The Monsignor Mc Carthy Family Resource Centre ran a number of workshops over 6 weeks where men, from 18 to 50 years old, at risk of consistent poverty due to long-term unemployment and low educational attainment gained an opportunity to understand the routes in and out of poverty. . Workshops will culminate in the launch of an interactive art piece… Read more →
Author: Irish End Poverty Day Committee
Glasgow marks the UN Day with Bridging The Gap!
In Glasgow, Scotland, you can find a 17 October Human Rights and Poverty Stone on George Square. It was inaugurated there in 1999. This year again, it is Bridging the Gap who invites public to mark the UN Day at 12noon on 17 October. Bridging the Gap is a small charity based in the Gorbals, set up in… Read more →
17 October with Jackie and All Those Like Her
Isabel Perrin, Director General of ATD International, tells of the life and work of an Irish activist who incarnated the theme of October 17th 2014: “Leave No One Behind: Think, Decide, and Act Together.” The room where the International Committee for October 17 was meeting echoed with discussion of the theme projected in huge letters on the wall: “Leave no… Read more →
Local Development Companies from all over Ireland mark the 2014 UN Day
A booklet containing stories from 44 Local Development Companies around Ireland will be launched on 17 October by the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection. Booklet will outline what work LD Companies are doing, in partnership with their communities, to combat poverty and social exclusion. Link to register – here Read more →
Leave No One Behind! Join the 2014 Irish Committee Commemoration on Custom House Quay, Dublin at 11am!
Drogheda marks the 2014 UN Day with the Louth Community Drug & Alcohol Team
Marking the Day at the United Nations’ Headquarters in New York
The 2014 Commemoration of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (IDEP) will be held on Friday, 17 October at United Nations Headquarters in New York, focusing on the theme : “Leave no one behind: think, decide and act together against extreme poverty” This year’s event is organized in partnership with the International Movement ATD Fourth World, the NGO… Read more →
Made from Scratch! What should we do differently? 14 October 2014, Dublin
To celebrate the International Day of the Girl and mark International Day for the Eradication of Poverty… A theatre piece Made from Scratch will be presented by the NWCI youth project, The Y Factor and theatre director Oonagh Murphy The performance is a mixture of spoken word, movement, dramatic text, film and image to share our understanding of how we got… Read more →
Volunteers needed for the 2014 Campaign!
The Irish 17 October Committee and ATD as one of its members is looking for volunteers to support the preparation of the next UN Day for Eradication of Poverty Gathering on Custom House Quay in Dublin. You want to support the events marking the next UN Day for the Eradication of Poverty, Friday 17 October? You are interested to discover… Read more →
Age Action Will Launch a Booklet on the Lived Experience of Growing Older in Ireland
In order to highlight the impact that austerity measures have had on older people’s incomes and experience of poverty in Ireland, Age Action will launch a short booklet to mark the UN International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. The booklet will include information on changes to income and how this has impacted on older people’s experience of energy poverty… Read more →