Author: ATD Ireland

We recently said goodbye to ATD team member Rebecca who left in May to discover new opportunities.  See below for some of her refelctions being part of the ATD team for almost a year.I joined ATD Ireland looking for practical experience and received way more than this. I was involved in a variety of projects that drew out creativity and thinking outside the box. We questioned real social issues and expanded my own mindset as we worked with amazing people with first hand experience. The raw, honest experience shared with me made me realise how necessary it is to have the voices…

On Wednesday June 28th, ATD Ireland community activists Andrew and Christina took part in a webinar ‘Building an Inclusive Europe: Combatting socio- economic discrimination’ organised by ATD Fourth World Europe with the support of the Parliamentary Intergroup on Fighting against Poverty.   Along with Andrew and Christina, speakers included Olivier de Schutter- United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Claire Hedon- French Defender of Rights and Marie Toussaint Green Party Member of the European Parliament.  The webinar was moderated by Kahina Rabahi from European Anti Poverty Network. The first question was directed at both Andrew and Christina;As an activist…

Our Leave No One Behind project features groups from all types of backgrounds. As this is the case, we feel it's important to touch on inclusion in Irish society. Due to the recent discourse about asylum seekers, this piece will focus on the discrimination they may face. We would like to disclaim that all groups face discrimination in their own right and it is not a competition. Historically, Ireland is no stranger to immigration. During the Famine, millions of Irish fled to America and struggled to assimilate. In more recent times, Irish went to the likes of Australia and the UK…

We would like to invite you to our upcoming ‘Festival of Change’ which takes place in July 26th 1- 4pm in Mud Island Community Gardens.  This event concludes our ‘Leave No One Behind Project’ funded by Concern which focused on positive actions which progress the SDG’s taking place in communities across Ireland.  This event will provide an opportunity to listen, learn and connect with community groups working with a variety of different people and understand what is important and meaningful to them, in a positive and uplifting environment.   Throughout this project we have been keeping SDG 1 and 3 at the…

  A Road to Success "I called my painting ‘a road path to success’ because the question asked what gives us hope and strength. This path gives me hope. My painting has some hard rocks at the end here: when you are looking from far, it looks like there is no road but when you keep going, the road starts becoming visible to you. I put some birds here because in my Yoruba dialect we say “Oju orun to eye fo laifara gbara“ which means “the sky is big enough for everybody to fly in.’ So thank you to the people…

ATD Ireland are working on a new project funded by IHREC; Breaking barriers: A participatory approach to defining socio- economic discrimination.  So far, this project has brought together the voices of those with lived experience of poverty and socio- economic discrimination, academics and professionals working in the community and voluntary sector.  In a participatory way, we hope to raise awareness and build a deeper understanding of socio- economic discrimination, working to create a robust definition which will help progress the #Addthe10th campaign.In the past several months we have conducted 21 interviews with both academics and professionals working in the NGO sector. …

Irish delegation from Bradog Youth Service and ATD Ireland From the 23rd to the 28th of April. An Irish delegation of 5 people, made up of staff and young people from ATD Ireland and Bradog Youth Service attended a powerful study session, that took place at the European Youth Centre of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg. This coincided with the 30th anniversary of a major youth meeting at the council of Europe. The week itself revolved around a series of working sessions in small groups as well as workshops and some fun time to explore the beautiful city and get…

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On 20th February members of the team along with community activist Lorraine travelled to Vienna, Austria to meet with other ATD Europe groups and prepare for a meeting with the EU Fundamental Rights Organisation held on the 23rd February about institutional maltreatment and socio- economic discrimination. The Fundamental rights Agency work to promote and protect rights within the EU.  They do this through actions such as collecting and analysing law and data and providing independent, evidence- based advice on rights.  After arriving to our hostel in Vienna Monday night we began preparing together on Tuesday morning.  This preparation began last September…