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Help
Us with Our Work
Ireland needs an education
system which respects the rights of all children and parents irrespective
of their social, cultural or religious backgrounds. The potential
benefits to society and to future generations of Irish children
are immense. If you can, please make a contribution either of
your skills, time or money.
Our sector, and all our schools, have been created
by voluntary community initiative and Ireland today would have
no multi-denominational sector of education without the enormous
efforts of thousands of parents and their supporters. In financial
terms, Educate Together receives only a nominal grant from the
Government for its national lobbying, advocacy, development and
school support work. As a result of our "We need a hand!" campaign in 2006, our grant from the Department of Education and Science increased to €120,000. However this amount represents only 10% of our runnning costs.
This page links you to some of the ways you can
contribute to our work. If you do so, we guarantee that any contribution
will directly make a difference in our on-gong programmes. They
are:
Volunteer
your services to a start-up group or school in your vicinity
Volunteer
to work with Educate Together’s National Programmes
Make
a financial donation to our Development Fund
Educate Together is a registered
Charity (No CHY11816). We are a company limited by guarantee
(No: 656183) and file full audited annual returns to the Irish
companies office.
Volunteer
your services to a start-up group or school in your vicinity
You
can check out if there is a local school or start-up group in
your area from the list
on this site. You can then contact the school
and they will tell you if there is an Association or programme
that you can join. Although all established Educate Together schools
are funded by the State on the same basis as all other national
schools in the country, they need to draw on support from parents
and the local community to deliver high-quality, rights-based
education. Many of our schools have active Associations that promote
the aims and objectives of Educate Together in the area.
Please be aware that to participate in any activity
in which you will come in contact with children or influence their
environment, background references will be required. If you have
any further queries, please
contact
us at the National Office.
Volunteer
to work with Educate Together’s National Programmes
As an organisation that has been created by voluntary
effort, voluntary assistance is always welcome at Educate Together.
We operate a wide range of programmes, many of which provide opportunities
for volunteers.
Lobbying
and Fundraising
- Help
us explain our aims and objectives in your circle of friends
and community
- Lobby
your public representatives
- Organise
fund-raising events
- Help
us with the media
(email)
Development
Help
us plan and prepare applications for new schools. We often need
help with Planning applications, architectural reports, valuations
and Fire Safety issues and research with new developments. Our
Development Department works with start-up associations and with
new schools until they have achieved permanent accommodation.
(email)
School
Support
Our
school system depends on many voluntary committees to function
properly. If you have experience working on a committee in one
of our schools or have facilitation or training skills, please
contact our National Coordinator.
(email)
Education
We
are constantly trying to advance our Education programmes. If
you are a practitioner in the areas of rights and democracy in
schools, multiple-intelligence approaches to education, ethical
education and positive attitudes to diversity, (all the areas
that are pertinent to our Charter), then please contact us.
(email)
Research
We
always have areas of research in which we need help. The areas
or research in which we are interested are very wide. They include:-
education policy, education systems, the structure of the Irish
system, international comparison and best practice, human rights
and law, peace studies, ICT and education, development education.
If you would like to progress a research project for us, or are
looking for a subject for a thesis or dissertation, please contact
our research co-ordinator.
(email)
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