ATD Ireland Poverty Aware Practice with Trinity College Dublin
ATD Ireland has been collaborating with Trinity College Dublin to develop and deliver a Poverty Aware Practice to social work students. This module is based on the Hidden dimensions of poverty international research and is led by ATD community activists with lived experience of poverty and socio- economic discrimination. The module consists of testimonies based on lived experience, group exercises, a presentation and an interactive discussion and Q& A with the class. The aim of these sessions was to provide trainee social workers with a more dynamic and holistic understanding of the lives and daily experiences of those who are experiencing poverty, people they will be working with in the future. Further these sessions are an important stepping stone in breaking barriers between groups rarely have the chance to authentically engage with one another in this way.
A large part of ATD’s work in Ireland is educating members of the public on poverty. This takes many forms, including workshops, films and research. You can read about the ways in which we increase the public’s awareness of poverty below.
People in consistent poverty in Ireland 279,000
‘An authentic vision that nourishes sustainable social change’
‘Includes stories and videos of real life lived experiences’
Understanding the Hidden Dimensions of Poverty
A new educational poverty-awareness resource and workshop.
Offering a fresh look at persistent poverty and what it means to
“Leave No One Behind”
A fresh look at persistent poverty
This educational resource and workshop is aimed at educationalists, teachers and curriculum development specialists working at all levels of education in Ireland: – formal, informal and community. It provides wide access to a learning resource on poverty, including presentations by ATD Ireland community activistshighlighting the important voice of people with lived experience of poverty.
This educational tool seeks to raise awareness and open minds to the daily realities of poverty, mediated in part through the direct experiences and conversations of people in poverty. It enables a positive learning exchange of views and insights into this important contemporary issue in Irish society.
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Aims
- To challenge what poverty means to me.
- To look at what it means to Leave No One Behind.
- To look afresh at poverty locally, nationally and internationally.
- To better understand that we must include the voice of people with direct experience of the poverty in any solution that is designed to help them.
- To understand that by virtue of an accident of birth or a lack of life opportunities, “I too could be living in deep poverty”.
Facilitating
Facilitating workshop discussions exploring the multi-dimensional nature of poverty.
Challenging contemporary society’s views on poverty and socio-economic discrimination.
Creating Space & Encouragment
Creating public spaces where people with direct experience of poverty, and socio-economic discrimination, contribute to, and encourage a constructive inclusive debate through their first-hand experience, collective knowledge and learnt expertise.
Resources
Using learning aids and resources, such as film, stories, discussions and active participation.