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 Celebration of Recovery As part of Traveller Pride Week 2012, the Pavee Point Drugs Programme along with Coolmine Therapeutic Community and the GAA ASAP programme offer an unprecedented celebration of recovery and the enjoyment that can be had in Ireland free from alcohol. Admission will be by invitation only, but you can register to receive an invitation at http://pavee.ie/theevent2012  Johnny McDonagh with his certificate Traveller youth worker Johnny McDonagh last week graduated with a FETAC Level 5 qualification in Youth Work. Johnny, who works with the Youth Work team at Pavee Point Travellers Centre, gained the award in eight modules earlier this year. The graduation took place at the Headquarters of Ballymun Regional Youth Service. Speaking after the graduation at which he was selected to address the class, Johnny said:
The Pavee Point Website will be down for maintenance on Friday 11 May 2012 from 9.30am to 4.30pm During this time the whole Pavee Point website service will be offline. Websites at http://pavee.ie will not be affected. Update: Maintenance finished early. Pavee Point has issued a statement on the issue of Sulkies Racing, subsequent to the publication online of footage online showing illegal and dangerous racing on a main road. 8 May 2012: Pavee Point is concerned that all the participants involved in the event filmed placed themselves, their animals and other road users in danger. This was a completely unacceptable misuse of a public road and Pavee Point calls on anybody contemplating similar activities to stop and consider the safety of their animals, themselves and other road users. We are concerned that the practice of Sulkie Racing, which is a longstanding tradition within and outside the Traveller Community, should not be conflated with the actions of the participants in this event — Sulkie Racing can be carried out in a way which is safe and well regulated, where there is space for it to take place. Examples of good practice exist around Ireland. Notwithstanding the investigation which will now rightly take place into the events filmed, Pavee Point calls on local authorities to engage with Traveller organisations, horse owner projects and the Gardaí to investigate how to bring about a resolution which allows this long-standing tradition to continue in a manner which is safe and legal. Update: Independent.ie was earlier carrying an erroneous headline, describing Pavee Point press officer Ben Archibald as ‘Traveller Chief’ and ‘Traveller leader’. Neither of these descriptions are accurate. After we made contact with them, the headline has been amended. At no point has Pavee Point or any staff member sought to be described in that manner.
On May 25th from 11am-2pm, Pavee Point will be hosting a networking event for older Travellers and other groups for older persons in the Pavee Point Travellers’ Centre as part of the Bealtaine Festival. This is a chance for older people to get together and enjoy a day of showing cultures and sharing experiences and stories from the years gone by. This is set to be a very enjoyable and relaxed event, followed by tea and homemade sandwiches. All older members of the community are welcome to come to meet new people and discover the common interests and views that fellow members from the older community may share!  Have a think to ditch the drink We’re looking for a short, catchy campaign slogan for our event on June 19The winner will receive a €100 One4All voucher. The event aims to highlight that people can enjoy themselves without alcohol. The winning slogan will be used in all promotional material for the event. Prominent Irish musicians and GAA stars will be there. Enter at http://pavee.ie/slogan Closing date: Wednesday May 2 at 5pm. Winner will be announced by Friday, May 4 2012Following requests by service providers working with Roma in Ireland, Pavee Point is working to create a database of the range of service providers who are working directly with Roma in Ireland. Staff working with Roma are asked to fill in a short questionnaire that will provide brief details for such a database. This will be a resource for statutory and community organisations to use to link Roma with appropriate supports and services. This will also be used as a starting point to map the population and location of Roma in Ireland.
Your completion of this questionnaire is greatly appreciated. We would also appreciate if you could circulate this email to other individuals, teams, or organisations that you know of that are working with Roma. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Pavee Point at sheila.student@pavee.ie. |
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