Month: December 2023

Cavan Traveller Movement and Pavee Point Traveller and Roma Centre would like to recruit a Traveller Women’s Awareness Worker for a peer-led project in relation to domestic and sexual violence. The Traveller Women’s Awareness Worker will work to raise awareness regarding domestic and sexual violence with the Traveller community. They will also work with services […]

Pavee Point was delighted to be part of the project and launch of ‘Pavee Peck’ today – a Traveller cookbook.  This cookbook is a creation from the memories of seventeen Traveller women which showcases the healthy meals that were prepared without electricity and living on the side of the road.   Meeting at TravAct Coolock every […]

Pavee Point Chairperson Anastasia Crickely addressed the UN Forum on Minority Issues this weekend. She expressed our concern at the global upsurge in anti- minority racism and particularly by the recent far right ignited riots on the streets of Dublin . Ms. Crickley called on the Forum, the UN and member states to name and […]

Martin Collins, Pavee Point Co Director attended the 16th European Platform for Roma Inclusion in Madrid this week. Discussions centred around accommodation and achieving desegragated accommodation for Roma, Travellers, Gypsies and Sinti. The event was organised by the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union and the European Commission. Photo caption. Martin Collins, […]

Pavee Point has been working with National Traveller Women’s Forum on developing workshops for Traveller and Roma women on political/community engagement. A workshop in Tullamore took place this week and a roundtable will take plac ein Portlaoise on 6 December. The workshops looked at issues such as Using your voice and confidence building with Orlaith Carmody Getting involved in […]

Pavee Point was delighted to be in Strasbourg this week for training to ‘Address racially motivated crimes against Roma, Sinti and Travellers: towards effective and non-discriminatory policing’. Hugh Collins of our Education Team and Thomas McCarthy of our Drug and Alcohol Programme took part in the training along with Roma and Sinti counterparts. The OSCE/ODIHR and […]

Thanks to everyone who attended our Roma Healthy Heart Day this week at Pavee Point.  It was a difficult week for the Roma community, and other minority ethnic groups, given last week’s violence fuelled by the far right in pursuit of a racist agenda.  This left many Roma feeling frightened and vulnerable. Our event was […]