September 2015 - Pavee Point

Pavee Point at Human Rights Event in Warsaw

Pavee Point has been invited to Europe’s largest annual human rights and democracy event this week in Warsaw, Poland. The Human Development Implementation Meeting provides an opportunity for Pavee Point to highlight the human rights situation of Travellers and Roma in Ireland. It is organised annually by the Organisation for Security and Co-Operation in Europe […]

Ask Consent

Pavee Point is supporting the Ask Consent Campaign to raise awareness on the issue of sexual consent. This campaign is a three week long national public awareness campaign funded by Cosc, The National Office for the Prevention of Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence and developed by the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre (DRCC). Do the Body […]

Pavee Point highlights refugee situation at Irish Traveller Movement AGM

Pavee Point’s Co-Director, Martin Collins gave a broad welcome to the official launch of CENA – the first Traveller led approved Housing Body, at this week’s AGM of the Irish Traveller Movement. Minister of State at the Environment Department, Paudie Coffey TD announced at the AGM that €2 million would be allocated to two CENA pilot […]

National Traveller Women’s Forum Policy Training and AGM

Pavee Point attended the National Traveller Women’s Forum Policy Training event and AGM on 16th September. “The event brought Traveller women together to discuss issues they face,” said Tessa Collins of Pavee Point’s Violence Against Women Project, who attended. The women were asked to reflect on their own experiences as Traveller representatives – going to […]

New Recruits for Education Programme

Three new recruits joined our team of Home Visitors as part of our Education Programme. They completed training with the National College of Ireland before taking up their positions. The new recruits joined the Home Visitor team that works on the Parent Child Home Programme (PCHP) in the Finglas area. PCHP is an innovative literacy programme […]

World Suicide Prevention Day 10th September

‘Suicide among Travellers is six times the national average and accounts for 11% of all Traveller deaths. This is shocking,” says John Collins of Pavee Point Traveller and Roma Centre on World Suicide Prevention Day, 10th September. John’s work on the Pavee Point Health Team involves raising awareness on Traveller suicide. ‘Traveller male suicide is […]

Travellers Reach Out on Suicide

Suicide accounts for 11% of all deaths within the Traveller community, according to the All Ireland Health Study 2010 and is six times higher than the national average. A variety of factors have led to these shocking statistics. Traveller mental health has been hugely affected by racism, discrimination, poverty and social exclusion. For example, the […]

Health Day in Finglas

Pavee Point Health Team and the Irish Heart Foundation held a health day in Finglas on Monday the 7th of September. The Heart Foundation Roadshow set up in Avila Park and Cappagh Field so Travellers could have blood pressure checks. About 70 Travellers attended the checks and 23 out of the 70 were referred to […]