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Check out the latest edition of the Dóchas Wednesday News for Dóchas updates, upcoming events, and job opportunities in the Irish Overseas Development sector!

As part of Charity Trustees Week 2024, the Dóchas Safeguarding Working Group will host a webinar titled “Safeguarding: What Should a Trustee Know?” on Tuesday 12 November at 11 am. This event aims to inform charity trustees and board members about safeguarding and how they can support the implementation of safeguarding measures and the development of a strong safeguarding culture. Speakers on the day include Feargal O’Connell, CEO of Self Help Africa; Moria Leydon, Assistant General Secretary of ASTI and Board Member of ActionAid Board; and Valerie Philpott, Safeguarding Advisor at Misean Cara and Chair of the Dóchas Safeguarding Working Group. The event will be moderated by Jane-Ann McKenna, CEO of Dóchas. You can find out more about the event and register here: https://lnkd.in/eAmsSucb

This morning Dóchas launched its Election Manifesto and Electoral Snapshots research project. The Dóchas Electoral Snapshots demonstrates the tangible support for development and humanitarian organisations by the Irish public, and community support for aid and development more broadly.  The scope of the snapshots includes aggregated data on the amount of donations received by 27 Dóchas member organisations and illustrates the level of public support, interest and trust in aid and development organisations across every county in Ireland. The launch event heard from Yvonne Murphy of Lacuna Consulting, who wrote the Electoral Snapshots report, and political consultant Gerard Howlin on the lay of the land ahead of the General Election. For more information and to see an interactive county-by-county map you can click here: dochas.ie/election24

Check out the latest edition of the Dóchas Wednesday News for Dóchas updates, upcoming events, and job opportunities in the Irish Overseas Development sector!

Worldview project manager Claudia Lynch recently attended OECD DevCom 2024 in The Hague to present the innovative work Worldview is doing on audience segmentation and personas. Claudia was invited to share how Dóchas' Irish public engagement research project is actualising the robust research data collected to make it more practical for Dóchas members to implement in their advocacy, communications, fundraising and educational strategies. The Worldview project explores the Irish public's attitudes to overseas development aid, enabling deeper engagement with the Irish public on issues of global development, equality and justice.

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The #AidWatch2024 report has been released by CONCORD this morning. The AidWatch report shows that there is a real issue across Europe with domestic refugee costs being counted as overseas development assistance, and Ireland has to be very careful to avoid that. See our full reaction to the report here: https://lnkd.in/eZuykh5r

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Dóchas Head of Communications and Media Niall McDonald gave a lecture to the CNN Academy at the Clinton Institute at University College Dublin, where he discussed our Ethical Communications Guide, and ethics in journalism with students from across the world.

The latest issue of Dóchas' Wednesday News is out now! Uncover insights into upcoming events, enriching workshops, and exciting job openings in the sector.