Hi there!
My name is Chiara and I work as the Placement Officer for Social Inclusion in Volunteering Ireland.
Volunteering Ireland promotes high quality voluntary activity, by encouraging organisations, who involve volunteers, to adopt good policy and practice, and by acting as a link between such organisations and individuals who wish to undertake meaningful voluntary work.
We are […]

The work carried out by myself on behalf of the BCCN, will lead to more active particpation from children in settings, leading to more active citizens later in life.
We begin with the youngest children trying to help practitoners see children as separate individuals with rights and responsibilities. We use listening and learning as a reflective […]

Active Citizenship is very important to our service and to our membership.
We insist that Deaf people- sign language users/ hard of hearing who communicate via speech/ people with cochlear implants and their family members are involved in all aspects of our service.
Our mission, our vision, our values and our primary objects concur with belief.
Without the […]

Active citizenship is, I believe, a fine ideal. There are many wonderful opportunities for people to contribute as volunteers in society but community development can be a vicious nasty place. My experience is that bullying is the norm. If you disagree or try to express a different point of view to ‘the consensus’ (which is […]

T Active citizenship can only come about from people’s confidence and faith that they will be heard. The Pioneer total abstinence association is involved in promoting abstinence from alcohol and drugs. Our main programme target group is the youth. We believe that an informed and faith filled […]

I am uncomfortable with a "political agenda" behind the concept of active citizenship….
Living in a democracy that is more a representative than a participative one, can one realistically be an active citizen?
The concept of active citizenship is used, politically, to reinforce the social norms of society, and promote the needs of those in power, […]

My opinion on active citizenship is might government can do is to incorporate all the United Nations principals for older persons and specifically talking a bout active citizenship for older persons and if older people an able to be integrated in community they could be active citizens.

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My message would be simple regarding active citizenship, that more and more people, I want to be better word senior citizens, those 60 and older should be involved as every level of the Wheel organisation, a specially in the terms of sub committee for people like myself that have worked for voluntary service so called […]

Year 2005 is the European year of Citizenship through Education.
This award is open to young citizen aged between 15 and 25. If you are involved in an active citizenship project in your local community, whether it’s environmental work, caring for people with special needs, helping to run youth or multi-cultural initiatives, you could be eligible […]