The CAPE-Ability Club from Lismore scooped the overall award at the 18th Annual Waterford PPN Community & Voluntary Awards at the gala awards ceremony in The Park Hotel, Dungarvan on November 24th. The CAPE-Ability Club were chosen by Waterford City & County Council to represent Waterford at the 2023 Pride of Place Awards, a national…
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Minister for Community Development and Charities, Joe O’Brien TD, has today, (Wednesday October 19th), officially launched an agreed set of Values and Principles for collaboration and partnership with the Community and Voluntary Sector. The launch took place at Outhouse Resource Centre, Capel St in Dublin, a community and voluntary organisation supporting the LGBT+ Community, their…
We all accumulate items during the course of our lives that we have outgrown or no longer have use for, e.g. sporting equipment, school uniforms, clothes etc. Why not hold a local swap event and help your community become more sustainable? Reusing our items is a positive climate action that we can all take. 10…
We are delighted to inform you that our Annual Europe Direct Soapbox Competition will again take place online this year with fantastic prizes for the regional finalists and national winners! We have been advised that the prizes will most likely remain the same as last year, an iPad for the regional winners of both categories…
In recent months Community Gardens Ireland presented to an Oireachtas Committee on the huge benefits that come from community growing spaces in Ireland, and how changes are needed to help more communities in Ireland grow their own produce. In September a meeting with Minister Peter Burke and Minister Malcolm Noonan will take place. We will be asking for…
An online only self-paced training videos programme for PPN stakeholders has been developed with Social Justice Ireland (SJI). Registrations for the online only training is now open. Social Justice Ireland is providing this training on behalf of the Department. SJI will continue to provide the existing training programme (Creating Capable Communities), with the support of Waterford…
Waterford PPN training grants application process. Slides and Video of Recording of Grants Training with Waterford PPN Content: Researching Grant Opportunities, Gathering and preparing the file Preparing grant application forms – structure and wording The Do’s and Don’ts of making applications Researching grants Preparing grant files How to use online portals Editing the application form…
Waterford Youth Employability Pathways Programme aims to enable young people to take responsibility for their own lives, develop and improve their social skills, increase self-esteem and confidence. The Youth Employability Programme is FREE of charge and open to young people between the ages of 17 – 24. The Programme is based at Woodstown Residential and Activity…
During the early part of Covid 19, Waterford City and County Council, Waterford Libraries, Waterford Wexford Education Training Board, Waterford PPN, Waterford Area Partnership and the Waterford Older People’s Council, the HSE and the Disability Federation of Ireland worked together to find a solution to improve digital literacy in the community by training people in…
Waterford PPN are delighted to announce the launch of the 2022 Waterford PPN Community & Voluntary Awards. This year’s awards are in collaboration with Waterford City & County Council, Waterford Volunteer Centre, South East Energy Agency, BHP Insurance, Local Link Waterford, Expressway and the Dept of Rural & Community Development.
Waterford PPN are delighted to announce the launch of the 2022 Waterford PPN Community & Voluntary Awards. This year’s awards are in collaboration with Waterford City & County Council, Waterford Volunteer Centre, South East Energy Agency, BHP Insurance, Local Link Waterford, Expressway and the Dept of Rural & Community Development.
Message from the Department of Rural and Community Development Dear All By way of update, in response to Covid-19, the Government has launched “The Community Call”, a major initiative that links local and national government with the community and voluntary sectors. The Community Call is an unprecedented mobilisation of both state and voluntary resources to…