Archived News Items
01-January-06 to 31-December-2007

20-12-2007

• Mary Keenan reached the final of TG4's Glor Tire, Search for a Country Star last night. Aerach won the final but Mary had a great performance on the night and all throughout the series. Visit the TG4 website to view Glor Tire online.

12-12-2007

• AONTAS (the National Association of Adult Education) have a new festival website up and running at www.adultlearnersfestival.com. The website contains a number of features, including publicity support materials, details on the STAR award nominations, contacts for local links and a map which outlines details on different events taking place during the festival.
  

03-12-2007

• The "Voice of the Traveller" December '07 Issue is due out soon! The last day for submissions is Friday December 7th so contact voiceofthetraveller@natc.ie or call 09064 98017 if you have an article to submit.
  

29-11-2007

• Is your training centre aware of its responsibilities under the Data Protection Acts 1988 & 2003? Click to view the guidance note, Biometrics in Schools, Colleges and other Educational Institutions prepared by The Office of the Data Protection Commissioner or visit www.education.ie for more information.

28-11-2007

• Traveller Focus Week is from the 3rd to the 7th of December - click here to find out what's on in your area.
• NALA now have a new section on their website called the Really Useful Guide to Words and Numbers - visit www.rug.ie to view.

26-11-2007

• The overall winner in the National Traveller Art Competition was Spring Lane Young Traveller Women's Group in Cork. Click here to view the full list of winners.

21-11-2007

• You are invited to participate in the consultation for the All Ireland Programme for Immigrant Parents (All IPIP). This a 24-month project to develop and disseminate a range of parenting information, training and resources to support immigrant parents and the practitioners who work with them. Click here to find out more and to access the questionnaires for parents and practitioners.
  

20-11-2007

• The adjudication process of the National Traveller Art Competition has taken place in the NATC headquarters in Athlone. This year's adjudicators were: Robert Ballagh, one of Ireland's most distinguished artists and designer, Derek Speirs, an accomplished and extremely talented photographer and Patricia Hurl, lecturer in Fine Art in Dublin Institute of Technology. NATC will be in touch with the winners over the next couple of weeks.

13-11-2007

• The Irish Association of Suicidology will host a conference on: A Whole School Approach To Crisis Intervention And Suicide Prevention at the Brandon Hotel, Tralee from 13th-16th November. Click here to find out more.
  

05-11-2007

• The November '07 Issue of the "Voice of the Traveller" magazine is due out soon! Exclusives in this issue include: Suicide in the Traveller Community - what's been done to tackle this issue?; Hitting the Right Notes - Mary Ellen Mongan records new CD; Prejudice from Public Representative - Enniscorthy Travellers Speak Out; News, Events, Letters,Traveller Heritage, Social Diary and more. Order your copy from NATC -Tel: 090 6498017 or email: Sinead.Maguire@natc.ie
• Anti-Racist Workplace Week runs from the 5th - 11th November. Visit the www.arww.ie website to see what events are being organised in your area.

23-10-2007

• Don't forget that Mary Keenan from Ennis appears on TG4's country and western talent show Glór Tíre on Wednesday, 24th October at 10.30pm. Visit the TG4 website or click here for more information.
  
• The Childhood Development Initiatve in Tallaght West produces a regular newsletter - click here to see the most recent one and also other publications.
• The Charities Bill 2007 began its legislative journey on Thursday 11th October when it was introduced for Second Stage Debate in the Dail by Minister Pat Carey TD. The 2nd stage debate resumes on Thursday 25th October. Click here to read more.

15-10-2007

• If you are a Traveller and would like to know more about fostering a child please contact: the Shared Rearing Service at 01 620 6387 - or click here for a poster to display in your centre.
  

10-10-2007

• Click here to view the October edition of DE News, the newsletter for the National Youth Development Education Programme.
• Enquiring Minds is an award open to young people aged between 12 and 17 who are interested in the arts. It is an initiative of the National Youth Arts Programme at the National Youth Council of Ireland. Click here to find out more.

03-10-2007

• Visit Literacytools.ie for online exercises and games for adults who would like to improve their spelling, reading and numeracy skills.
• For information on creating new FETAC Level 1 and 2 modules visit www.fetac.ie

26-09-2007

• Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for the following posts which may arise at Our Ladys Traveller Training and Education Centre, Mallow: Woodwork Teacher, Metalwork Teacher and Guidance Counsellor. Application forms available at Our Ladys Ph: 022-42322. Closing date for completed application forms is 12 noon 30th September 2007.
• TG4 has started another season of the country and western talent show Glór Tíre in which host Dáithí Ó Sé gives emerging talent the opportunity to impress judges Shay Healy, John Creedon and Caitríona Ní Shúilleabháin. Mary Keenan from Ennis is one of the participants this year. The programme runs at 10.30pm on Wednesdays. Visit the TG4 website or click here for more information.

19-09-2007

• The Youthreach Website new sub-section - WebWheel - is for materials relating specifically to the provision of supports for learners attending Youthreach, Senior Traveller and Community Training Centres. The kinds of support include mentoring, advocacy, guidance, information, counselling, psychological services and provision for special educational needs.
  

12-09-2007

• Since January, a group of men from Navan Travellers` Workshops have been working hard on building a traditional Traveller barrel top wagon from scratch, using traditional designs. Click here to read an article about it in the Meath Chronicle or click here to view Richard Dowling's report on the RTE News on the 11th Sept 2007.

07-09-2007

• Community Workshops has prepared and produced a Certificate & Diploma in Suicide Prevention Studies. The central theme is suicide prevention with due consideration given to intervention after a tragic event. Click here to find out more.
• World Suicide Prevention Day is on September 10th. This year the theme of World Suicide Prevention Day is “Suicide Prevention across the Life Span”. Click here to read more ...
  

01-09-2007

• The Breaking Through, 8th Annual Conference, "Young Lives"- Image and Attitudes will be held on the 8th and 9th of October in the Mullingar Park Hotel. Click for the Conference Brochure and Booking Form or alternatively you can book online.
• Speaking as guest-of-honour at the Humbert school, Garda Commissioner Noel Conroy Commissioner said that the Garda Síochána is now multi-cultural - click here to find out more.
• Travelling minstrels' contribution to Irish folk music was significant but often went unheralded, writes Con Houlihan - click here to view the article in the Independent
  

27-08-2007

• Are you a Maths teacher in a Training Centre - if so you might find David Billing's report from the Adults Learning Mathematics seminar at UL last June very interesting. Click here to view.

22-08-2007

• Kilkenny County Council's Arts Office will host an exhibition entitled Postcards From The Edge 2 in November consisting of 5,000 works of art in any medium on standard blank white postcards. For further details please contact: Mary Butler, Arts Officer or Niamh Finn or phone: 056 7794138/ 7794135
  

10-08-2007

• Sarah Ryan has produced a report on Literacy Provision in Senior Traveller Training Centres which was based on questionnaires returned from 25 STTC centres in May 2007. Click here to view.
  

03-08-2007

• A very commonly studied module:FETAC Level 3 Computer Literacy, BF0133 has recently been updated to include Email and Internet - click here to download.

25-07-2007

• Visit www.citizensinformation.ie - an eGoverment website which was developed and is maintained by the Citizens Information Board. The Citizens Information Board is the national agency responsible for supporting the provision of information, advice and advocacy to the public on the broad range of social and civil services.

17-07-2007

• The National Traveller Art Competition 2007 is open to all Travellers in Ireland and collaborative projects from settled and Traveller groups. Winning entries will be exhibited at national exhibition and regionally. Visit the NATC website for more information.

02-07-2007

• Click to view the National Association of Travellers' Centres Conference Report 2007.
• Carlow Adult Educational Guidance Service have recently published "A Guide to the Setup and Maintenance of an Adult Education Guidance Library". Visit their website to view and download this document.

24-06-2007

• Visit www.alison.com to find out about an online and interactive ECDL Tutor Resource System. ALISON is a FREE learning resource of interactive certification-based learning. ALISON stands for Advance Learning Interactive Systems Online.

29-05-2007

• Artworks Cafe, Ireland’s First Ceramic Café, is a pottery painting studio and café where creativity is designed to be fun for everyone - groups of 5 to 30 can be catered for.

• A competition was launched across Ireland to find 12 young glamorous women aged 17 to 24 to promote a more positive image of the Traveller community. The group have been posing for the calendar - entitled Beauty has no Boundaries - with the help of some of Ireland's top stylists. The initiative was sponsored by the Voice of the Traveller magazine and was launched recently at the NATC Conference in Maynooth. Calendars are available from NATC for €7.

• Click here to view Circular 0037/2007 - Supervision and Substitution arrangements in Traveller Education Centres with effect from the commencement of the 2006/2007 school year.

• The NYHP and the NYAP have come together to explore the topic of promoting health through the arts. The first year of this joint initiative will involve researching the evidence base for promoting health through the arts and examining the media through which health promotion can be carried out, e.g. drama, music, dance, painting, photography, video etc - click here for more information.
  

• The NYCI Resource Pack ‘Why Don’t we? – A Young Person’s Guide to Participation’ is currently being re-developed and will be published later this year. If you would like to share your experiences of events in which young people got actively involved or even took the lead in activities, projects, campaigns etc or in making decisions on matters that affect them, please contact Rachael@nyci.ie by 1st May 2007.
  

• Click to view the current issue of NETWORK NEWS from NATC.
• The Quality Framework Initiative have designed three templates which are related to Guidelines for Programme Planning - click here to view.

• "Attempting to find some common ground, both Gardaí and Travellers discovered that they mirrored each other's views" writes Neil Ward in The Garda Review, February 2007. Click here to read more.

• The Spring Newsletter for the Traveller Specific Drugs Initiative is now available on the Pavee Point website. Click here to view.
• The latest issue of the North South Exchange Consortium's Newsletter "News Exchange" is now available on their website. Click here to view.
  

• Visit www.welfare.ie for information on the Irish Social Welfare System including Child Benefit and Early Childcare Supplement payments

• The Jack & Jill Foundation, the charity set up to care for families with terminally ill babies suffering from irreparable brain damage has started a nationwide drive to re-cycle over half a million old mobile phones. They also collect used printer cartridges - click here to fine out how you can help.

• Visit the Centre for Creative Communities website - putting creativity at the heart of social change.
• CoisCéim Broadreach is an integrated programme set up to provide access and opportunity for people to experience and participate in dance. Click here to visit their website.
  

• Visit www.activelink.ie for information on training courses and workshops and also a useful list of publications.

• A presentation was delivered by the Leonardo da Vinci National Agency in Dublin and Cork on the 15th and 16th December about the Lifelong Learning Programme. Click here to view this presentation.
  

• The Leonardo da Vinci National Agency at Léargas have an Events Calendar online at www.leonardo-ireland.com
• Clare Lifelong Learning Network have a very useful resources page for FETAC courses and non-certified courses for both learners and tutors: www.clarelearningnetwork.org
  

• FETAC is introducing three new certificates at Level 1 and 2: Level 1 Certificate in Communications and Level 1 and 2 Certificates in General Learning. Click here to find out more.
  

• The Minister for Education, Mary Hanafin T.D. stated on Tues 21st November that "Education is vital element in supporting greater Traveller participation and empowerment in society. Lifelong learning should be a key aspiration for everyone including Travellers" Click here to read the Report and Recommendations for a Traveller Education Strategy, presented to her by the Advisory Committee on Traveller Education.
  

• Tony Keady, IVEA presented a slideshow on Child Protection Guidelines on the14th of November in Athlone as part of a one day training session for Directors. Click here to view.

• Have a look at the first ever Online Photo Archive of Irish Travellers at www.travellerheritage.ie You can search by surname or through categories to explore the history of the Travelling Community in Ireland.

• A new study aimed at assessing the nature and extent of drug use amongst the Travelling Community in Ireland shows that Travellers are a risk group for whom the impact of drug use and its consequent problems is now emerging. Click here to find out more.

• Click to view new photos from St. Brendan's Training Centre, Loughrea and C.E.A.R.T. Wicklow.
• Have either you or a close relative been to hospital in recent months? How was the experience? Irishhealth.com's new 'Rate My Hospital' facility gives you the opportunity to tell how the hospital scored under a range of different headings.
  

• A one-day Seminar took place in the NATC Offices on the 9th of October to inform Directors of STTCs on the Expenditure Review of STTC’s and Youthreach, evaluation visits by the Inspectorate and recent policy developments. Click here to view the presentations delivered at the seminar.
  

• Are you looking for an IT course to boost your computer skills?...Would you like to receive Health and Safety accredited training?...Log onto www.learningpoint.ie now and find: training courses, training providers, news and events, publications, useful web links in your area and desired learning subject.

• Visit www.healthpromotion.ie for information and guidelines on obesity, men's health, heart health, mental health, and much more.
• Interested in learning new skills while helping others? Volunteering introduces you to new people, and sometimes even new cultures, and you gain invaluable experience. Visit europa.eu/youth/volunteering or www.volunteeringoptions.org to find out more.

• The Social Partnership negotiations on a successor to the national agreement Sustaining Progress concluded recently with the presentation by Government of the text of the agreement, provisionally entitled "Towards 2016". The full text of the agreement can be downloaded from www.taoiseach.gov.ie
  

• The National Learning Network have developed a number of short CPD (Continuous Professional Development) modules, including Skills for Trainers, Assessment Practice and Specific Learning Difficulties - some places are available on upcoming programmes. Contact Jane Forman for further details.

• North Tipperary VEC has published a set of 3 Maths books called
  "Foundation Mathematics - A New Resource for Teachers and Learners of Basic Mathematics" (Authors: Dr. John O'Donoghue, Jim Leahy, Michael G. Fitzgerald, and Tony Whelan). In addition there is a series of "Look+See Posters" to complement these books. Full details from Triona Collins, email TCollins@tippnorthvec.ie or phone 067-31250

• Visit Learning Horizons, an Irish source of educational software and resources, created by teachers for teachers: www.learninghorizons.ie
• Find out about Young Social Innovators - a social awareness programme and national competition for Transition Year Students. Visit their website at www.youngsocialinnovators.ie

• Visit the National Youth Health Programme website: www.youth.ie/health which will pull together a lot of youth health information, links and resources and give an overview of the NYHP's work.
  

• What does the future hold for Senior Traveller Training Centres? Click here to view Pavee Point's Position Paper on the Traveller Education Strategy.

• The Government has published the long awaited General Scheme for the Charities Regulation Bill 2006. Details are available on the website of the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, www.pobail.ie
  

• Visit Oasis which is an Irish eGovernment website developed by Comhairle. This site provides information on the social and civil rights of everyone in Ireland. Oasis provides information needed at various stages of life.
• FETAC has introduced new awards at Levels 1 and 2 - for more information visit the FETAC website or download Level 1 and Level 2 Awards pdf document.

• Click here to view a selection of photos from the Horsemen project.
• Are you thinking of running Leaving Cert Applied in your Training centre? Visit the LCA website for information on The Leaving Certificate Applied Programme.

• The Minister of State Sile de Valera, T.D. was in Boston recently and made a number of very interesting contacts. She is anxious that these contacts are used and that as wide a range of stakeholders in the literacy field be made aware of the opportunities she has created for interaction across the Atlantic. Documentation and contacts which have been established by the Minister of State are available on our News page.

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