs, reuses or refurbishes items instead of throwing them away? If you would like to nominate someone for the Full Circle Awards 2026, please follow the link here.
Research Ireland invite you to participate in Research in Ireland Barometer 2026, a national initiative to understand how people across Ireland, experience and relate to research in their everyday lives. Find out more and get involved here.
The Health Service Executive (HSE) invite PPN member groups to participate in and share their “Balancing Stress” programme, which is a 6-session, online, self-paced course of practical ways to deal with stress, worry, anxiety, low mood and depression. The six sessions are: understanding stress, managing worry, managing anxiety, managing low mood and depression, stress and relationships, balancing stress now and into the future. Practise here.
Dublin City University (DCU) in the Community invite you to a 6-week course entitled ‘Cultural Health Psychology: “Does the Man Flu Exist?”‘. This course explores how physical and mental illnesses are experienced differently across cultures, raising questions such as “is it all in our heads?” or does the ‘Man Flu’ really exist? Throughout this course students will answer questions like these through examining the intersections of physical and psychological health, as well as how both are impacted by culture and meaning we make of the world around us. Key topics include: The differences in the diagnosis and treatment of mental illnesses across cultures, the evolution and use of superstitions to combat illness, as well as the ways in which psychology can be used to impact global health.
Cavernoma Ireland is marking June as Cavernoma Awareness Month, with an awareness campaign aimed at improving understanding of a rare condition affecting the brain and spinal cord and supporting individuals and families across Ireland. More information is available at www.cavernomaireland.ie.
Dr Catherine Smith, invites PPN member groups to art sessions in Dublin 7 on Thursday 11 June and Thursday 25 June from 11.00am – 12.30pm This is a gentle contemplative practice, followed by an art session which supports creativity and play. You can find out more about the sessions here.
Re-registrations: please check that you have completed your re-registration form for Siobhán. The PPN is requested to re-register all member groups, from time to time, to ensure we have the most up-to-date information possible. If you have received an email about re-registering, please respond and then we can update our Members Directory here.
Fundraising and Grants Information
Carmichael offer in-person and online training sessions about funding, fundraising and grant writing. For example: Digital Fundraising for Non-Profits, Sources of Funding for Non-Profits, Grant Applications. You can see a full list of supports and resources from Carmichael here.
Dublin City Council’s (DCC) Local Community Development Committee (LCDC) and The Wheel, provide local community and voluntary not-for-profit groups in Dublin City with access to three great resources: The Funding Point Local Digest; The Wheel’s Fundraising Guidance Library and The Wheel’s Fundraising helpdesk. This is everything you need for fundraising and applying for grants and the June – July update is available here.
Updates from the PPN Representatives and the PPN Secretariat
The Social Inclusion Pillar Working Group recognise that it would be beneficial to have an agreed shared understanding / set of principles in relation to Social Inclusion. The group would greatly appreciate input / a wider perspective from the social inclusion pillar members and therefore invite you to attend a facilitated online workshop on 16th June 7.00 – 8.30pm so that everyone can explore this, together.
