Othering and Belonging Conference 2023
Lola attended the Othering and Belonging Conference last month on behalf of Momentum. This two day conference took place in Berlin and explored how we can co-create democratic societies rooted in justice and belonging amidst rising populism and intersecting global crises. The topics covered are very important to our inclusion projects, and they will help […]
Keeping Childhood Smartphone Free – Surviving Digital
Minister Foley launches new plan to encourage parents to avoid buying smartphones for their children in primary schools The Government has approved plans to roll out resources to support parents and parent associations who wish to develop voluntary codes regarding smartphone use among primary school children. The Department of Education has drawn up new guidelines […]
Modes Project – Exploring Education Abroad
The Modes Project Team met on October 25th in Athens, Greece for the transnational partner meeting. The meeting gave the partners a chance to reflect on the progress of the project so far, and also to explore education abroad. The Modes – For International Classrooms project aims to reinforce the learning experiences of international and […]
The Design for Change Project – A Closer Look
As we come to the end of The Design for Change Project, we will take a look at the fantastic resources that have been produced as part of the project. The aim of the project was to train Adult Educators, Social Change Actors, Policy Stakeholders, and other stakeholders involved in social change to use Design […]
GRASSROOTS Three-day Hackathon and Transnational Project Meeting in Matera, Italy
Grassroots is an Erasmus+ project that wants to take advantage of ecotourism entrepreneurship as an emerging and powerful trend. GRASSROOTS aims to introduce new models, skills, experiential learning, collaborative conversations, exchange of best practices, and formal and informal entrepreneurship education to youth in the fields of eco-tourism sport, street food, street art and digitalisation. In […]
The Digi WorkWell Transnational Meeting in Barcelona
The pandemic has changed the way many of us work, instead of going to an office many of us are now working remotely or enjoying hybrid working. This can be of benefit to employees but it can also cause health issues due to isolation, communication issues, lack of productivity, etc. The Digi WorkWell project aims […]
The LGBTIQ+ Youth Net Project Transnational Meeting in Germany
Lola was in Freiberg, Gemany recently, for the transnational partner meeting of the LGBTIQ+ Youth Net Project. This is an EU-funded Erasmus+ project, to combat Hate Speech and support young people in this process. The word that sums up the meeting was: TOGETHERNESS! The team are building a mentality of togetherness in combating the hate […]
The Celebration of Belonging in Leitrim
We recently hosted The Celebration of Belonging in the beautiful St. George’s Heritage and Visitor Centre in Carrick on Shannon. This event was part of the Bestie Club (Befriending for for social and digital Inclusion project). Bestie aims to provide a fresh and innovative model of cross-fertilization of digital and social skills for senior citizens, […]
The INVOLVE Project – A Closer Look
As we come to the end of our INVOLVE project, we will take a look at the fantastic resources that have been produced as part of the project. The aim of INVOLVE was to strengthen the visual literacy of entrepreneurs by introducing innovative visual literacy training into adult entrepreneurship education curriculum and courses. Visual literacy […]