7 Achievements 2014 1. Happy Parent Initiative, a three year cycle of workshops came to an end. We delivered to 22 Family Resource Centres which included Counties Cork, Kerry, Mayo, Louth, Tipperary, Galway, Cavan, Meath and Dublin. We worked in urban and rural areas with migrant Chinese mothers, volunteers and grandparents. In September we published the HP Booklet which is a small treasure trove of creativity.
3. A new Evidence Room and Wiki arising from the City (Re)Searchers, a two-year Creative Europe funded project, is now online. The legacy of the research is most clearly felt in the Community Culture Strategy which seeks to renew, refresh and reinvent community art. Check out Evidence Room and Wiki Independent research Brian Harvey remarked “a lot of really interesting ideas, concepts and thoughts here and work to be progressed�.
2. We are Family #2 The event in Dublin Castle attracted 100 people. The photo documentation gives a real feel of the day. Watch [+] We are grateful to the fantastic organisations who ran workshops on the day including: EPIC; Pavee Point; New Communities Partnership; Rialto Youth Project & Fatima Groups United; TCD's New Irish Families Research Team; Age Friendly Network; The Community Foundation for Ireland and ReCreate with artist Rhona Byrne. Thank are also due to Eimear McNally, Niall Crowley.
4. Cultural Rights is known as the Cinderella of the rights family. When it comes to arts and cultural work it is not clear what it stands for, how progress is achieved and how criticism voiced. Yet it is precisely its uncertainty that has attracted us to it. We made a joint submission, with the Equality and Rights Alliance, to the Irish shadow report on progress under social, economic and cultural rights. In November, FLAC submitted the final report to the UN and adopted a community culture strategy. Read [+]