CESCA EQUALITY AND SOCIAL INCLUSION SMALL GRANTS SCHEME 2022/2023 After an absence of over 3 years, CESCA is delighted to re launch their grassroots grants scheme, with huge thanks to the HSE Social Inclusion Services in Cork for supporting us with this initiative. CESCA is keenly aware as an Alliance, of the importance of collaboration
CESCA are currently preparing for a busy autumn and winter period ahead with equality training, a grassroots grants scheme and an equality day all happening in the next few months. We are also currently working together to create a short film about CESCA, our origins, our role and our vision for the future with the
Traveller Pride is an annual celebration that takes place locally and nationally with Traveller organisations, partners and stakeholders coming together to celebrate Traveller ethnicity, identity and culture. Cork Traveller Pride recently ran from the 18th -25th July with events and activities across the city. This year’s theme was “Embracing a modern Traveller culture, with
As part of Cork City's Lifelong Learning Festival 2022 , CESCA hosted a webinar to officially launch research undertaken by Claire Kenealy as part of the Community Academic Research Links (CARL) programme in University College Cork. While this research has been complete since 2019, our opportunity to launch it at the 2020 Lifelong Learning Festival
On Monday December 6th 2021 the Cork Equal and Sustainable Communities Alliance (CESCA) hosted their annual equality day, as part of our commitments to progressing equality within the city under the Cork City Local Economic and Community Plan- Pure Cork. This annual event always takes place on or near World Human Rights Day on December
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Illustration by derekalawlor Ireland has one of the highest rates of mental illness in Europe (ranked 3 out of 36 countries) (1) with at least 1 in 4
From Monday 20th September to Friday October 1st a number of events took place in Cork City to mark the national celebrations for Traveller Pride Week 2021. CESCA members the Cork Traveller Visibility Group (TVG) along with other Traveller Advocacy groups in the City were involved in organising, facilitating and supporting a number of events
On Monday December 7th the Cork Equal and Sustainable Communities Alliance (CESCA) held their annual equality day with the theme of Equality in a time of Covid. This annual event is one of CECSA’s contributions to the Cork City Local Economic and Community Plan (LECP) and takes place in the same week as World Human
The 18th annual IPB Pride of Place awards recently took place on November 21st as an online ceremony. Pride of Place is an all-island competition that recognises improvements made by local communities to create civic pride in their area. The competition focus is about people coming together to shape, change and enjoy all that is