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Sound Body Sound Mind Seminar Tracton Feb 26th

By Muintircork on 09 Feb 2015 10:40 am

Group Invitation

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Ag Eisteacht Empowering Through Training

By Muintircork on 09 Feb 2015 09:30 am

Ag Eisteacht aspires to an Ireland where all frontline workers are empowered to respond in a

sensitive and focused manner when someone ‘turns to’ them for support. We are a registered

charity and our mission is to enhance frontline workers’ capacity to engage with and support

clients, particularly those in distress. We provide evidence-based training that develops and

strengthens this process.

In your work you may find that you are often ‘turned to’ for support when individuals and

families experience problems and are in distress.
The 3 Day Brief Encounters® training

programme will help you engage with clients/parents under stress, assess their needs, respond

in a sensitive and proactive way. In our training we provide an environment where participants

can learn, reflect on themselves as practitioners and their practice, and develop both personally

and professionally.

3 Day Brief Encounters – Upcoming Dates:

February 23rd, March 12th & 13th

May 5th, 18th & 19th

September 15th, 28th & 29th

Venue: Maryborough Hotel, Douglas, Cork

Cost: RRP is €300 but we are offering a subsidised price of €200 for 2015. This includes a

resource page, 3 Days of interactive workshops, lunch and refreshments.

Visit our Brief Encounters website page to book or find out more by clicking here

How to Argue Better – 1 Day Blended Learning Workshop

There is compelling evidence that how parents get on – or don’t get on – influences children’s

lives. Would you like to improve your skills in helping people to deal with conflict and to manage

conflict in a positive way? This blended learning programme will equip you with the resources to

help parents to develop skills to handle conflict more constructively, thus improving outcomes

for children.

Upcoming Dates:

May 12th

September 15th

Venue: Maryborough Hotel, Douglas, Cork

Cost: RRP is €185 but we are offering a subsidised price of €125 for 2015. This includes access to

an online e-Learning Module, an interactive workshop, a resource pack, lunch and refreshments.

Visit our How to Argue Better website page to book or find out more by clicking here
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Family Communication A 6-week course for parents & carers of Teenagers in Fermoy Area

By Muintircork on 08 Feb 2015 03:57 pm

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News from Governance Code

By Muintircork on 08 Feb 2015 10:56 am

Charities Regulatory Authority
2014 began with extensive public spotlight on a number of charities and their governance issues. While we would not have wished these controversies to have arisen, they have nevertheless had the positive effect of stimulating the Government into finding some resources to bring the Charities Regulatory Authority (CRA), legislated for in 2009, into being. The Code Working Group has long supported the establishment of the CRA for the purpose of overseeing the charity sector, and we look forward to developing a close and mutually supportive working relationship with the authority in the future.

Whatever progress on enhancing governance the CRA makes with the approximately 9,000 registered charities, there will still be a need to have a governance standard which the tens of thousands of non-charity not-for-profit organisations aspire to.

Information Sessions

During 2014 Working Group representatives spoke at 22 information workshops. We would like to sincerely thank those local individuals and organisations who took on the task of promoting and hosting those information sessions, enabling us to engage with groups in Connemara, Cork, Donegal, Dublin, Galway, Leitrim, Limerick, Louth, Mayo, Monaghan, Tipperary, Wexford and Wickow.

We are always interested in delivering Governance Code presentations to local or national networks – please contact Margaret Agnew: margaret@governancode.ie to learn more.

Volunteer Centres

To add further to our capacity to make presentations and support groups on the journey, we recently entered into an agreement with one of the Working Groups members, Volunteer Ireland, to train staff in local Volunteer Centres. This will enable the Centres to represent the Working Group at local information sessions and to create support networks for local organisations on the journey. This process will be rolled-out on a phased basis during 2015.

Reviewing the Code

When the Code was being drafted prior to its launch in 2012 it was agreed that there would be a review of its content and processes in 2015, to learn from the first implementation phase and make whatever changes might improve the Code and organisations use of it. The Terms of Reference for the Review have now been agreed by the Working Group together with the three additional original members of the Drafting Group. The findings from this review process will will be posted on our website when completed.

We would very much appreciate it if those who have engaged with the Code over the past 30 months would share with us their feedback of their experience of the Code, especially with suggestions for where the process and content could be improved so that version ’15 can be the most fit-for-purpose possible. Find out more here.

Finally, the Governance Code Working Group wishes all volunteers and staff in community, voluntary and charity organisations throughout Ireland a successful 2015.

Kind regards,

Diarmaid
Diarmaid Ó CorrbuíChairperson, Governance Code Working Group

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