Community Climate Action: Practitioners Training Programme

Calling Youth Workers & Community Workers to Join Us!

This residential weekend training will equip Community and Youth Work practitioners to support young people and communities, making their voices heard for equitable climate action.

Friends of the Earth, with support from Community Work Ireland (CWI), the National Youth Council of Ireland (NYCI) and the National Women’s Council (NWC), are joining forces to deliver an innovative programme upskilling youth work and community work practitioners to play a vital role in embedding social justice in the transition to a decarbonised and climate resilient future.

Over three days, participants will explore the intersections between social and climate justice, diving deep into several essential issues for local climate justice and a just transition, including:

• Strengthening personal resilience/emotional capacity in the face of climate crisis.
• Building powerful and inclusive participatory democracy.
• Fostering collective local resilience in our food, energy and economic systems.
• Supporting justice and solidarity in the transition locally, nationally and globally.

When: 17-19 May 2024
Where: Gyreum Eco Centre, Co. Sligo
What: Community Climate Action: Practitioners Training Programme (Weekend training)

Apply to join our weekend training for Community and Youth Work practitioners via the Friends of the Earth website. There are very limited places (max 15 participants). We will aim to select participants to maximise diversity, levels of experience, geographical location and a commitment to embed the learning from the training into practice. Successful applicants will be notified the week of the 22nd of April to allow enough time for participants to plan their travel arrangements.  

NOTE: Deadline for application is Wednesday 17 April.

Link to more information and to register for the event:

https://www.friendsoftheearth.ie/events/community-climate-action-practitioners-training-programme/