It's been a busy Summer at Narrative 4 🌞 📨 Read about the first EVER recipients of the Silver Empathy School Award and more in our Summer newsletter! info.narrative4.com/summer-update

FREE TRAINING opportunity for DEIS secondary teachers/support staff in Dublin, Wicklow and Kildare! Learn evidence-based group facilitation skills to support SEL, classroom integration and peer support in youth. Apply: narrative4.ie/train-as-a-fac… Quote 'Consilient' in application

Connect 4: Summer activities for migrant teenage girls focused on stories, art, wellbeing, and life skills! Looking back on Day 1/4: Introductions 👋, Ice-breakers 🗣, exchanging stories 👥 @dorasirl #rtetoyshowappeal @RTElatelateshow @communityfound

Connect 4: Summer activities for migrant teenage girls focused on stories, art, wellbeing, and life skills! Looking back on day 2/4: A visit to Limerick Gallery, gathering inspiration for an afternoon art workshop 🎨 @dorasirl #rtetoyshowappeal @RTElatelateshow @communityfound

I have an article in EchoLive.ie today on the work of Narrative 4 Narrative 4 Ireland

Connect 4: Summer activities for migrant teenage girls centered around stories, art, wellbeing, and life skills! Day 3/4: Tai Chi in the morning ☯, art in the afternoon 🖌 @dorasirl #rtetoyshowappeal @RTElatelateshow @communityfound

Fantastic day yesterday at our #MYStory Leadership & Empowerment Workshop!🌟 Our #YouthAdvisoryPanel completed activities to develop confidence & leadership skills. We hope to see some of these amazing young people at our Key Stakeholder meetings this year🚀 #LoveIrishResearch

This #YAP ensures the young migrant voice is central to Jade Gill🌻 research, which aims to design a school-based intervention to promote wellbeing in adolescent migrant girls, supervised by Jenny McMahon 🌻 & Anca Minescu, PhD, and co-funded by Narrative 4 Ireland & IrishResearch 💡

Jade Gill🌻 Jenny McMahon 🌻 Anca Minescu, PhD Narrative 4 Ireland IrishResearch Our Leadership & Empowerment Workshop was designed to promote self-confidence, self-efficacy & empowerment, and to develop effective leadership skills. 🧠 Activities included: - #QuickCollage exercise exploring what inspires and motivates us 🎨 - #GoalSetting worksheets 🏆

Connect 4: Summer activities for migrant teenage girls focused on stories, art, wellbeing, and life skills! Day 4/4: A chat about sport w/ Munster Rugby women's head coach Fiona Hayes A trip to @IRElimerick. Creative writing w/ Colum McCann Mask-making w/ Sheila Richardson 🎭

📷 A great shot from a recent community Story Exchange that took place in Scariff, Co. Clare, led by visual artist and N4 facilitator Nathalie El Baba. The Story Exchange formed part of a bigger project based on welcoming people new to the area into the local community.

"On a glorious sunny Friday morning on the 10th May our 1st year and Transition Year students took part in the Narrative 4km walk & talk... It was a great way to foster friendships and memories." Interested in bringing this activity to your school? 👉 narrative4.ie/narrative-4km-…

Worth a listen. My latest Love and Courage podcast is with Lee Keylock. On growing up in England, managing a NYC night club, becoming a high school teacher, living through the Sandy Hook shooting, & joining Narrative 4 to promote empathy & heal division. tiny.cc/leekeylockpodc…

Listen back to Lee on the Love and Courage Podcast Ruairí McKiernan. A fascinating conversation on Lee's early life and journey as an educator. Lee has much to say about social division and why we need to talk about empathy and human connection. Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/2juTIF…

Starting the school year the right way 🙌 Santa Sabina.ie completed three music Story Exchanges yesterday morning, meaning they have now achieved their Silver Empathy School Award! 💜 Massive well done to all involved 👏 we will be seeing you soon to present your award!

Buildings also have stories! Our beautiful Centre & office.

Narrative 4 Ireland's recent Connect 4 Summer Camp that was held in partnership with Doras Luimni was very impressive and so much fun! With thanks to Deirdre Power Photographer for taking such beautiful photographs of my visit. 1/

This is an integration project for teenage girls across all communities with a focus on stories, art, wellbeing and life skills. The girls loved their week, and why wouldn't they!? Funded by the RTE Toy Show Appeal and Community Foundation Ireland. Narrative 4 Ireland CommunityFoundation

Taoiseach announces major funding boost for Limerick charity live95fm.ie/news/live95-ne… Simon Harris TD Creative Ireland Festival in a Van NI Youth Forum