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Wavelength – Gaisce President Award’s integration project

Wavelength, a new nationwide integration project recently launched by Gaisce, Ireland’s President Award is inviting NGOs, charities, community groups, youth organisations or any service supporting the project age cohort working with 18-25 year olds who are seeking asylum, have refugee status or have been resettled into new communities around Ireland to take part in Wavelength […]

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Voice from our Community: Sharing the Edges of our Field

Faiths, Welcome / By Site Manager

By: Rev. David White Rector of Carlow Union of Parishes Welcome is one of those things we often take so much for granted that we don’t notice it. But we all know what it feels like not to be made welcome. Empty words matched with empty gestures make us uncomfortable, uneasy and unvalued. People of

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DKIT is spreading the Sanctuary Spirit of Welcome and Inclusion

Colleges, Schools, Universities, Welcome / By Site Manager

New Beginnings and Highlights for 2018 Colletta Dalikeni For DKIT Welcome College of Sanctuary Steering Group Here are highlights of some of our events in 2018 Our journey towards making DkIT a College of Sanctuary started on 24th May 2018 with an inaugural meeting of the working group which was attended by members of

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Schools of Sanctuary goes to Intercultural Education Conference in DCU

Schools / By Site Manager

DCU’s Centre for Human Rights and Citizenship Education ( St. Patrick’s Campus) is holding an Intercultural Education Conference on 25th and 26th January 2019. The theme of the conference is: Intercultural Education: Beyond the Single Story. Places of Sanctuary Ireland will be holding a School of Sanctuary workshop on the 25th in one of the

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11 new Schools of Sanctuary in Belfast!

Arts, ESOL, Schools, Streams / By Site Manager

Belfast City of Sanctuary has been working closely with the Education Authority of Northern Ireland to support the Schools of Sanctuary initiative. One crucial part of the preparation was the training of appraisal teams, a mix of refugees, asylum seekers and local Belfast COS supporters, who have been going into schools and looking at the

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University of Limerick offers Sanctuary scholarships!

Adult education (16+), Universities / By Site Manager

The University of Limerick has announced that it will offer 15 new undergraduate scholarships to refugees and asylum seekers starting in September. This is in addition to 15 one-year mature student access certificate scholarships, which were first introduced last year for people living in Direct Provision. Marking the United Nations World Refugee Day, this will

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AIT: First students from ROLE graduated

Adult education (16+), Universities / By Site Manager

In May, Athlone IT celebrated their first group of graduates from the Refugee Online Education programme (ROLE). All of the graduates are residents of the direct provision centre in Athlone and completed various MOOCs (online courses) in their personal areas of interest. If any other group would be interested creating a similar ROLE programme in

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University Of Limerick celebrates Sanctuary!

Uncategorized, Universities / By Site Manager

The University of Limerick (UL) held its first Sanctuary Week from March 20th to 23rd. This was undertaken as part of the ongoing University of Sanctuary programme, and it main aim was to serve as a platform to raise awareness on issues facing refugees and asylum seekers. Day 1 focused on the right to understanding,

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New information booklet about refugees in Northern Ireland

Uncategorized / By Site Manager

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DKIT launched first College of Sanctuary Working Group meeting

Universities / By Site Manager

On 24th May, 2018, the inaugural meeting of the DKIT College of Sanctuary Working Group took place in the CúChulainn Suite in the Regional Development Centre. As well as internal members of DkIT leadership team, academic staff, library staff and support services, the meeting was addressed by Tian Yu Lloyd, Assistant Co-ordinator of Paces of Sanctuary Ireland.

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