General Information
The PPN Winter Networking Event (November Plenary) will be held at Wynn’s Hotel and online, on Thursday 19 November from 6.30pm – 8.30pm More information about this event and the registration form is here.
PPN member group, the Intercultural Language Service (ILS) invite you to make new friends and improve your writing, by telling and publishing biographical stories together in Dublin’s north city. If you would like to get involved in the storytelling project email:
PPN member group, Friends of the Earth Ireland (FOE) is coordinating a march in Dublin calling for a moratorium on new data centres, due to the pressures they are placing on electricity costs, the energy grid, and climate targets. The march is on Saturday 07 November at 12.00pm starting from the Garden of Remembrance at 12.00pm and all are welcome.
Solar Info offer solar grants for community groups and sports clubs in Ireland, including GAA clubs, community centres, pools, tennis and rowing clubs. You can find out more information about this offer here.
National Adult Literacy Agency (NALA) invite community and voluntary organisations, who provide essential support and services to communities across Ireland, to champion literacy and be a support to those who are nervous or embarrassed to ask for help. You can join this webinar series to learn more: Learning for work: Supporting adults with dyslexia, Plain English tips for leaflets and posters, and stepping stones to learning: more information here
Say Their Name: National Suicide Bereavement Remembrance Event
Each year, HUGG brings people together to remember loved ones who have died by suicide and connect with others who understand the impact of this loss.
Sunday, 22 November 2026 from 2pm–3pm at Dublin Unitarian Church, 112 St Stephen’s Green, Dublin, D02 YP23 You can attend in person or join via livestream. No registration is required. The livestream link will be shared closer to the event. You are welcome to join us for tea and coffee after the event.
Read more here: Suicide Bereavement Remembrance Event 2026 | HUGG
The Community After Schools Project (CASPr) is a Dublin-based non-profit organisation working in the north east Inner City to address educational disadvantage and social exclusion. Through after-school programmes, youth development initiatives and community education, CASPr supports around 150 children each year and provides training opportunities for adults in the community, with funding support from the City of Dublin Youth Services Board (CDYSB), Pobal, the Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (SICAP), and Tusla – Child and Family Agency. More information: https://caspr.ie/
Uisce Éireann is developing its first National Wastewater and Drainage Plan (NWWDP), which will establish a long-term, evidence-based framework for understanding public wastewater system performance, assessing future risks and identifying planning and investment needs to 2055. The Plan will support environmental protection, sustainable growth, housing delivery and economic development, helping to ensure wastewater infrastructure continues to meet Ireland’s future needs. Registration details for a public webinar on 16th November 2026 (12:30pm-1:30pm) can be found here.
The Department of Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht (DRCDG) have re-organised their landing page, on the gov.ie website. Material is now more readily accessible as the page has a clearer more intuitive layout. Links to media and events, training and support material and resources and publications, can all be found on the landing page. Please share this with other people from your member groups and other networks here.
Training Supports
New Members Meet-Up: an introduction to the PPN on the last Tuesday of the month. This one hour, online, general introduction session is for member groups that have recently joined the PPN (or “older” members who would like a re-fresher). Come along from 7.00pm – 8.00pm (online) to find out what are the three main objectives of the PPN, how you can get more involved in the core work, and where the best bit of the PPN is for you, and for your group. Further information here.
Fundraising and Grants
Northwest Partnership invite PPN member groups to a Funding Expo at the Axis Centre, Ballymun on Thursday 05 November from 10.00am – 1.00pm This event brings together potential funders with community organisations in the Dublin northwest area, which breaks down barriers to funding applications, by having the funding organisations present themselves. There will be 3 presentations on the day by Dublin Northwest Partnership, Dublin City Council (DCC) and the CDETB, Ballymun. Register for FREE here.
Updates from the PPN Representatives and Secretariat
The Disability Thematic Group (DTG) are collating a new brochure about disability in Dublin city and would like your collaboration. If you would like further information about this piece of work, please follow the link here: you can contact Mick Keegan via the PPN staff and email.
If you would like updates from your member group included in the Bulletin next week, please email the PPN staff. Please share this Bulletin with the people from your member group, the other people in your networks.Share the word.
