Please note that The Fingal Centre will be closed for business on Wednesday, January 26th 2011 in order to facilitate staff training. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
The Centre will reopen as normal on Thursday 27th at 9:00AM.
UPDATE, Monday 6th December: The Fingal Centre will be open for business as usual today.
Due to the adverse weather conditions, The Fingal Centre has been closed since Wednesday and will also be closed tomorrow (Friday, December 3rd). Staff training due to take place tomorrow has been cancelled. A fundraising event scheduled to be held on Saturday in Marks & Spencer, Blanchardstown has also been postponed until further notice.
We hope to be able to open the Centre for business as usual on Monday 6th December. We will post further updates here.
A National Demonstration will be held on November 27th in protest against the upcoming Budget cuts, which look almost certain to be amongst the harshest in living memory. The march will assemble at 12 noon on Wood Quay. Read the rest of this entry »
Age Action are to hold a public meeting to enable older people to tell politicians their needs ahead of the upcoming Budget. The meeting will be held at the Arlington Hotel, O’ Connell Bridge, Dublin at 11AM on Wednesday, November 17th.
Please note that you must pre-register to attend this meeting. You can do so by calling (01) 475 6989 or by e-mailing info@ageaction.ie including your name, address, contact number and e-mail address. Read the rest of this entry »
The Finglas Suicide Network are to hold a public seminar entitled “Facing Up To Suicide”. The seminar will take place from 7:00p.m. to 9:30p.m. on Thursday, 28th October in the Ardmore Hotel, Tolka Valley, Dublin 11. Admission is free.
FSN extends a special invitation to attend to:
Speakers on the night will be Rev Dr Tony Byrne CSSp and Sr Kathleen Maguire PVBM, MA, both of whom have been working in the field of suicide prevention/bereavement in Ireland and abroad for many years.
There will be no group discussions on the night, but there will be an opportunity to ask questions. Tea and coffee will be served on arrival.
For more information, contact the Finglas Suicide Network, 46 – 47 Mellowes Court, Finglas, Dublin 11. Phone: 01 864 8899.
On 29th September, staff from the Fingal Centre took part in the Europe-wide Day of Action against government cutbacks. Here are some photos from the protest in Dublin.
Photos from the Back Up Family Support Programme’s trips to Causey Farm and Pudden Hill on the 16th and 20th of August 2010:
Photos from the Back Up Family Support Programme’s Sea Safari, 22nd June 2010.
The ‘Claiming Our Future’ event takes place in the Industries Hall of the RDS in Dublin on 30th October 2010. People from a wide range of civil society sectors are meeting to stake our claim to, and articulate our vision of, Ireland’s future. Trade union, cultural, community, developing world, disability, rural, environmental, migrant worker, student and youth groups are amongst those taking part.
This Wednesday, September 29th, will see trade unions and community organizations across Europe take part in protests against austerity measures. In Dublin, the protest will coincide with the first Dáil session following the summer break. The theme of the protest is Jobs Not Cuts. The protest gathering will take place from 1:00pm — 2:00pm outside Leinster House.
The Fingal Centre is a member of the Congress Centres Network and a registered FETAC training provider.