Wednesday, April 29, 2009
The EMF team recording TV programme
Bashir is the Producer
Ibrahim is the Director
and Fadwa is the Presenter
The initial meetings took place in the
Ethnic Minority Forum Dublin office in conjunction with Multicultural Centre. Then the team moved to record in the DCTV Studios.
Friday, April 24, 2009
Invitation to EU Parliamentary Hustings
Monday 27th April 2009
2pm – 4pm
European Commission Offices, 18 Dawson Street, Dublin 2
Chaired by:
Renowned newscaster, Eileen Dunne
Panel:
Caroline Simons, Libertas
Mary Lou McDonald, Sinn Finn
Marian Harkin, Independent
Deirdre de Burca, Green Party
Proinsias De Rossa, Labour
A representative from Fianna Fáil
The End Child Poverty Coalition is a partnership of seven national non-governmental organisations that have come together to achieve a common goal: to end child poverty in Ireland. The seven partners are: Barnardos, Children’s Rights Alliance, Focus Ireland, National Youth Council of Ireland, OPEN - One Parent Exchange and Network, Pavee Point and the Society of St. Vincent de Paul.
The Coalition is organising an EU Parliamentary ‘Hustings’ on Child Poverty where each of the political parties fielding a candidate for the forthcoming EU elections will be asked the question:
“Why are you and your party best placed to tackle child poverty at national and European Level?”
The purpose of this event is to raise awareness of the issue of tackling child poverty among politicians, policy makers and the public at large in the run up to the European elections and to promote solutions to end child poverty and it promises to be an interesting and interactive afternoon. The afternoon’s proceedings will be chaired by Eileen Dunne.
If you would like to attend this event please RSVP to Caroline Fahey, Society of St. Vincent de Paul: caroline.fahey@svp.ie. Please note that places are limited and will be allocated on a first come, first served basis.
Clodagh O'Brien
Communications Officer
National Youth Council of Ireland
Tel: 01-478 4122
Fax: 01-478 3974
Direct line: 01-425 5955
Mobile: 087 781 4903
Web: www.youth.ie
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
‘Let’s Do It!’ – A guide to setting up a youth arts festival
Press Release
‘Let’s Do It!’ – A guide to setting up a youth arts festival
Commissioned by East Wall Youth and the Fire Station Artists’ Studios and funded by the Dublin Docklands Development Authority ‘Let’s Do It!’ – A guide to setting up a youth arts festival - is a practical planning tool for those engaged in running a youth arts festival in Ireland.
Written by Rebecca Bartlett, the guide was inspired by the success of the ‘Urban Noise’ youth arts festival in Dublin’s northeast inner city and their desire to share its knowledge and experience with others. The aim of this publication is to provide a good professional framework for any youth festival to work within, which will lessen the risk factors, associated with organising a festival and will ensure the best chances of success for all involved.
Ireland has seen increasing growth in youth arts activity in recent years. The benefits of participation in the arts are well documented; including building self-esteem, critical imagination and self-expression among young people all of which are of fundamental value in their lives. The support provided by regional arts centres, the growth of professional partnerships between practising artists and youth workers, the opportunities provided by national organisations such as the National Youth Council of Ireland (NYCI) and the National Association for Youth Drama (NAYD) and funding opportunities provided by the Arts Council - have all helped to create an environment where youth arts festivals have taken root in small rural towns as well as larger cities around the country.
The guide takes a practical approach in addressing the various stages of planning a festival from the inspiration and motivation behind the project through to consultation and collaboration, implementation, realisation and finally the evaluation of the festival. It simplifies tasks on a practical level, while also offering a theoretical background, explaining the need for best practise and sound methodologies when working with young people. The variety of skills required to run a successful youth arts festivals are covered in great detail. Monthly and weekly tasks are outlined in a user friendly format, roles are very clearly defined with sample contracts being provided at the end of the guide. Advice and information is given on marketing, PR, health and safety requirements and sponsorship.
The guide will be officially launched by Sheila de Courcy, Commissioning Editor of Young Peoples Programmes RTE on April 28th in The Sean O’Casey Community Centre in the East Wall. The guide will then be available to download as a pdf from www.urbannoise.ie and www.nyci.ie from early May 2009.
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For further information, please contact
Loretta Lambkin, Docklands Authority, 01 818 3300, llambkin@dublindocklands.ie
Eileen O’Malley, WHPR Tel 669 0030 or 085 8289002 eileen.o’malley@ogilvy.com
Notes to Editors:
The Dublin Docklands Development Authority was established by the Irish Government in 1997 to lead a major project of physical, social, cultural and economic regeneration on the east side of Dublin city. The Docklands Authority is self-financing and to date has attracted an estimated €7 billion of public and private investment in Dublin’s Docklands.
The regeneration project encompasses some 1,300 acres of prime riverside land and is creating an exciting new focal point for the city. What was once an economically deprived area of the capital is steadily being transformed into a thriving new district.
www.dublindocklands.ie
‘Let’s Do It!’ – A guide to setting up a youth arts festival
Commissioned by East Wall Youth and the Fire Station Artists’ Studios and funded by the Dublin Docklands Development Authority ‘Let’s Do It!’ – A guide to setting up a youth arts festival - is a practical planning tool for those engaged in running a youth arts festival in Ireland.
Written by Rebecca Bartlett, the guide was inspired by the success of the ‘Urban Noise’ youth arts festival in Dublin’s northeast inner city and their desire to share its knowledge and experience with others. The aim of this publication is to provide a good professional framework for any youth festival to work within, which will lessen the risk factors, associated with organising a festival and will ensure the best chances of success for all involved.
Ireland has seen increasing growth in youth arts activity in recent years. The benefits of participation in the arts are well documented; including building self-esteem, critical imagination and self-expression among young people all of which are of fundamental value in their lives. The support provided by regional arts centres, the growth of professional partnerships between practising artists and youth workers, the opportunities provided by national organisations such as the National Youth Council of Ireland (NYCI) and the National Association for Youth Drama (NAYD) and funding opportunities provided by the Arts Council - have all helped to create an environment where youth arts festivals have taken root in small rural towns as well as larger cities around the country.
The guide takes a practical approach in addressing the various stages of planning a festival from the inspiration and motivation behind the project through to consultation and collaboration, implementation, realisation and finally the evaluation of the festival. It simplifies tasks on a practical level, while also offering a theoretical background, explaining the need for best practise and sound methodologies when working with young people. The variety of skills required to run a successful youth arts festivals are covered in great detail. Monthly and weekly tasks are outlined in a user friendly format, roles are very clearly defined with sample contracts being provided at the end of the guide. Advice and information is given on marketing, PR, health and safety requirements and sponsorship.
The guide will be officially launched by Sheila de Courcy, Commissioning Editor of Young Peoples Programmes RTE on April 28th in The Sean O’Casey Community Centre in the East Wall. The guide will then be available to download as a pdf from www.urbannoise.ie and www.nyci.ie from early May 2009.
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For further information, please contact
Loretta Lambkin, Docklands Authority, 01 818 3300, llambkin@dublindocklands.ie
Eileen O’Malley, WHPR Tel 669 0030 or 085 8289002 eileen.o’malley@ogilvy.com
Notes to Editors:
The Dublin Docklands Development Authority was established by the Irish Government in 1997 to lead a major project of physical, social, cultural and economic regeneration on the east side of Dublin city. The Docklands Authority is self-financing and to date has attracted an estimated €7 billion of public and private investment in Dublin’s Docklands.
The regeneration project encompasses some 1,300 acres of prime riverside land and is creating an exciting new focal point for the city. What was once an economically deprived area of the capital is steadily being transformed into a thriving new district.
www.dublindocklands.ie
Camara Charity Cup
HI All,
Camara are a non profit organisation that collects old computers from businesses and community groups and re-furbishes them to send to schools in Africa to expand access to IT education there. This competition is for Gaelic/Irish football so if you want to enter a team, please cotact Billy Morris directly.
Thanks,
Nadette
Camara are a non profit organisation that collects old computers from businesses and community groups and re-furbishes them to send to schools in Africa to expand access to IT education there. This competition is for Gaelic/Irish football so if you want to enter a team, please cotact Billy Morris directly.
Thanks,
Nadette
Monday, April 20, 2009
Ethnic Independent Candidate Dublin North Inner City 09
Mophoso Patrick : Independent Candidate Dublin North Inner City 09 form ethnic minority back ground.
Monday, April 6, 2009
you are invited to the launch of the Mapping Project on Wednesday
Hello, you are invited to the launch of the Mapping Project on Wednesday the 8th of April in City Hall at 11 a.m. The project is an initiative between CIS O`Connell Street , Dublin Public Libraries and the NWICN. We will be launching a Directory and Map of essential services for Migrants in English, French, Chinese, Polish and Russian. President McAleese will launch the project We would be delighted if you could come. If you can please email the CIS at CityCentre.DevManager@citinfo.ie where Magdalena will be delighted to hear from you. Tel; 01 8090633regards Geraldine O`Brien
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
an intercultural showcase and workshop for youth workers
FINAL REMINDER: “What’s doing?” an intercultural showcase and workshop for youth workers
this THURSDAY 2ND APRIL from 5 – 7pm in DUBLIN, organised by NYCI.
Attendance is FREE. To register contact: http://us.mc314.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=elainem@nyci.ie
087 7711530 or 01 4784122
An Intercultural Event in Dublin organized by the National Youth Council of Ireland
Following on from a successful event in Cork last week, NYCI is hosting an event to showcase positive examples of intercultural youth work projects in Leinster. It will give youth workers a chance to learn from those involved how these intercultural projects were conceived, planned and implemented, what challenges arose and how they were overcome.
Time and date: Thursday 2 April, 5 – 7pm
Schedule:
5.00 – 5.15pm Welcome and viewing of exhibitions; Refreshments served
5.15 – 5.45pm Presentations of the Projects
(Peace Corps Localise – Minorities; Integration of African Children in Ireland (IACI) – Intercultural festivals & Youth Conference; Foroige – Tyrrelstown Youth Initiative; Scouting Ireland – Intercultural Policy; NATC – Integrated youth work with Traveller Community and Settled Community)
5.45 – 6.45pm Question & Answer sessions
6.45 – 7.00pm Evaluation and Feedback
Venue: Dublin City Public Library,
138 -144 Pearse St.
Dublin 2
Attendance is free but registration is essential through http://us.mc314.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=elainem@nyci.ie
087 7711530 or 01 47842122
this THURSDAY 2ND APRIL from 5 – 7pm in DUBLIN, organised by NYCI.
Attendance is FREE. To register contact: http://us.mc314.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=elainem@nyci.ie
087 7711530 or 01 4784122
An Intercultural Event in Dublin organized by the National Youth Council of Ireland
Following on from a successful event in Cork last week, NYCI is hosting an event to showcase positive examples of intercultural youth work projects in Leinster. It will give youth workers a chance to learn from those involved how these intercultural projects were conceived, planned and implemented, what challenges arose and how they were overcome.
Time and date: Thursday 2 April, 5 – 7pm
Schedule:
5.00 – 5.15pm Welcome and viewing of exhibitions; Refreshments served
5.15 – 5.45pm Presentations of the Projects
(Peace Corps Localise – Minorities; Integration of African Children in Ireland (IACI) – Intercultural festivals & Youth Conference; Foroige – Tyrrelstown Youth Initiative; Scouting Ireland – Intercultural Policy; NATC – Integrated youth work with Traveller Community and Settled Community)
5.45 – 6.45pm Question & Answer sessions
6.45 – 7.00pm Evaluation and Feedback
Venue: Dublin City Public Library,
138 -144 Pearse St.
Dublin 2
Attendance is free but registration is essential through http://us.mc314.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=elainem@nyci.ie
087 7711530 or 01 47842122
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