Child Poverty Seminar

Irish Social Policy Association

In-person this Wednesday, 10th April, 6.30-8.30pm 

Carmelite Community Centre, Aungier Street, Dublin D02 T258.

Three guest speaker will give different perspectives.

See you there?

Details: ispa.ie/upcoming-event…

Still time to register for the Civil Society Organisations' Group of the EESC Strengthening Civil Society & Participatory Democracy conference on 25th March. More details and to register b4 11am/12noon CET 21st March 👇 Meals on Wheels Network The Wheel Social Justice Ireland CAP Network Ireland Longford Womens Link Westmeath PPN

A great conversation with Alicia O’Sullivan & Mohammad Naeem UN Youth Delegates Ireland about their experiences representing Irish youth locally, nationally, internationally. Listen here: podbean.com/eas/pb-vtrmq-1…

Insightful interview with ATD Ireland Paul & Social Justice Ireland
Discussion our projects & the #Addthe10th campaign

I’m delighted that UCD Geary Institute for Public Policy will publish my new report, Ireland’s Public Spending Explained 2024, launching at Buswells Hotel at 3-5pm, Thursday 21st March. Dr Lisa Wilson Dr Lisa Wilson Senior Economist NERI will respond.

Free tickets: eventbrite.ie/e/report-launc…

Thursday 14th March 2024 is Social Prescribing Day which is an 'annual celebration of the people, organisations and communities who make social prescribing happen'.
socialjustice.ie/article/social…

More than 559,800 people are still living in poverty in Ireland, of which 176,912 are children. socialjustice.ie/article/more-5…

Delighted to speak to the Poverty & Policy Working Group today on the public sector cost of poverty.
A presentation based on a SVP - Ireland commissioned report & forthcoming SocialPolicy&Society paper available open access here: doi.org/10.1017/S14747…
Thanks Daniel Edmiston for chairing

Watch LIVE as the Joint Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment meets for discussion on Platform Work with SIPTU, Social Justice Ireland, Eurofound. #SeeForYourself

bit.ly/3dpIUpp twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…

FAIRTRADE FORTNIGHT 2024 - 4TH TO 17TH MARCH 2024 The theme for Fairtrade Fortnight 2024 is the The World is Boiling – And it’s Unfair! The focus is on small-scale farmers & producers,how they are experiencing the affects of chaotic climate change. socialjustice.ie/article/fairtr…

IMMEDIATE ACTION ON CLIMATE HAS WIDESPREAD BENEFITS. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has published Ireland’s first Climate Change Assessment Report. Read more: socialjustice.ie/article/immedi…

IRELAND RANKS 8TH OUT OF 14 EU COUNTRIES ON UN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
Ireland ranks 8th out of 14 comparable EU countries in this year’s Sustainable Progress Index.  The index comprises three dimensions: economy, society and environment. Read here- socialjustice.ie/article/irelan…

Still time to register for our launch of Measuring Progress: Economy, Society and Environment in Ireland 2024 starting at 1pm today.

Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

New episode today! Listen back to Meaghan Carmody , Coordinator of Coalition 2030 Ireland #CeasefireNOW as she presents her paper, 'Using the SDGs to solve the just transition Rubik’s Cube' at our 2023 Annual Policy Conference.
podbean.com/eas/pb-gbx8f-1…

20th Feb '24 is Global Justice Day. Come join us online at 1pm, as we launch Measuring Progress: Economy, Society and Environment in Ireland 2024 comparing Ireland's progress towards the SDGs and comparing that progress with our EU-14 peers. Register Here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

How can we measure the value of the services that nature provides us, many of which we take for granted?  Water, air, soil, trees, peatland, woodlands are among the services that nature provides us on which our lives depend. socialjustice.ie/article/natura…

“…the scale of poverty can be considered as either an implicit or explicit policy outcome…welfare states starting from a similar position make different societal choices around the scale of intervention to address poverty”
from my new SocialPolicy&Society paper: doi.org/10.1017/S14747…

20th Feb '24 is Global Justice Day. Come join us online at 1pm, as we launch Measuring Progress: Economy, Society and Environment in Ireland 2024 comparing Ireland's progress towards the SDGs and comparing that progress with our EU-14 peers. Register Here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Check out our latest episode chatting with Fleachta Phelan from DFI about The Cost of Disability.
Listen Here: podbean.com/eas/pb-d3x7j-1…