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What would you do if you had a magic wand? | Changing Ireland

Service providers need to connect with groups protesting on the streets | Changing Ireland

Leitrim shows community volunteering plays a key role in integration | Changing Ireland

New video highlights the importance of community engagement in decision making | Changing Ireland

Increased funding for 400 community organisations | Changing Ireland

Do we fully appreciate the challenges of integration? These are Tim Dixon's solutions | Changing Ireland

Staggering output and vital community work highlighted

Donegal volunteers on hill greeted walkers on 'trail of thought' with hot soup and good advice | Changing Ireland

Unique outdoorsey project in Birr connects young people with nature, self and others | Changing Ireland

National event highlights work done in marginalised communities | Changing Ireland

Clare leads out with country's first Queer Shed | Changing Ireland

Church in Fethard-on-Sea is probably Ireland's first to install solar roof panels | Changing Ireland

Liffey Partnership is new name for organisation set up in 1997 | Changing Ireland

Green Paper campaigners now want government to repeal Disability Act | Changing Ireland

What makes social enterprises unique? | Changing Ireland

Learning shared from ERASMUS+ community enterprise project | Changing Ireland

Meath Partnership closing the gaps in community-based mental health | Changing Ireland

'Unissued Diplomas' exhibition in Kerry and Cork | Changing Ireland

No shoes in Boots and Curry's is not a takeaway - Kerry organisations help Ukrainians to settle in | Changing Ireland

"Why are equality and human rights so important now?" | Changing Ireland

Local development companies can be leading lights in equality and human rights | Changing Ireland

Author's experience in Kosovo might help save people from "black holes of human rights protection, holes of oblivion” | Changing Ireland

Forde calls on Council of Europe to respond to 'grey zones' | Changing Ireland

There is strength in diversity - the inner city is now like New York | Changing Ireland

Community workers have a duty to speak up for voiceless | Changing Ireland

“I’m only one person, what difference can I make?” | Changing Ireland

Protests leading to boycott on Israeli firms | Changing Ireland

Irish civil society's calls for peace in Palestine grow stronger | Changing Ireland

Government to expand Empowering Communities Programme | Changing Ireland

Local development company speaks out against Coolock violence, but says “space for dialogue” is needed | Changing Ireland

Community Connection Project to support asylum seekers and the areas hosting them | Changing Ireland

New online tool aims to improve access to mental health supports | Changing Ireland

€30,000 grants scheme open for Water Heritage Day | Changing Ireland

€550,000 funding announced for library supports | Changing Ireland

€1 million funding to create 42 new Community Services Programme positions | Changing Ireland

Record high of over 40,000 domestic abuse disclosures in 2023 | Changing Ireland

€20 million fund available for community centre upgrades | Changing Ireland

"Deliberate" delays with regeneration are breaking up Dolphin House community | Changing Ireland

Collective action working in Donegal through county networks | Changing Ireland

€16 million investment in Ireland’s great outdoors | Changing Ireland

“A fantastic idea” says user of new shared service model | Changing Ireland

New bursary launched to support rural development students | Changing Ireland

Social model of disability makes waves - EDITORIAL | Changing Ireland

Community worker sees unmet needs and untapped potential | Changing Ireland

Community media is battling a democratic deficit, says Colm Croffy | Changing Ireland

68 towns to receive funding for Town Teams | Changing Ireland

"It's crazy burning buildings - we'd take another 100 or more people" - John McCafferty | Changing Ireland

Island's brilliant example of how commmunity workers change lives | Changing Ireland

Record €164 million funding for rural towns and villages | Changing Ireland

The Ukrainian refugee building Ireland's future one home at a time | Changing Ireland

"Everybody deserves a second chance" - Ann's life after prison | Changing Ireland

Ex-prisoners go from serving sentences to cappuccinos | Changing Ireland

Funding granted for new public plazas, markets and town parks all over rural Ireland | Changing Ireland

See inside Donegal Local Development's swish new welcoming office | Changing Ireland

€25 million boost for library services | Changing Ireland

No Barriers gym for everyone has equality lessons for Europe | Changing Ireland

Record €40 million funding to upgrade rural laneways | Changing Ireland

‘It’s not your dog’s fault, it’s yours’ – new awareness campaign launched

€30 million funding provided for 12 new community centres  | Changing Ireland

Steering Young Drivers to Safety | Changing Ireland

Islanders astounded as first child born on Árainn Mhór since 1970s | Changing Ireland

€400,000 funding to upgrade 43 walking trails | Changing Ireland

From a Ukrainian city to "a rock" in Donegal

Helping people with intellectual disability to make sense of money

Food poverty volunteers filling gaps for State are heading to Dáil | Changing Ireland

Donegal Food Response Network experienced 17% more calls last year | Changing Ireland

31 counties have now used Lough Ree’s accessible boat | Changing Ireland

Tidy Towns groups seeking more young volunteers for 2024 | Changing Ireland

Measuring social impact: Learn from those who won €45k

The Football Co-op gives a €17.60 social return on every €1 invested | Changing Ireland

€50 million fund to support communities welcoming refugees | Changing Ireland

Ukrainian men, fathers, carers, aged - full facts on military conscription | Changing Ireland

Communities urged to sign up for Street Feast 2024

New dog control group to tackle issue of restricted breeds | Changing Ireland

'We Are Human Too' book launch celebrates disability activists | Changing Ireland

Biggest expansion of National Walks Scheme adds 62 new trails | Changing Ireland

The search is on for Ireland’s humanitarian heroes | Changing Ireland

‘Town Teams’ of local residents to help develop Ireland’s rural towns and villages | Changing Ireland

Charity sector calls for engagement on changes to legislation | Changing Ireland

Opening of Creeslough community hub is “another step on our journey of healing” | Changing Ireland

Vacant buildings to be transformed into community facilities | Changing Ireland

Stand Strong to support women experiencing domestic abuse | Changing Ireland

152 projects to benefit from €6.2 million funding | Changing Ireland

Pilot programme will see outdoor recreation officers employed in six counties | Changing Ireland

Community and voluntary sector condemns fire at Co Galway hotel | Changing Ireland

€6 million to give community groups “a helping hand”

New €5 million funding boost for rural sports clubs

ILMI launches strategic plan for "a more inclusive Ireland" | Changing Ireland

Ireland’s first ever Irish Sign Language Café opens in Dublin | Changing Ireland

Survey reveals "restrictions" by some funders on advocacy by community-based groups | Changing Ireland

Dormant Accounts Fund to provide €47.6 million for disadvantaged communities

Wetlands Forum highlights sustainable tourism opportunities for communities | Changing Ireland

Comhairle na nÓg helps young people to address period stigma | Changing Ireland

16 Days of Action 2023 puts focus on employers and maternity services | Changing Ireland

€2.3 million funding for 50 new outdoor projects

Pride of Place celebrates work of communities | Changing Ireland

“What every community wants is a sense of peace. That’s why the Ukrainians are here.”

"People in communities are the heroes, we are just a bridge" - Anna Shakespeare, Pobal CEO | Changing Ireland

Adult learners call for equal access to educational experiences | Changing Ireland

Cash is "essential for the inclusion of socially vulnerable citizens" | Changing Ireland

An Icelandic solution to an Irish problem | Changing Ireland

Anti-fascism report draws on experience in five communities | Changing Ireland

We go to the doctor for a medical prescription, but sometimes it's a social prescription we need | Changing Ireland

IPS is good news for expanding mental health supports | Changing Ireland

Trishaws give people the chance to feel the wind in their hair again

Updated guide launched to assist inclusive community engagement  | Changing Ireland

Take 6: Circular economy projects and businesses around Ireland

Circular economy keeps the world going round | Changing Ireland

Ploughing Championship to help promote outdoor recreation, and responsible dog control | Changing Ireland

Pride of Place is coming to Armagh | Changing Ireland

The countdown is on to Make Way Day | Changing Ireland

Culture Night is back and it’s turning 18 | Changing Ireland

Join the Climate Conversation to have your say on the future of the environment | Changing Ireland

End Child Poverty Week – Call for Budget 2024 to be “Children’s Budget” | Changing Ireland

First Local Action Groups to deliver LEADER 2023-2027 funding announced | Changing Ireland

€3.5 million funding to maintain drugs services as C&V sector pay crisis continues | Changing Ireland

Eligible groups urged to apply for PEACEPLUS funding | Changing Ireland

€2 million CLÁR funding to provide minibuses, ambulances and more for rural communities | Changing Ireland

Communities invited to apply for EV charge point funding | Changing Ireland

Honey co-ops could transform Irish landscape and fill producers’ pockets

Cultural Champions provide the missing link between services and those who need them | Changing Ireland

New bursary to help community workers gain qualifications

Galway's new anti-racism network calls for solidarity and housing action

New project to retrofit homes in rural counties passed over by private sector providers | Changing Ireland

Warnings to increase funding for volunteer-managed projects "before they collapse" | Changing Ireland

Music to their ears - Donegal teens jam with Dutch and Polish peers with Erasmus+ | Changing Ireland

DFI warns of "unprecedented threat to essential disability services" as pay talks postponed | Changing Ireland

Changing Ireland summer edition out now!

Dorset Street community unites to build a better place to live and work | Changing Ireland

Dublin Theatre Festival is 'All In' for universal access | Changing Ireland

International interest in Irish disability activists' book

49-member network has new team

New strategy to place libraries at the heart of the community | Changing Ireland

Can’t get to a pool? Swim Ireland can bring a 'Pop-Up Pool' to you

AI will push communities in new directions | Changing Ireland

Dormant Accounts Fund provided €54.6 million in 2022 | Changing Ireland

From Home to Home – Ukrainians in Wicklow celebrate opening of new community centre | Changing Ireland

Government urged to increase child benefit by €50 to alleviate child poverty

Cork project aims to create most eco-friendly town in Ireland | Changing Ireland

100 organisations mark international health week with 'Action Man' challenge | Changing Ireland

Learning hubs to bring third level education to rural communities | Changing Ireland

Islands policy provides “a good foundation” – Comhar na nOileán | Changing Ireland

First national policy in 27 years aims to help islands thrive | Changing Ireland

Whole of Government approach needed to tackle poverty and social exclusion | Changing Ireland

New report shows slight increase in number of Travellers sitting Leaving Certificate

Strategic plan launched to build community development among Travellers in Clare | Changing Ireland

Government urged to increase core social welfare rates by €25 | Changing Ireland

Funding for three more projects granted under Community Development Pilot Programme

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Social enterprises generate annual income of €2.34 billion | Changing Ireland

Public consultation begins on Ireland’s first National Philanthropy Policy | Changing Ireland

More financial support does not lead to more refugees, says Children’s Rights Alliance | Changing Ireland

Week-long event gives communities the chance to get to know local gardaí | Changing Ireland

Children in Fingal encouraged to take to the streets | Changing Ireland

Is Monaghan the most 'Irish' town in Ireland? (outside the Gaeltacht) | Changing Ireland

“When they got on that bus, they went back into the closet” | Changing Ireland