Community Exchange

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Carmichael’s Spring Summer 2025 Scheduled Training Programme

Carmichael’s Spring Summer 2025 Scheduled Training Programme is kindly sponsored by BoardEffect. BoardEffect delivers an agile board management solution optimised for governance leaders of nonprofits, higher education institutions, community healthcare organisations, and credit unions with the right tools, analytics, and insights to drive more efficient, transparent, and secure governance.

Online / Dublin 7

TechStorm Consulting: Free 1 Day Website Health Check for Nonprofit & Charity Organisations

TechStorm Consulting Ltd, headquartered in Dublin, is proud to support nonprofit and charity organisations across Ireland and the UK with creative, responsive, and affordable website solutions. We now offer a Free 1-Day Website Health Check to help organisations assess and improve their online presence, usability, and performance.

Nationwide

Suicide or Survive: Free Half-Day Wellness Workshop - Kells

Attending a Wellness Workshop is a great opportunity for you to take time out and learn a wide range of simple practical and effective tools and tips that can be used in your everyday life to improve your own wellness. These workshops aim to help you understand and take charge of your own mental health.

Kells, Co Meath

Irish Red Cross: Free Mental Health & Psychosocial Support

Irish Red Cross offers a range of mental health and wellbeing supports for people who have fled from Ukraine to Ireland, and for the professionals and volunteers who support them. Our mental health support services include training and therapeutic interventions, depending on your need.

Online

Depaul: Mental Health Report 2025

A new report from Depaul and Mental Health Reform highlights the severe mental health crisis among Ireland’s homeless population. While 1 in 5 Irish individuals experience mental health challenges, this figure dramatically increases for those experiencing homelessness.

Nationwide

Cork Counselling Services Training Institute: BSc (Hons) in Counselling and Psychotherapy & Certificate in Introduction to Counselling and Psychotherapy Studies

Cork Counselling Services Training Institute is now accepting applications for a place on their IACP accredited and Coventry University validated BSc (Hons) in Counselling and Psychotherapy (4 years, part-time), and Certificate in Introduction to Counselling and Psychotherapy Studies (1 year, part-time).

Cork

South East Technological University & Social Justice Ireland: MA in Social Justice & Public Policy

The MA in Social Justice and Public Policy gives students a unique opportunity to develop a theoretical framework and the deep capacity for analysis, understanding, knowledge, skills and practices needed to engage meaningfully in social change towards a more just and inclusive society focusing particularly on influencing public policy.

Dublin

Gerri’s Place: Fundraising Volunteer

We are looking for Fundraising Volunteers to help us secure vital funding and grow our impact. As a Fundraising Volunteer, you will play a key role in raising funds to support our mission.

Remote

Teaching and Learning for Societal Wellbeing Conference

This international, intersectoral and interdisciplinary conference will reflect on current debates, challenges and opportunities to determine how best to invest in teaching and learning to inform future learning policy and practice. This conference will be of interest to practitioners, service leaders, policymakers, researchers, and academics.

Galway

National Stroke Conference 2025

The Conference will provide information on a range of topics for those who have suffered a stroke and for family members and carers. This Conference will be hosted by the South Tipperary Stroke Communication group. It is the 4th Conference hosted by the group.

Cashel, Co Tipperary

Unauthorised Recycling Collections – Know more, Recycle Safely

Unauthorised dumping and unofficial electrical recycling services often lack the resources to handle electronic waste responsibly. This can lead to environmental hazards, as hazardous materials from improperly disposed electronic devices can contaminate soil and water.

Nationwide

Meitheal Summer Training - April to May 2025

Our 5 Day Foundation Facilitation Skills Training Course aims to provide an introduction to facilitation skills and practice, and to build participants confidence. Meitheal training courses are available to individuals & organisations. We also delivers training to groups & organisations in their own communities, or centres.

Dublin City

The Anne Sullivan Centre: Volunteer Board Members

The Anne Sullivan Centre is governed by a voluntary Board of Directors, who are committed to the highest standard of corporate governance. We are seeking several additional Board members.

Nationwide / Stillorgan, Co Dublin

HUGG: NEW dedicated suicide bereavement support group in Kilkenny

HUGG is the national suicide bereavement charity dedicated to supporting adults bereaved by suicide. We provide FREE practical information and emotional support after a suicide occurs. Please see attached a press release announcing the launch of a NEW dedicated suicide bereavement support group in Kilkenny.

Kilkenny & Surrounds

Ability Focus: Disability Awareness and Equality Training (90% Grant Funding)

Thanks to the Work and Access Grant, recently launched by the Department of Social Protection, all organisations operating within the not-for-profit, community and voluntary sectors can now access significant grant funding for Disability Awareness & Equality Training to be delivered to your team by an external trainer.

Online / Leinster

Women’s Aid launches Too Into You podcast to help young people recognise healthy love and red flags

Women’s Aid has launched the Too Into You podcast, aimed at empowering young people to identify healthy relationships, and spot the red flags of abuse. With 1 in 5 young women in Ireland experiencing abuse from a current or former partner, there is an urgent need for clear, supportive conversations about what constitutes healthy love and what crosses the line into control and abuse.

Nationwide