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Minister Roderic O’Gorman announces funding for Local Area Child Poverty Action Plans
Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Roderic O’Gorman has announced the allocation of €378,000 under What Works to four Children and Young People’s Service Committees working in collaboration with their corresponding Local Community Development Committee (LCDC) to research and pilot Local Area Child Poverty Action Plans. Following a call for applications and selection … Continued
What Works Ireland Evidence Hub: Second call for submission of programmes in prevention and early intervention
The Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (DCEDIY) is working with the Foundations UK, to further develop the What Works Ireland Evidence Hub. The Evidence Hub is an online tool designed to help increase access to effective prevention and early intervention programmes. It helps show the best evidence on what works available to … Continued
What Works Building Evidence Fund 2023
Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Roderic O’Gorman has announced the creation of a new fund under the What Works prevention and early intervention initiative, which is funded through the Dormant Accounts Fund. The What Works Building Evidence Fund has been established under the Quality and Evidence strands of the What Works initiative. … Continued
What Works Ireland Evidence Hub Workshops
Following the launch of the What Works Ireland Evidence Hub by Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Roderic O’Gorman T.D., service commissioners, programme providers and evaluators were invited to attend two workshops in June. Miriam Sorgenfrei from the Department’s partner in creating the Evidence Hub, Foundations, talked the attendees through how the Evidence … Continued
Update on What Works Sharing Knowledge Fund Grantees
The Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Roderic O’Gorman T.D., launched the What Works Sharing Knowledge Fund in 2022. This fund supported professionals working with children and young people through prevention and early intervention programmes to promote peer interaction, project collaborations and knowledge dissemination. Through this fund, €408,000 was awarded across 25 organisations … Continued
EMCDDA webinar: Young people and drug use — how can we keep them safe?
The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction will host a webinar on June 19th on Young people and drug use — how can we keep them safe? This webinar is a follow-up to the previous webinar on prevention, and will focus on what to do when there is evidence of experimenting/use with … Continued
Launch of the What Works Ireland Evidence Hub
The Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Roderic O’Gorman T.D., today launched the What Works Ireland Evidence Hub. The What Works Ireland Evidence Hub is an online tool designed to increase access to effective prevention and early intervention programmes by making the best evidence on what works available to policy makers, service commissioners, … Continued
Teens and substance use: what can parents do?
The European Drugs Agency held an online webinar on May 8 titled ‘Teens and substance use: what can parents do?’ The objective of which was to help adults to manage the risks for and of substance use in adolescence according to evidence-based prevention principles. The speakers were: Ina Koning, prevention researcher, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands. … Continued
You’re invited to the What Works Ireland Evidence Hub Launch!
Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Roderic O’Gorman, T.D. is launching the What Works Ireland Evidence Hub on 31 May at 11.30am. Join the Minister and programme evaluators from What Works for Early Intervention and Children’s Social Care (WWEISCS) online for the event. The … Continued
Check out the What Works Digital Solutions Fund Report
The Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Roderic O’Gorman, T.D., approved €600,000 from the What Works initiative budget, which is funded through the Dormant Account Fund, in 2021 for the Children and Youth Digital Solutions Fund. The Children and Youth Digital Solutions Fund was created by Rethink Ireland in partnership with the Department … Continued