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QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER
September 2012
Governance Code Training
Carmichael Centre Annual Report
Carmichael Centre — Serving the Community and
Voluntary Sector since 1990
Launch of KnowledgeNET
Launch of The Better Together
Campaign
Launch of Joels Restaurant and
Children in Hospitals Charity
Calendar
Dyspraxia Cycling Classes
As we are now in the Autumn months we have some
exciting events for your diary from Carmichael Centre
and our residents. These include:
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Launch of KnowledgeNET
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The Better Together Campaign
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HADD Charity Cycle with Greg Le Mond October
8th
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ADHD Awareness Week
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National Parents Week 22nd—28th October
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ISIDA— Family Support Day 29th of September
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Smashing Times Memory Project
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Parkinsons Association of Ireland Social Weekend
12th—14th of November
Caroline Egan with Piyush Poddar and
Bharat Sharma from Monsoon
Consulting at Drupal4Nonprofits Event
Keep up-to-date with Carmichael Centre news and events throughout the year by following:
www.carmichaelcentre.ie
KnowledgeNET is a virtual learning hub for Irish Non Profit Organisations. This free resource is brought
to you by Carmichael Centre and a host of specialist contributors sharing information on a variety of
topics ranging from Governance to Finance.
In addition to a comprehensive array of articles, you can also keep yourself updated on events and
viewpoints of relevance to the Sector by visiting our News section and Blog regularly.
The Drupal Empowering Non– Profit Event hosted by Monsoon Consulting in June explained
the benefits of using a Drupal Content Management System (CMS) such as the one powering
KnowledgeNET.
Knowledge Net will be officially launched at the end of October. However to get a sneak
preview please click here
Better Together 2012: Boost Your Profile, Fundraise and Win Cash Prizes
Do you want to boost your organisation’s public profile, raise funds and be in with a chance of
winning thousands of Euro? If so, you should submit a two-minute video to the 2012 Better
Together Video Competition between 13 September and 5 November 2012.
Three cash prizes of €3,000 will be awarded for the best videos (as voted by the public) and
you can use the built-in donation facility to raise funds.
Any community and voluntary organisation, club or association in the Republic or Ireland can
enter. Don't miss this unique opportunity to showcase your work and attract new supporters
and donors: over 120,000 visited the website last year to watch videos, vote and donate.
Submit your 2-minute video from 13 September at www.bettertogether.ie and stay in the loop
by “liking”
CASA
CASA are delighted to announce that they are having a
raffle for a fabulous New Renault Clio 3 Door Car. The
draw will take place on Wednesday 7th November in the
CASA head office in The Carmichael Centre.
The tickets are only €5 each or €50 for a book of 12 if you
would like to be in with a chance of winning just give us a
call at 01 8725300 for some tickets.
VOLUNTEER DUBLIN CITY NORTH
The Dublin City North Volunteer Centre is organizing the launch of The Migrant Project
ACTIVE (All Can Take part In Volunteering Equally) in the Dublin City Council Wood Quay Venue,
Wood Quay, Dublin 8 on 26th September, 6pm-7.15pm, presented by The Lord Mayor of
Dublin Naoise Ó Muirí.
The purpose of ACTIVE is to support integration of migrants in their community through volunteer
engagement- with specific focus on the Dublin City North area. The Project has been founded by
The Community Foundation Ireland and its culmination is the launch of online volunteering re
sources available in more than 20 different languages. Registristion starts at 5.30pm.
The launch will be followed by a wine reception. RSVP [email protected] or
01 8722622 by September 24th.
ISIDA
Our annual Family Support Day is on Saturday
29th. September in the Radisson Blu Hotel,
Athlone. For details and registration those
interested can contact Margaret/Ger on 018732711 or by email at [email protected].
The Parkinson’s
Association of Ireland
The Parkinson’s Association of Ireland wish to
extend a very warm welcome to Keith Adams
our new CEO. We are looking forward to a
bright future together.
We are holding our socials weekend 12th-14th
October in the Kilkenny Ormonde Hotel.
Agenda for weekend available on our website
www.parkinsons.ie
We are in the process of putting together a
THE GOVERNANCE CODE
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Link to the View online magazine.
Link to TDP and seminars Oct-Nov
Update on the Governance Code as follows:
Since the Code Launch on June 28th, over 200 charities have committed to adopting the code.
Carmichael Centre adopted the code shortly after the launch. The Working Group which oversaw the
development of the Code has established two sub-committees to develop the Code further. One is
working on gaining full accreditation of the code with the Swift 3000 national standards authority. The
other is actively communicating the Code’s existence to strategic stakeholders in state and other
funding and representative bodies together with the full range of C &V organisations across the
country. There are also a number of training and support events available over the Autumn including
“Implementing the Governance Code”, a one day course delivered by the Carmichael Centre on
9 October. Details and booking on http://www.carmichaelcentre.ie/trpath/implementing-governance-code.
Having become the first organisation in Ireland to receive the PQASSO Quality Mark
Level 1, Carmichael Centre started the process of implementing Level 2 in June 2012.
Level 2 demands a more strategic approach
to achieving aims and objectives. We also
need to document our policies and procedures, and focus more on monitoring results,
with a greater focus on demonstrating our
outcomes, i.e. the difference we make for our
service users.
Social media and advocacy
Social media can be both a powerful tool and a time
consuming diversion for social justice advocates.
Internationally and in Ireland online advocacy has
been used as an effective strategy for influencing
change, but social media for social justice is not
without its critics. Can digital strategies be
counter-productive, alienating decision makers and
the public? Is e-advocacy an effective tool in raising
awareness and changing minds? How inclusive is
online networking for those living in poverty and social
exclusion? How effectively do online petitions activate
those interested in taking action for social change?
Many of these questions were discussed at The
Advocacy Initiative's 2nd Knowledge Exchange Forum
in July. A report of the workshops, including our top
ten tips for using social media, along with videos of the
speakers are available at: http://
www.advocacyinitiative.ie/learn/tools/
videoknowledge.html
Dyspraxia
Dyspraxia Cycling Classes
Sunday October 7th
Booking Essential
Learn How to Cycle or improve your cycling
Cost: €20 per child
Please contact Faye on 01—8747085 to
Book!!
The PQASSO pack is made up of twelve
“Quality Areas”, covering a range of items
from governance to operations. To date we
have covered two Quality Areas: “UserCentred Services” and “Managing People”.
In these areas we have self-assessed our
performance in terms of how we recognise
and value both our service users and our
staff and volunteers. We have put a number
of action plans in place which we will review
later in the year.
Canteen
CanTeen Ireland – nationwide support group
for young people who have or have cancer
are having their Annual CanTeen Winter
Ball on Saturday 10th of November 2012 at
the Crowne Plaza in Santry Dublin 9.
This is a Celebration of CanTeen as well as
being a Fundraising Event.
Tickets are €70 each and are on sale now.
MC: Mr. Bernard O’Shea - Comedian.
Band: SoundCheque.
Theme: Willy Wonka & The Chocolate
Factory.
Anyone Under 18 must be accompanied by
an Adult.
HADD
ADHD Awareness Week
The theme of this year’s Awareness Week is ‘Let ADHD Affect Us Positively’ and it aims to
change attitudes to the condition to see it as a positive rather than a negative .
Charity Cycle with Greg Le Monde
We are delighted to welcome three times Tour de France cycling winner Greg LeMond who is
this year’s official ambassador and who will be giving a series of talks and interviews throughout the week. Greg will be giving a personal account of his own experience with ADHD, as well
as taking part in a cycle fundraiser to raise vital funds for HADD.
Sunday 7th of October
Trim Co. Meath
12.30pm for 10k 1pm for 40k
See www.hadd.ie to book
HEART CHILDREN
" Heart Children Ireland buy life
saving machine for the Young Adult
Congenital Unit at the Mater
Hospital"
Heart Children Ireland raised over
€100,000 to purchase an ECMO
machine for the Young Adult
Congenital Unit at the Mater Hospital.
When our heart children reach 17 they
transfer from the Cardiac Unit at Our
Lady's Children's Hospital to this unit
at the Mater Hospital.
Heart Children Ireland has extended its
support to this unit in a effort to support
all our young adults. We are delighted
that we have reached another major
goal in our ongoing efforts to support
the Young Adult Congenital Unit.
The machine was launched at The
Carmichael Centre. It was a huge
event for Heart Children Ireland.
Thanks to the very efficient staff at the
Centre, the day was a wonderful
success and went off without a hitch!
Ellen and her crew were marvellous
proving lovely warm food for over 50
people. A big thank you from Heart
Children Ireland to all the staff at the
centre.
Parentline
Fashion Fiesta.
Come along to a Fashion Fiesta on
November 1st at 7.30 in Clontarf Castle, Clontarf, Dublin 3 in aid of
Parentline. Tickets are €25 each and
include a goody bag, a welcome drink,
free draw, celebrity guests, fantastic
entertainment and fun fashions.
Contact Parentline at 01 878723
or [email protected] for tickets.
Parentline
National Parents Week 2012 will run from 22nd October to 28th
October.
The theme of National Parents Week 2012 is ‘Making a Special
Moment’
The idea behind the week is to celebrate the role of parenting. We invite any person or organisation that works with children
or families, as a parent or guardian, or as a professional to run an
event to celebrate the week.
Let us know what you are doing – we will put it on our website.
Some ideas for events include: a cup of tea with your members,
pamper days for parents, talks on parenting, art competitions,
conference….. anything that highlights and celebrates the
important role parents and people that support parents play.
‘Making a Special Moment’ – this year we are encouraging parents
to do something special that doesn’t cost a lot but that will create a
‘special moment or memory’ for their children. Some ideas include:
walk in the park, kick up the autumn leaves, picnic (with umbrellas
if it’s raining), create a memory box, watch a special tv programme
together, write a letter to a
grandparent….. the list is endless.
Contact Parentline at 01 8787230 or [email protected] for more
details.
Children in Hospital
At the launch of the
Joels Restaurant Kids
Charity Calendar Drawing Competition from
left to right: Pat Kenny,
Louis Fitzgerald Hotel,
Anyta Richardson, CHI
Volunteer Support
Team; Mary O’Connor,
CHI CEO and Jason
Sherlock, Business
Manager, Louis Fitzgerald Hotel.
Mary O’Connor,
Children in Hospital Ireland – one of Ireland’s leading sick children’s
charities – at the launch of the competition said “CHI is delighted to be
associated with Joels Kids Charity Calendar Drawing Competition 2012.
The competition focuses on what children of all ages love to do – draw and
make marks. The competition will stimulate children’s imagination, focusing
their creative efforts on their favourite month of the year.”
Mary continued “Joels Kids Drawing Competition will help sick children in
hospitals in Dublin and throughout the country by supporting CHI’s hard
working volunteers from the organisation’s PlayWell service. PlayWell
volunteers provide play sessions for hospitalised children throughout the
country every day. Play helps sick
children cope by providing the fun
and activities they love. As a normal activity in an abnormal situation play,
helps children make friends, it distracts and reduces their nervousness,
and definitely helps them get better faster.
“The Joels Kids Drawing Competition is a wonderful example of children
helping children. So pick up a free entry form from Joels Restaurant, from
the Children in Hospital Ireland office or from the PlayWell group in your
local hospital. On the back of your entry form, draw a picture of your favourite month. Send your completed form back to Joels Restaurant or to
Children in Hospital Ireland before the 28th October. Your wonderful picture
will help children in hospitals everywhere.”
Smashing Times
The Memory Project 2012-2014
An innovative arts programme using drama, theatre and a television documentary to deal with the past
and build pathways for the future and to promote peace, reconciliation and mutual understanding in
Northern Ireland and the Southern Border Counties.
This project is run by Smashing Times Theatre Company in partnership with Corrymeela Community/
Irish Peace Centres and in association with CAIN (Conflict Archive on the Internet) and the University of
Ulster INCORE International Conflict Research Institute. The project is funded through the EU’s
PEACE III Programme, managed by the Special EU Programmes Body.
The Memory Project has three inter-related strands all using the processes of drama, theatre and television to deal with the past history of conflict and to work collaboratively with a range of communities
Including young people and adults to build new pathways for a peaceful future in Northern Ireland and
the Southern Border Counties on a cross-community and cross-border basis.
Strand One uses storytelling and dramatic professional theatre performances to acknowledge and
deal with the past by exploring and addressing through a creative medium the legacy, impact and memories of the conflict. Strand Two involves the creation of a Reconciliation, Equality and Human
Rights Drama Workshop Programme with schools, youth groups and communities to promote antiracism; anti-sectarianism; conflict resolution; equality and human rights. Strand Three involves the production and broadcast of the entire project process as outlined above for national television in the creation of a professional One Hour Television Documentary to be broadcast for national viewing. All materials generated by this project will then be archived digitally online by CAIN (Conflict Archive on the
Internet) and the University of Ulster INCORE International Conflict Research Institute for future use.
The archive material includes:
One Hour Television Documentary
DVD of Television Documentary and 100 DVD duplications for distribution to schools and
communities
Copy of the Original Theatre Script
Pod casts and Web Assets: Including the recording of 10 Interviews
A Radio Series of the Work
Written Transcripts of ten direct Interviews
Rickter
Measuring Impact
The Rickter Company offers assessment solutions that enable organisations to
measure and evidence soft outcomes. To learn more about the Rickter Impact
Management System please visit http://www.rickterscale.com.
Upcoming Training
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PQASSO: Practical Quality Assurance (One Day) Tues 23rd of
October Book Here
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Workplace Safety (One Day) Tues November 6th Book Here
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Implementing the Governance Code Tues 9th October Book Here
Carmichael Centre Free Seminars
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Employment Law: An Overview Thurs 4th October Book Here
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Energy Efficiency Thurs 1 Nov Book Here
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Implications of the new Companies Bill for charities November (TBA)
for more information see here
Annual Report
To view Carmichael Centres Annual
Report please click here
Carmichael Centre would be very grateful if you
could vote for us in the Better Together
competition by voting here ! Thank you :)
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