ITM Weekly Update 17th February 2010
Please see below ITM weekly update 17th February 2010.
1. Affiliation to the ITM
2. Advance notice of dates for ITM AGM 2010
3. ITM Upcoming dates- including ITM Regional Network Meetings, Working Groups
4. ITM newsletter- call for submissions!
5. Job Advertisement: The Southern Area Action with Travellers (SAAT) Safe & Well Project are currently recruiting for full time and part time staff
6. Call for Support: Midlands Regional Youth Project & Better Ireland Awards
7. National Traveller Suicide Awareness Project strategic planning event 23rd March
8. Minceirs Whiden Dates for 2010
9. EAPN to host international conference on February 19th
10. ENAR to coordinate European Week against Racism in Ireland
11. Amnesty International Activism Training: Designing a Campaign Strategy!
12. M.Soc.Sc in Third Sector Management for Voluntary and Community Workers, at University College Cork
13. Use the ITM Email update to get your message across!
1. Affiliation to the ITM and notice of ITM AGM 2010
Please find attached the affiliation form to join the ITM for 2010. As an ITM member you will receive weekly updates, newsletters, access to the website as well as participation in ITM working groups, regional networks and the annual general meeting.
If you have any queries on membership, please contact the Membership Worker in your area:
North-West Region:
Galway, Mayo, Leitrim, Longford, Rosommon, Sligo, Donegal, Westmeath
Rose Marie Maughan rosenorthwestitm@gmail.com
Southern Region:
Cork, Kerry, Clare, Limerick, North Tipperary
Brigid Quilligan brigidquilligan@gmail.com
South East Region
Wicklow, Carlow, Kilkenny, Kildare, Offaly
Margaret O'Leary loughmartin@gmail.com
Laois, South Tipperary, Waterford, Wexford
Thomas Erbsloh itmmembership@gmail.com
East/ North East Region
Dublin, Meath, Louth, Cavan, Monaghan
Damien Walshe dwalsheitm@gmail.com
2. Advance notice of dates for ITM AGM 2010
The Irish Traveller Movement AGM & Conference will take place on 16th and 17th of June in Dublin (venue to be confirmed). As it is the 20th Anniversary of the Movement we will be looking to generate discussion on possible themes, workshops and format for the 2 days. Membership workers will be in touch in relation to this in the Regional Networks, but if you have any suggestions, please do not hesitate to contact us. But keep those dates in your diary! Relevant forms for registering, nominating members to the Central Group and for resolutions to the AGM will be sent out in due course.
3. ITM Upcoming dates for your Diary!
Please Note the following dates for your Diary:
The ITM Accommodation Working Group - 10th March - venue to be confirmed for Dublin
ITM Accommodation Working Group - 28th April (most likely to be a site visit)
ITM Accommodation Working Group - 9th June - venue to be confirmed for Dublin
For more details on the above, please contact Collette Spears or Biddy Connors on itmaccommodation@gmail.com or 01-6796577
ITM Northwest Regional Network 25th of March in the Northside CDP at 11am-1pm.
For more details on the above, please contact Rose Marie Maughan on 0876239792 or email rosenorthwestitm@gmail.com for information
ITM Education Working Group Meeting 2nd March, Laois Traveller Action Group
The next Education Working Group Meeting will be held on the 2nd of March @ 11am in Laois Travellers Action Project. As well as the regular business part to the meeting, Siobhan Cummiskey from the Law Centre will be doing a workshop on the Right to Education & Access to Education under the Equality Legislation & their will also be an input from the National Parents Association. All welcome. Contact Paula Madden Education worker @ educationitm@gmail.com or 0872410258 for further information
ITM Youth Working Group 11th March Sligo (Venue TBC)
The next Youth Working Group Meeting will take place on the 11th of March from 11am to 2pm in Sligo (venue TBC). For further information and or to confirm attendance contact Paula Madden at itmyouth@gmail.com or 0872410258.
Supporting Travellers in College (STIC) Saturday 27th Feb
The next STIC meeting for Travellers in Third Level will be held on Saturday 27th Feb @ 12 noon (venue TBC). All Travellers attending further and higher education welcome. Contact Paula at sticitm@gmail.com or 0872410258
4. ITM newsletter- call for submissions!
The ITM Spring 2010 newsletter will be produced shortly. If you or your organisation would like to use the ITM newsletter to highlight achievements or local issues, contact Damien Walshe on 01-6796577 or dwalsheitm@gmail.com
Deadline for accepting information is February 26th.
5. Job Advertisement: The Southern Area Action with Travellers (SAAT) Safe & Well Project are currently recruiting for full time and part time staff
Southern Area Action with Travellers and Craigavon Travellers Support Committee (CTSC) wish to recruit the following posts to work with the Traveller Community in the Southern Health and Social Services Trust Area to take forward the SAAT Safe and Well Project.
2 x Part time Project Support Workers
Salary 7519.50 per annum Scale 2 pt 12
Part time 16 hours per week
Fixed Term Contract until 31st October 2014
Key skills and experience required for this post:
• Good communication skills
• Within the last 3 years have 1 years active experience of community development
• Direct experience and knowledge of Travellers culture and issues
• The post holder will be required to have access to and the use of a car and a full current driving licence or demonstrate how they can meet the Travel requirements of this post
• Regular travelling throughout the Southern Trust area will be associated with this post
Applicants must demonstrate on their application form how they meet the requirements of this post. Please note that the above criteria may be enhanced to facilitate short listing.
These posts are funded by the Big Lottery Fund.
For a full job description and application pack, please apply in writing to;
SAAT Safe & Well Project, Room 210, Tower Hill, Armagh BT61 9DR
The closing date for returning applications for the part time positions is
26 February 2010 @ 4.00pm
CTSC is an equal opportunities employer and would welcome applications from all communities and particularly welcome applicants from members of the Travelling community
6. Call for Support: Midlands Regional Youth Project & Better Ireland Awards
Maureen Ward's Youth Project Needs YOUR HELP!!!!! The project that Maureen Ward (vice-chair of the ITM) works for Midlands Regional Youth Service (Athlone) has been shortlisted for the AIB Better Ireland Grant.
This is decided by voting on line and by text. They would be grateful for your vote,
To vote by TEXT: Text Athlone A to 51303
or visit the website
http://www.aibgroup.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1165916888815&pagename=CSRPortal/csr_main&c=CSRParent_P
Choose county Westmeath and branch Athlone and then click on Midlands Regional Youth Service Athlone.
They are going to use this money to better the drop in youth service being ran in Church Street, Athlone.
7. National Traveller Suicide Awareness Project strategic planning event 23rd March
Crosscare National Traveller Suicide Awareness Project which is now in its third year would like to invite you to participate in a strategic planning event titled,
What would you like to be celebrating in three years time?
The purpose of the event is to examine work which has been done to date in partnership with stakeholders in relation to Traveller Suicide awareness. It is vital to examine opportunities which exist for stakeholders to get involved in working with Travellers around the issue of Mental Health and Suicide Awareness.
We would like to invite a representative from your organization to participate in this event which will take place on:
Tuesday the 23rd of March 2010
in Clonliffe College
from 11am until 3pm.
Lunch will be provided
The format for the day will include presentations from Traveller projects who have engaged with the project and a round table discussion with focused questions. Your support will be gratefully appreciated, and will help the project to develop a clear direction for future work.
Please confirm your attendance along with any dietary requirements to
Petra Daly by emailing pdaly@crosscare.ie or by phoning 0861729168 before the 15th of March.
8. Minceirs Whiden Dates for 2010
Please put the following dates for Minceirs Whiden in your diary:
• March 4th Council meeting, Athlone
• March 22nd Assembly Meeting- presenting draft policy document to Assembly,Atrhlone
• April 8th Launch of Policy document if adopted by Assembly, location to be confirmed.
• May 6th Council Meeting, Athlone
• June 8th Assembly meeting, Waterford.
• September 16th Council Meeting,Athlone.
• October 15th Assembly meeting , Belfast.
• November 9th Council Meeting,Athlone.
If ITM members have any queries please contact Rosaleen McDonagh, Development worker,Minceirs Whiden on 086 7391988. The Council of Minceirs Whiden would be very grateful if ITM members could place these dates in your diary, inform Travellers of these dates and support Travellers to attend these meetings.
9. EAPN to host international conference on February 19th
On 19th February 2010, the European Anti-Poverty Network Ireland will host an international conference on the occasion of the 2010 European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion. The conference agenda and a registration form can be found on www.eapn.ie.
If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact the EAPN on 01-8745737
10. ENAR to coordinate European Week against Racism in Ireland
European Network Against Racism (ENAR) Ireland is supporting the co-ordination of European Week Against Racism in Ireland . During the European Week Against Racism, thousands of people actively engage in activities to promote and celebrate equal rights and the diversity of Europe. The Week centres around 21 March which was declared International Day for the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination by the United Nations as a response to the murder of 69 anti-apartheid demonstrators in Sharpeville, South Africa in 1960.
If you are holding an event around this time to mark this occasion, please contact Catherine, ENAR Ireland at EnarIreland@gmail.com by 19th February.
ENAR Ireland shall prepare a calendar of events. We will be in touch again over the coming weeks with details of the various events taking place.
Kind regards,
Catherine
ENAR Ireland is a network of anti-racist organisations in Ireland and is the Irish co-ordination of European Network Against Racism, an EU-wide network of 600 NGOs. For further details, contact us on EnarIreland@gmail.com or check us out on Facebook.
11. Amnesty International Activism Training: Designing a Campaign Strategy
This is the first of a series of three activism training days aimed at building the skills of activists. This training will guide activists and would-be activists through the process of developing an issue-specific campaign strategy that incorporates both the human rights based approach and the community development ethos. The training is intended for Amnesty activists, community activists, NGO workers and people interested in becoming involved in working for social change. No experience required, all levels welcome.
The aims are to:
Provide practical campaigning tools and training to activists
Stimulate and encourage dynamic and challenging discussions on campaigning
Location
The training will take place from 9am-4pm on Saturday 27th February in Pearse Street Library, 138-144 Pearse Street, Dublin 2.
Pearse Street Library is wheel chair accessible. If sign language interpretation is required please notify Amnesty as soon as possible. Every effort will be made to provide sign language interpreters but will be based on their availability.
Registration forms can be found at: http://www.amnesty.ie/amnesty/upload/images/amnesty_ie/campaigns/ApplicationFormTC.doc
Places are limited so please register early. Registration in advance is required. There will be no registration on the day.
Cost:
- 15 non-Amnesty members
- 10 Amnesty members and students
- 6 concession
Teas/ Coffees and lunch will be provided. There are a number of registration fee waivers available on a case by case basis. Please contact Kieran Clifford on kclifford@amnesty.ie with queries.
Further trainings in the series in 2010 will include a module on lobbying and another specific to applying human rights law to your campaign.
12. M.Soc.Sc in Third Sector Management for Voluntary and Community Workers, at University College Cork
A part-time Masters degree in Third Sector Management is being offered by University College Cork to voluntary and community sector workers who have experience of project management and co-ordination and who would like to improve their knowledge and skills base.
The course is taught by the Department of Applied Social Studies in association with the Departments of Food, Business and Development, Management and Marketing, Accounting and Finance, Business Information Systems, Government, Economics and Law. It will be taught one day a week (Wednesday) over two years with provision for some Saturday morning teaching. The programme will also include a Summer School in UCC in June 2011.
Further information on this programme is available on our online prospectus at www.ucc.ie/en/CKE75,
or by contacting Dr. Feilim O hAdhmaill, Dept. of Applied Social Studies, on 021 490 2616 or email f.ohadhmaill@ucc.ie
Applications can be made online through the Postgraduate Admissions Centre at http://www.pac.ie by Monday 1st March 2010.
13. Use the ITM Email update to get your message across!
All ITM members who wish to circulate positions available and upcoming events etc can simply send information to be circulated to the membership. Emails will be sent on Wednesday/ Thursday of every week. Please send details by the Wednesday mornings at the latest to Damien Walshe at dwalsheitm@gmail.com