Over 200 people tuned in for Pavee Point’s webinar on the impacts of racism on mental health delivered by Australian Professor at Deakin Univesity, Yin Paradies for World Mental Health Day on 8th October 2020. Professor Paradies talked about the experience of Aboriginal Australians which echoes the experience of Irish Travellers. He said studies showed […]
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Month: September 2020
Five years ago today the UN adopted the Sustainable Development Goals promising to leave no one behind and to progress the most marginalised first. Pavee Point calls on the Government to today renew commitments with firm timelines and resourced actions – especially to ensure a just recovery from COVID-19. Wednesday’s publication of Fundamental Rights Agency report […]
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Pavee Point’s Drug and Alcohol Programme hosted its second online National Traveller Drug Network meeting last week. The meeting covered a range of topics which included an input from Ms. Nicki Killeen- HSE Social Inclusion who presented on the emerging trend of use of Nitrous Oxide. There was also a presentation of an overview of the National Drug Treatment […]
read more →Irish results of an EU Survey highlight stark inequalities and Pavee Point Traveller & Roma Centre called for a co-ordinated approach to Traveller and Roma inclusion and a drive for implementation. Martin Collins, Co Director Pavee Point Traveller & Roma Centre, speaking at the online launch called for a co-ordinated approach to Traveller and […]
read more →Pavee Point is part of Travellers Together Preventing Suicide and we are looking forward to this webinar on 10th September. Pavee Point Mental Health Worker, Pa Reilly will highlight the need to collect data, within a human rights framework, that includes information on ethnic group. Ethnic equality data provides evidence of any gaps in service […]
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