Author: ATD Ireland

You will find below our International Winter 2017 Fundraising Appeal to support the work of the Overseas ATD Volunteer Corps! If you wish, please share it with your contacts and friends. This would be a great support to our work in Ireland and beyond. We thank you in advance and share with you best wishes for the season's celebrations! This message is an invitation to support ATD's grassroots work with the most disadvantaged children, young people, and families in order to build relationships of solidarity between them and people of very different walks of life. Your international gift can make a…

From the 15th to the 31st December 2017 ATD needs to collect €3,000 to make ends meet. This means finding 300 friends and supporters ready to offer us the cost of two pints during the coming "Christmas" month! With these €3,000 we have to cover some 2017 costs of the following activities: - the training of our volunteers (€500) - the "European Djynamo Youth Network" project involving young people from various background (including early school leavers and unemployed youth) to meet and develop solidarity projects - in particular in 2017 the participation to a major European meeting over the Summer. (€1,000)…

For the 3rd time, our annual "Long Walk to Freedom" took place on Human Rights Day 2017, the 10th December. This year again the walk stopped at significant place in Dublin 1. Here you can download the guide to the walk and below discover the pictures taken at the different stops! The home MemorialThe Magdalena LaundriesThe Amnesty SculptureThe James Connolly StatueThe Famine MemorialThe Huan Rights and Poverty Stone

          On Universal Health Coverage Day the Community Platform with the support of ATD Ireland as published a leaflet and poster which highlight shocking facts which show that the equal right to health is being denied to those experiencing poverty, social exclusion and inequality and to call on the Government to bring about change. It has also published the final report from the “Health as a Human Right” seminar held jointly by the Community Platform and All Together in Dignity as part of the "Our Voices" project in June 2017 which is available to download here. The leaflet and poster call on…

Open call from ATD Ireland on Human Rights Day 2017 The protection and recognition of Human Rights starts at home! Four urgent steps to make rights real for all in Ireland! Dear Senators, Dear TDs, A few hours before the Human Rigths Day events organised by All Together in Dignity in the National Gallery of Ireland and in the Dublin North Inner City, we allow ourselves to call on you to make rights real for all the Irish citizens facing for years consistent poverty and marginalisation. Here are the four steps we invite you to consider in order to walk at home, the talk of the…

All Together in Dignity Ireland’s greeting cards are meaningful. They have been created by members and friends of ATD throughout the world. Using these cards expresses your support for the cause of fighting poverty. Ordering these cards is a way to make a financial donation and support this cause. Contact us by e-mail or phone to 01 855 81 91 to get details about the cards available! Donations: Now donate just €50 Cents and we offer you 1 card! € 5 and we offer you 10 cards! Additionnal postage costs : Up to 10 cards € 2 – from 12 to…

Download "If Only You Knew" here! Coraline, Long and Paul presenting "If Only You Knew" to the President of Ireland (7 March 2018) Laoise presenting "If Only You Knew" to Minister of Employement Affairs and Social Protection Regina Doherty (20 Nov 2017) Watch the video of the launch here! ************************ On Tuesday 21st November in the DCU Library in Dublin, Maureen O'Sullivan TD launched our new short collection of stories ‘If Only You Knew – Stories of Change’ . Discover all the pictures from the launch event here! The event was the opportunity to mark the International Day for Tolerance (16 November)…

Ireland’s first Trustees’ Week takes place from November 13-17.  ATD volunteers and staff members from the ATD International volunteer corps are happy to mark the week, being organised by the Charities Regulator, The Wheel, Charities Institute Ireland, Dóchas, the Carmichael Centre, Boardmatch Ireland and Volunteer Ireland. By celebrating Trustees’ Week we aim: To celebrate and thank our trustees for the key role which they play in the governance and administration of ATD Ireland; To highlight the importance of good governance of boards and raise our awareness about the need of thorough knowledge of trustees’ roles and responsibilities, education and upskilling of…

In June 2017, Deputy Jim O' Callaghan and Deputy Fiona O' Loughlin introduced a Private Bill in front of Dáil Éireann to amend the Employment Equality Act 1998 and the Equal Status Act 2000 by prohibiting discrimination on the basis of a person’s social and economic background. After an adoption of this first step in June 2017, the "second step" debates took place in the Parliament on the 8th and 9th November 2017 and the The Dáil divided in this way: Yes 85; No 48; Abstained. This is an historic step forward gained mainly by activists and volunteers from the  "Equality…

https://youtu.be/Uz2qFZMC6r8 "Surviving a life in poverty is getting harder and harder as Government policies become more punitive and divisive. This creates feelings of fear and insecurity, it drains your energy and can make you ill. Having a place to go to where we are not judged, can dare to trust the people around us and be free to be ourselves is a lifesaver. Frimhurst gives us strength to carry on, knowing we are not alone in our struggles." Moraene Roberts, ATD activist and volunteer in ATD UK National Leadership Team “What can I do to actually help put things right? To…