I hope that you have blue skies wherever in the country you are. Many of you are familiar with Dr. Harriet Emerson who has worked with PPNs over the years on a number of different projects. She is working on the following project and would like your input.
"In November last year, representatives of PPNs made a presentation to the Joint Oireachtas on Environment and Climate Change. An offer was made to submit a further report to the Committee on the present climate activities of PPNs and their member groups and the potential for them to mobilise further climate action. This has the potential to unlock funding and support from Government and possibly elsewhere for this work in the community and voluntary sector.
A very limited budget was made available by DRCD to hold a workshop on which this report will be based. It is important to hold this before people head away for summer holidays, but there have been significant challenges in making arrangements and unfortunately it is now very short notice.
Could we ask you to discuss the attached notice with your secretariat and resource workers? It invites them to let us know about any climate action you are involved in, or would like to do, in a quick survey. They are also asked to let us know if you’d like to be involved in the workshop itself.
Could you also circulate and promote the attached notice to all your member groups please by email, newsletter and any other means? It invites them to let us know about any climate action they are involved in, or would like to do, in a quick survey. They are also asked to let us know if they'd like to be involved in the workshop itself.
Numbers are limited, so PPNs and groups will be selected to achieve as much diversity as possible. DRCD has not provided additional funds for travel expenses and we hope very much that interested groups may be able to apply to their own PPN to reimburse travel costs to send a representative (if chosen) as this is a PPN event. We are hoping to include PPN secretariat members and member groups from across all 3 colleges."
If you have any queries, you are welcome to contact Harriet Emerson, who will be facilitating the workshop. Her email address is harriet@adjust.ie.
Thank you for your help and support with this.
Many thanks,
Susanne Rogers,
Research & Policy Analyst.
Social Justice Ireland,
1-3 Burton Hall Road, Sandyford, Dublin 18, Ireland, D18 A094
Tel: + 353 (0) 1 290 3597 (Main Line)
Web: www.socialjustice.ie
Patrick Buckley | PPN Support Worker | Cork County PPN
Economic Development, Enterprise & Tourism | The Business Growth Hub | Cork County Council | Cork | T12 A243
| Ireland
T +353-(0)21 – 428 5486 M +353-(0)86 - 0597563
|Patrick.Buckley@CorkCoCo.ie Cork County PPN | Public Participation Network
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