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Strategic Project/ Canteen Ireland, Yvonne Feehan
Strategic Project/ Canteen Ireland, Yvonne Feehan
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CanTeen Ireland is an organisation set up to support, empower and develop young people who have or have had cancer between the ages of 12 and 25. Set up in May 1990, the nationwide support group provides members with a place where they can simply be young people, away from the day to day pressures that come with living with cancer in the hospital or at home. Having no dedicated wards in Irish hospitals for teenagers with cancer, CanTeen is an important resource for the country and steps up where the HSE falls down. CanTeen does not rely on the …
Ocd Ireland Reaching Gps: A Community-Based Research Project Examing How Ocd Ireland's Communication Is Received By General Practitioners, David Callaghan, Laura Desilles
Ocd Ireland Reaching Gps: A Community-Based Research Project Examing How Ocd Ireland's Communication Is Received By General Practitioners, David Callaghan, Laura Desilles
Students Learning with Communities
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Breath And Urine Alcohol Level Analysis To Increase Student Awareness Of Road Safety., Kim Daly
Breath And Urine Alcohol Level Analysis To Increase Student Awareness Of Road Safety., Kim Daly
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The aim of this project was to increase student’s awareness of road safety and the relationship between alcohol and driving. This was carried out in conjunction with the Garda Road Safety Unit and the DIT interdisciplinary project known as CARS, College Awareness of Road Safety. This project was carried out last year by another student therefore the aim this year was to build and expand on the work that had been done so far. Increasing the student’s awareness was achieved by speaking to class groups to explain the project and asking them to take part by supplying samples of breath …
Stepping Stone, Community Education- A Stepping Stone To Third Level Education, Lorraine Perkins
Stepping Stone, Community Education- A Stepping Stone To Third Level Education, Lorraine Perkins
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The focus of this research is to explore supports that facilitated participation and retention of learners on a community education course and additional supports needed to progress to third level education. This research was in partnership with Irish National Association of Adult Education (AONTAS) and supported by Community Links, Technological University Dublin. (DIT) This research is qualitative in nature. For this purpose, a focus group of community learners and semi-structured interviews with community education professionals was conducted. The research gives in-depth insight into learners experiences of what supports facilitated participation in community education and additional supports needed to progress to …
Exploring The Use Of Web 2.0 Tools To Support Knowledge Sharing Within The Non-Profit Sector, Christina Shannon
Exploring The Use Of Web 2.0 Tools To Support Knowledge Sharing Within The Non-Profit Sector, Christina Shannon
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This project will investigate the challenges of knowledge sharing and communication in non-profit organizations with a high dependence on volunteers. Projects of this type typically rely heavily on the knowledge of the volunteers for success and while many projects have some mechanisms through which they communicate and share knowledge such as a web presence, typically the knowledge is disparate, highly tacit, embedded in the people involved. A scattered approach is typical with knowledge and information on several different forums managed by several different people with no obvious connection. There is unlikely to be a cohesive, coherent approach in place to …