National Community Engagement Week kicks off today, with events taking place in communities across Ireland to give people the opportunity to get to know their local gardaí and representatives.
Previously run over the course of just one day, this expanded week-long series facilitated by the National Rural Safety Forum runs from May 22 to 26 this year.
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Communities in Fingal are taking part in a pilot this summer that aims to replace cars with kids, transforming neighbourhood streets into safe places to play.
The pilot is the first of its kind in Ireland and sees Fingal County Council partnered with not-for-profit organisation, A Playful City, which works to engage communities to create more playful, healthy and inclusive public places.
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National Volunteer Week is a week-long celebration of volunteering that takes place from Monday, May 15 to Sunday, May 21.
Each year across Ireland, National Volunteering Week features a range of events that showcase all that is great about volunteering, from yoga to coffee mornings and seminars.
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National Bike Week kicks off this weekend, running from May 13 to May 21 this year.
A wide range of free events are taking place at locations around the country to promote the benefits of cycling, from leisurely-paced family cycles to more challenging routes for experienced bikers.
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“There’s definitely a question around women from ethnic minority communities’ experiences of the maternity services.” – Jenny Liston, Pavee Point
A quarter of Roma women’s first contact with maternity services is when they arrive in labour at the hospital. Without translators available, patients and medics rely on Google Translate to communicate. We wouldn’t know about this if it wasn’t for the tremendous work being done with Roma people by Pavee Point.
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