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Good luck to everyone involved in #stories_of_chan Good luck to everyone involved in #stories_of_change_ in partnership with Artlink Fort Dunree tomorrow at St Mary’s Hall, Bucrana from 10am onwards. Featuring our own panel member, Joanne Butler of OURganic Gardens and stories of change makers from Donegal, Galway, Clare and Kerry. 👏⬇️
Join us at Screen 2 in Ballyliffin Hotel for the # Join us at Screen 2 in Ballyliffin Hotel for the #disappearherefilmfestival22 this Saturday for documentaries and panel discussions with local people. 🏳️‍🌈3pm: LGBTQ Focus with 3 short films followed by a discussion with Aisling Sheehy & Jen Mc Carron, Inishowen Pride Committee Members, chaired by Film-maker, Orla Walsh. 🇵🇸 6pm: Erasmus in Gaza followed by a panel discussion featuring Catherine Hutton, Branch Representative of the Derry Branch of Ireland-Palestine Solidarity (Chair), Des Keogh of the Palestine Solidarity Group, Buncrana and Fadl Mustapha. Planning to arrive earlier? The Dali Lama: Scientist will screen at 1pm with no post-show discussion after. #disappearherefilmfest #localtoglobal #localaction #donegal #wildatlanticway #changemakers#supportingindiefilmmakers #festivallife
Ireland’s first #SDG week is taking place from 2 Ireland’s first #SDG week is taking place from 20 – 26 September 2022. We are delighted to partner with Donegal PPN for a special workshop this Thursday 22 September at 11:30am with local change maker, Joanne Butler of OURganic Gardens who will introduce a new and accessible set of resources from ChangeMakers called the Sustainability Passport. Everyone is welcome to join by registering via Mary at mary.clyde@donegalcoco.ie of @Donegal County Council for the Zoom link. Thursday 22 Sept at 11:30am. Log in to reflect and remind yourself of what you can do and learn more about the The ChangeMakers Guide to Living Sustainably embracing the Sustainable Development Goals which will be a big focus for us in the months ahead. Proud to take part in the European Sustainable Development Week (ESDW). #donegal #SDG #localaction #globalchange #change #sustainable #sustainability #localauthority #local #global Donegal County Council Donegal ETB Donegal County Museum
🎞🎞Screen 2 is the place to be next Saturday 🎞🎞Screen 2 is the place to be next Saturday 24 Sept 22 as part of the @Disappear Here Film Festival which runs 23 - 25 Sept every year. Featuring an LGBTQ focus to celebrate the recent Inishowen Pride Festival with three short films not to be missed, a documentary called The Dali Lama: Scientist & the final documentary of the day, Erasmus in Gaza, there is something for everyone and plenty of food for thought. We will be joined by Film Club partner & funder, Concern Worldwide with Michael Doorly, Head of Active Citizenship at Concern visiting beautiful Ballyl#donegal If you'd like to talk transport, get in touch at changemakers@inishowen.ie and we'll see can we help coordinate a car pool of ChangeMakers or something else. Bígí Linn! 👇 https://tinyurl.com/y3pdschx #filmclub #action #local #communitygroups #donegal #changemakers #activehope #filmfestival #donegal
The fourth Disappear Here Film Club will be really The fourth Disappear Here Film Club will be really special as it will feature as 'Screen 2' at the popular Disappear Here Film Festival in Ballyliffin. Save the date for an afternoon of screenings of issue led documentaries on Saturday 24 September from 1pm onwards.
🎓 Considering a course this Autumn? Registratio 🎓 Considering a course this Autumn? Registration is still open for the ChangeMakers QQI Level 5 in Intercultural Studies which starts in three weeks time on Wednesday 28 September 2022 at 9:30am in Letterkenny. What is the course about? Pertinent issues such as diversity, racism, prejudice, conflict, inclusion and equality. The course will equip you for active participation in our complex, diverse, rapidly changing society. What’s involved? This is a 9 week, hybrid course, designed to facilitate peer learning and discussion in person and online. A Slack channel will provide all the resources in one place to support your learning journey. Facilitated by Francine Blaché-Breen. Who is it for? Everyone. Adults in Donegal and the North West. Ideally you would have a Level 4 qualification/education to take part. How can I find out more? Visit our website at www.changemakers.ie/accredited-training/ to download the schedule and the course description. Email changemakers@inishowen.ie for more information.
🌍‘Community development is about empowerment, 🌍‘Community development is about empowerment, addressing inequalities and social justice, so the links between this work and global justice were clear’, says Denise Mc Cool in an interview with Changing Ireland. Why We Tackle Global Issues in a Local Way reflects on 10 years of ChangeMakers and features Denise Mc Cool, Patsy Toland, Crona Gallagher and Joanne Butler, read more in the attached article. Thanks again to Changing Ireland and to Katie Barr at Inishowen Development Partnership. #local #action #global #perspective #donegal #NorthWest #changemakers
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Reminder: The deadline for receipt of applications Reminder: The deadline for receipt of applications for our Project Worker role is Thursday 1 September 2022 at 12 noon. The Project Worker role is an exciting opportunity to support the hands-on delivery and action element of the ChangeMakers programme. This is a varied role, suitable for either a community development or global citizenship specialist with strong facilitation skills and ability to work with a wide range of audiences. Visit https://inishowen.ie/jobs/ to download the application form. #donegal #jobfairy #local #global #communitywork #deved #globalcitizens #donegaljobs #northwestjobs
The ChangeMakers Guide to Protecting Biodiversity, The ChangeMakers Guide to Protecting Biodiversity, made from suggestions by our community while at Glenveagh National Park with Aengus Kennedy of Nature North West is now live on our site. You can download the ChangeMakers Guide to Biodiversity Actions at: https://tinyurl.com/y3m2tvmy For those who attended who wish to influence our next session like this, visit this survey to tell us more: https://tinyurl.com/2s37kkfu #biodiversity #donegal #globalcitizen #action #local #global #changemakers #northwest
🌏Interested in studying Intercultural Studies i 🌏Interested in studying Intercultural Studies in Donegal this Autumn? Visit: https://changemakers.ie/accredited-training/ for more. #local #action #donegal #changemakers #globalcitizens
🦀'From doing the ChangeMakers Global Developmen 🦀'From doing the ChangeMakers Global Development course I had learned a lot about food travel and waste and I felt ashamed that I was eating this crab from Indonesia,' Bebhinn Mullin, Manager of Clonmany Community Centre. Lovely feature about ChangeMakers in Changing Ireland recently. Thanks to the magazine and Inishowen Development Partnership's Katie Barr. #donegal #deved #local #action #changemakersinaction #changemakers #globalcitizen
📣 We are recruiting for a Project Worker to wor 📣 We are recruiting for a Project Worker to work three days a week with ChangeMakers. The ideal person will have experience of working in community education or community development sectors and a good working knowledge of global citizenship education. For more information about this exciting role and opportunity, visit ⬇️ https://inishowen.ie/jobs/ #donegal #jobfairy #local #global #communitywork #deved #globalcitizens #donegaljobs #northwestjobs
🌻Join us in thanking the talented Joanne Lindsa 🌻Join us in thanking the talented Joanne Lindsay Butler who finishes with us as Development Worker this week. Joanne will continue to work with ChangeMakers as a panel member and facilitator so you will see her smiling face again soon. Thank you for everything, Joanne and well done on all that you achieved on your change maker journey. #goodluck to Joanne with OURganic Gardens. 🌱 #donegal #local #global #communitygardening #thankyou #goodluck #changemakers #
👏Thank you to the 30+ change makers who turned 👏Thank you to the 30+ change makers who turned out during the Clonmany Festival for our 3rd Disappear Here Film Festival Film Club screening of a special film called Town of Strangers by the talented Treasa O'Brien. Thanks in particular, to our guest speakers including Eamonn Ryan, Donegal ETB REALT Coordinator, and Alina Edel and Svitlana Ivanova, Ukrainians who shared their experience. Those in attendance felt a real resonance with the film's humanity and each-other and that's what our issues-led film club is all about. Thank you to our partner #ConcernWorldwide for funding this initiative. Looking forward to our next film club already, it will be special as it will be part of the next Disappear Here Film Festival. #Watch this space. To receive regular updates about the film club and other activities, join the mailing list by emailing changemakers@inishowen.ie. #local #global #filmclub #Donegal #communitydevelopment #changemakers #change
Join us for a film called Town of Strangers this F Join us for a film called Town of Strangers this Friday at 5pm for our monthly Film Club. Hear from panel members Alina Edel and Svitlana Ivanova from Ukraine and Eamonn Ryan, REALT Coordinator #DonegalETB, in a discussion to be chaired by Michael McLaughlin, Director of Disappear Here Film Festival as part of Clonmany Festival at Clonmany Community Centre tomorrow evening at 5pm. All welcome. 🎥Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTR6qFWCfSA Booking: https://tinyurl.com/amycxb9t This new film club is funded by Concern Worldwide. #changemakers #clonamny #clonmanyfestival #local #global #concernworldwide #donegal #filmclub #film #community #clonmany #malindonegal
Happy Lughnasa. ☀️ Goodbye Hungry July. Hello Happy Lughnasa. ☀️ Goodbye Hungry July. Hello August harvest and soon, Garland Sunday. As the seasons turn, Autumn is coming and yet for some, through the sadness and the joy, it may feel like Summer has only just begun. Start or finish, big or small, when making changes, the choice is always the same: begin. A harvest of kinds, we are reporting to our funders @Irish Aid and partners #Inishowen Development Partnership, #DonegalEtb #SelfHelpAfrica, #Trocaire and #ConcernWorldwide on our 20-22 programme and we will soon begin our 22/23 activities. 📧Our latest newsletter is out now. Would you like to receive regular updates? Begin by emailing to opt-in: changemakers@inishowen.ie #donegal #changemakers #change #local #global #inishowendevelopment #IDP
#admirationtuesday “It’s easier to stamp out #admirationtuesday “It’s easier to stamp out learning than to recall it.” - Brian Friel’s Translations Love Dermot Flynn's Brian Friel Reimagined Project https://dermotflynn.com/projects/frielreimagined/ #changemakers #change #maker #donegal #brianfriel #border #language #loss #connection #hedgeschool #bunnaabhann #burnfoot
🎉Congrats to Shruti, Khushi, Precious, Mohammed 🎉Congrats to Shruti, Khushi, Precious, Mohammed, Eyad, Louis, Mona and Douniea who told their stories in their own voices in collaboration with #John D Ruddy - Artist, Actor, Educator. Having attended the screening of Fadó Fadó – Stories from all over on Saturday we can highly recommend that you watch these animations; each with their own look and feel, to reflect the tender, moving and illuminating personal stories shared. Well done to Sharon and the team at #EaragailArtsFestival. 🎬Watch: https://youtu.be/OtvqWhRTwgI #changemakers #local #global #action #partnership #collaboration #commnity
📕 Thank you to #Donegal’s Merdog Books for de 📕 Thank you to #Donegal’s Merdog Books for delivering some purchased books to ChangeMakers at the Buncrana Inishowen Development Partnership office today. It's nice to see a local publisher publishing books that align with many of the themes we explore in our programme from social justice to nature. - Under Country by Jonathan Trigell is a novel about the miner’s strike - The Saviours by Maeve Galvin is a novel about a young American aid worker in Cambodia - Room for the River 💦by Liam Campbell is a non-fiction book about the River Foyle Catchment Landscape: Connecting People, Place and Nature which we love the sound of. 2 out of 3 of these books have been purchased as gifts for people and I'll start reading The Saviours by Maeve Galvin this weekend. Have you Summer book recommendations that might interest the ChangeMakers community? Share in the comments. ⬇ Visit: www.merdogbooks.com/ & To hear more from us: sign up for the monthly newsletter by emailing changemakers@inishowen.ie. #changemakers #local #global #action #shoplocal #independentpublishers #readforchange #supportdonegal #smallirishbusiness #supportlocal
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