We would like to welcome Gavin Woods onto the Secretariat of Dublin City PPN. Gavin is the Administrator (CEO) of Saint Patrick’s Cathedral Dublin and leads the lay team there. He has worked in the community and voluntary sector for over 20 years and is currently responsible to the Cathedral Board for all financial and organisational matters. Gavin established the Cathedral’s education and community departments and holds postgraduate qualifications in leadership and management, and volunteers as a trustee of three non-profit organisations.
The remaining vacant seat on the Housing SPC will go to an online election next week.
Many thanks to all those who engaged in the recent structural review of the PPNs initiated by the Department of Rural and Community Development and facilitated by Mazars. If you would like to make a written submission to this process, please send your written submissions to Ruth, at the email address: by 18th August so that she can collate the submissions and send into the department by the deadline.
This year’s Culture Night will take place on the 17 September. If groups would like to come together to organise a PPN event for this, please email Ruth with any ideas or suggestions.
Martin Hoey, your Traffic and Transport Rep, would like to share information about Bus Connects with the wider PPN. You can read more about this issue here.
Many thanks to those of you who were interviewed on Near FM’s Northside Today programme with John Healy from January – July. During that period, John interviewed Ruth Powell, Rachel Rooney, John Redmond, Robbie Sinnott, Catherine O’Toole, Kelley Bermingham, Steven Doody, Julie Daly, Brad Wilmot and Sandra Dillon. We are trying to put together a list of people who would like to be interviewed on this radio programme between September – December. If you would like to promote your organisation and the work it does, please get in touch with Ruth and we can organise an interview with John.
Further information about our autumn series of training sessions will be available shortly. In the meantime, if you have any thoughts or comments, please email Beatriz at and we will try and incorporate as many new ideas as possible.
News from the wider PPN
Our colleagues at Serve the City would like to introduce their Cairdeas Programme to the PPN and ask for help scheduling cultural experiences, “volutours” and other experiences into Irish culture and way of life. Cairdeas is a training, coaching and mentoring programme focused on empowering, education and upskilling international protection applicants and members of migrant communities. The programme is looking for organisations to help offer ways that people can improve essential life skills and learn about the cultural diversity of living in Ireland. If you think your organisation would like to get involved in this programme and partner with Serve the City to offer cultural experiences, activities or tours, please contact Brad Wilmot at:
An Cosán are looking for young dads to interview for their Fatherhood Project, which aims to empower young fathers in their parenting role. If you would like to get involved, you can find out more about this project here.
The Carmichael Good Governance Awards for Non-Profit Organisations are open for entries until 14 September 2021. The Good Governance Awards recognises and encourages adherence to good governance by non-profit organisations in Ireland. The awards were developed by Carmichael with the support of partners and leading national bodies in the non-profit sector, and you can find out more information here.
Gomba EDUCARE are now taking bookings from schools, youth groups and other interested organisations, for their development education workshops. Gomba provide music, drumming, storytelling and entertaining workshops for a more diverse learning experience for the participants.
Northside Homecare Services would like to remind PPN member groups about their meals on wheels service in Dublin 5, 7, 11 and 15. Please share with the organisation you represent, and other networks.
Finally, if you are interested in volunteering and/or you are looking for volunteers to assist you in your activities, get in touch with Dublin City Volunteer Centre for supports and services in this area. You can find out what volunteering roles are available now, or how to recruit volunteers to your programme here
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