NEWS DIARY NOTICE: World Kindness Day, TODAY, 13 November
WHAT: Today is World Kindness Day. To celebrate, Carnegie UK Trust and The Wheel, Ireland's national association of charities, will be launching the results of a survey into people's perceptions kindness in Ireland, and a new report on community participation. The findings will be announced this evening in Dublin at the launch of the final report of People’s Conversation, a series of public consultations that took place over the past three years.
WHEN: Wednesday, 13 November (interviews available all day. Launch event at 6-8pm
WHO: Ivan Cooper, Director of Public Policy at The Wheel is available for interview.
The report and survey findings will be launched at a special event at the Royal College of Physicians in Dublin, and will feature a live recording of Dil Wickremasinghe’s popular Insight Matters podcast. The event will hear contributions from some of Ireland’s best-known activists, including:
- Fr. Peter McVerry, lifelong campaigner in homelessness and poverty and founder of the Peter Mc Verry Trust;
- Salome Mbugua, Head of Operations and Strategy with AkiDwA and chair of the working group on Ireland’s Third National Action Plan on Women Peace and Security;
- Stephen Teap, Cervical Check campaigner and member of 221Plus Patient Support Group;
- Molly Redmond, Student Climate Strike Activist with Fridays for Future.
aims to improve wellbeing by influencing public policy and changing lives through innovative practice and partnerships across the UK and Ireland. www.carnegieuktrust.org.uk
The Wheel is Ireland’s national association of community and voluntary organisations, charities and social enterprises. www.wheel.ie
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