Skip to content

PPN Bulletin

Information

The Department of Rural and Community Development have launched an awareness campaign to encourage community groups to join their local PPN.  You can follow and join in the awareness campaign via the hashtags #PublicParticpationNetworks and #Buildingabetterfuture and you can read more about it hereMinister O’Brien said:

“Public Participation Networks give communities across Ireland a voice in local decision-making and bring valuable on-the-ground, experience and expertise into local and national policy development.

“The strength and impact of PPNs can be seen in how they represented volunteers and community groups within the responses to Covid-19, working with local authorities and state agencies.

“Through local action, PPNs also contribute to policymaking at national level, such as the development of the Climate Action Plan 2021, when PPNs hosted and facilitated import/ant local community conversations around the country.”

You can watch a short video about the PPNs here and please feel free to share this information with other people from your groups and networks.

Social Entrepreneurs Ireland announce their Changing Ireland Accelerator programme, which is a 12 month initiative for underserved social entrepreneurs to accelerate their impact.  SEI and INCO will provide funding of a total of 60,000 euro to the successful applicants.  Details and guidelines here.

Dublin Learning City Festival are delighted to announce the return of the Dublin Learning City Festival between 3 – 5 April, 2023.  There will be a mixture of online and in person events from walking  tours, talks, arts and crafts, workshops, exhibitions and music and you can get involved here.

Training

TU Dublin is pleased to announce that the Adult Learners’ Week will take place from 7 – 10 March. This is a week for adult learners to explore and discover what is available or them, at TU Dublin.  The FREE sessions cover financial supports and assistance in university and choosing the right course, and you can email if you have further questions, or find out more here.

Cultivate invite you to an in-person workshop at Cloughjordan eco-village on 04 March from 1.00pm – 5.00pm called “Facilitating Community Climate Action”.  The workshop is aimed at facilitators, coaches, trainers, and anyone involved in promoting local development, climate action and sustainability.  Find out more and book your FREE place via

Updates from PPN Representatives and Secretariat

Robert Moss (An Taisce EULIFE Green Communities Lead), who is your Climate Action, Environment and Energy SPC Representative would like to share an update with the PPN here.

Most of the Dublin City PPN Representatives and Secretariat will be attending the “How to” manual training this Friday and Saturday at Carmichael.  This is a specially designed training to help the PPN Representatives and Secretariat fulfil the responsibilities of their roles, and we hope that the training is useful, fun and interesting.

PPN Communications

You can see a full list of Dublin City PPN Representatives and Secretariat here

If you would like to watch the Representatives at their SPC meetings, you can watch them live, or from the archives here

The PPN’s 2023 workplan and budget is here.  Please contact Ruth and/or Rachel if you would like to get involved in any of these activities or have any suggestions for how we can improve this plan together.

Email Ruth on

Email Rachel on

Enjoy the PPN Member Spotlight Videos here

See the full list of PPN Member Groups here

Facebook and Twitter @dublincityppn

Latest News

PPN Bulletin

Information We are delighted to spotlight the work of the Irish Blue Cross in this week’s Bulletin, in the Members’ Spotlight section of our website.  We have shared some information …

PPN Bulletin

Information Focus Ireland, and PPN Housing Representative, Mike Allen are calling on PPN Member Groups to support the campaign, calling on the government to keep the eviction ban in place.  …

PPN Bulletin

Information Dublin City Council would like to share the following information with the PPN Or you can email for further information about the event.  Hopefully, some PPN member groups …

PPN Bulletin

Dublin City PPN has a new logo.  All member groups are welcome to use it and you can download all the assets and style guidelines in the resources section of …

PPN Bulletin

Information Local film maker Paul Woodward, has made a series of five new films about PPN member groups, and the first one is on the Member Spotlight section of our …

PPN Bulletin

Information The PPN Secretariat met on Tuesday night, for their monthly, online meeting and they agreed the minutes from the January meeting, which you can read here.  The Secretariat is …

PPN Bulletin

Information Dublin City PPN Secretariat have their monthly online meeting on Tuesday 14 February, where the nine nominated and elected members meet to discuss the work of the PPN, based …

PPN Bulletin

Information Minister of State with responsibility for Community Development, Integration and Charities, Joe O’Brien TD, officially launched, “A Guide for Inclusive Community Engagement in Local Planning and Decision Making” on …