Social Inclusion
Certain groups such as pensioners, lone parents, carers, people with disabilities, those with low educational attainment, ex-offenders, those who are homeless and members of specific groups, like Travellers, the Roma and some migrants are much more vulnerable to poverty at this time of recession. Recent statistics show that almost one person in five is at risk of poverty in Ireland.
Presentation Ireland aims to build on the first hand experience of working with communities at risk of poverty, and in ways, which contribute to the poverty-proofing of public policy.
What We Are Doing
A Centre for Social Inclusion in Cork
In South Presentation Cork, we’ve been working with a community of Travellers, recent immigrants, recovering addicts, young people, and the elderly to find out what happens when ordinary people are given the means to become designers of their own social services. The results have been surprising.
"We Made This" is a report on that process. Its a free booklet showing that the business design strategies of IBM, Apple and Nike can be used to identify and address acute social problems such as loneliness, inter-generational tension and the need for integration. The booklet secured coverage within the Irish media, some of which we have listed here.
You can download your free electronic copy of the report by clicking on the link below.
- Download your free copy of We Made This
- Irish Examiner - Business-savvy sisters tackle social problems
- Evening Echo - Convent opens to the community
A full-time community development worker has been appointed to work with the range of groups involved in the process and plans are underway with assistance from Business in the Community to redesign and open up buildings for new usage by the community.
South Presentation Newsletter click (PDF, 4.37MB).
For more information on the South Presentation project email patricia@presentation.ie