Will you help Focus Ireland reach more people?
Did you know that Ireland has one of the highest and fastest growing levels of homelessness in Europe? Even with the government’s housing plan, homelessness has increased by nearly 69% since 2018, which means for every person who left homelessness, three new people become homeless. With almost 2,000 families and over 4,000 children experiencing homelessness,…
Education Magazine
School Cancer Awareness Programme
The Marie Keating Foundation provides a free Schools Cancer Awareness Programme (CAP) to both junior and senior cycle students (1st – 6th year). The programme is also offered to third level universities and further education colleges. The programme aims to makes cancer ‘less frightening by enlightening,’ by engaging students with age-appropriate, interactive, and informative material….
NCBi – Equitable Education
The right to education is something we are all familiar with however, for children and young people who are blind or vision impaired, the current education system can present some challenges. These challenges have been detailed by NCBI in a recent report entitled Equitable Education which was launched by Mr John Kearney, CEO of the…
Include the elderly in your TY Enterprise Initiative or Social Responsibility Initiative
Friends of the Elderly is an Irish volunteer-based charity established in 1980 to bring friendship and companionship to older people living alone or who feel lonely. The charity has a comprehensive programme for schools and is seeking schools and students to take on fundraising and other activities as part of their school programmes. Schools programme…
Kildare woman Aoife Kerwin wins top award at the USI Student Achievement Awards Ireland
Photo: USI President Michael Kerrigan (L) with Aoife Kerwin (R) winner of the President’s Award at the USI Student Achievement Awards Ireland 2018 Local Kildare woman Aoife Kerwin has scooped the prestigious USI President’s Award at the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) Student Achievement Awards Ireland (SAAI) 2018 in the Radisson Blu, Dublin…