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YOUTHWORK: DON’T LAUGH NOW, THIS IS SERIOUS!
Humour should be recognised by academia as a tool in non-formal education settings and for engaging youth. It should be part of the curriculum on courses purporting to teach youthwork and related subjects, say the organisers of a comedy festival with a difference, held in June.
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Community-based jobs service may lose out in tendering
Government moves to trial a new job-seekers support service by putting the work out to public tender - inviting in private sector bids - have been criticised by SIPTU and the Irish Local Development Network (ILDN).
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Community pub hubs should be put to work ASAP
Pat Kennedy urges Government not to allow its plans for the use of pubs as community spaces to get stalled by bureaucracy.
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Humphreys urges other towns to follow Cootehill’s example
While the closing date for receipt of applications to the Town and Village Renewal Scheme has passed for this year, plan now for the next round of funding. Community-based websites qualify, as Cootehill has proven.
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Remote Working: Humphreys attends cabinet meeting by logging on from Bere Island
Minister Heather Humphreys logged in via a secure highspeed broadband hub on a West Cork island to attend yesterday’s cabinet meeting. As it happens, she has perfectly synchronised her demonstration of remote working on islands with the main theme in the Summer Edition of Changing Ireland - out this week.
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Putting the ‘human’ back into human rights and social justice organisations
The pandemic has shown us more than ever the importance of self-care, writes Nicola Browne. She asks - why are social justice organisations so slow to practice what they preach when it comes to wellbeing?
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Remote Working: Humphreys attends cabinet meeting by logging on from Bere Island
Minister Heather Humphreys logged in via a secure highspeed broadband hub on a West Cork island to attend yesterday’s cabinet meeting. As it happens, she has perfectly synchronised her demonstration of remote working on islands with the main theme in the Summer Edition of Changing Ireland - out this week.
