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North West Democratic School (t/a Sligo Sudbury School) was founded in 2017 to address the growing need for an alternative to mainstream education for children and teenagers. We provide an environment for self-directed education for children aged 5-18 years, supported by a muti-discipliary staff team. We currently employ 9 part-time staff members. Standardised education and the curriculum taught in schools today do not adequately support diversity and inclusion. The emphasis on competition, the one size fits all approach, the drive for higher standards of achievement and performance effectively exclude a large portion of the population from the possibility to succeed, and discourage the qualities of collaboration, empathy and kindness that are so needed in our society. Our social mission is to address this issue by giving young people autonomy in a supportive learning environment and fostering the most volitional and high quality forms of motivation and engagement for activities, including enhanced performance, persistence, and creativity. We are a democratically run organisation which provides children with a real voice in their own education and the running of the school, fostering empowerment and a sense of personal responsibility. Students are not obliged to follow a set curriculum but are fully supported in designing their own learning experiences, enabling them to grow in confidence and take on challenges that are timely and at the right level for them. This model of education is particularly suited to children who do not fit the confining criteria and standards of mainstream and who are therefore disadvantaged by the system itself as their emotional, social, and learning needs cannot be adequately met within the mainstream model. Our mission is to provide a safe environment where young people can engage in self-directed learning and democracy, where children are free to choose their own learning goals and pursue them at their own pace, while participating in a community of self-governance and justice where each member's voice is equally valued and heard. We believe that there are many approaches to learning and that each child can be supported in their chosen path. We are committed to providing an alternative model of education where children have choice about their learning, freedom to go about their business, and time to explore and create without pressure or constraint. We aim to safeguard an environment where autonomous, self-directed, intrinsically motivated learning can flourish.

Our mission is to work in partnership with communities, to deliver programmes that enrich their lives and help create better futures for them and their families.

Educateurs sans Frontieres (EsF), a division of the Association Montessori Internationale (AMI), is a network of Montessori practitioners, working with communities, governments and other partners to advance human development from the prenatal stage to early childhood care and education, continuing through to elementary, adolescence, adulthood and the elderly.

Commitment to motivating people especially the poor and the less privileged to live venerable and dignified life through credibility structured programmes of evangelization at all levels, education at all levels and every dimension, varied medical services, humanitarian services, self -realization and self empowerment opportunities

The main object for which the Company is established (the Main Object) is to bridge the gap between academia, industry and NGOs to give Irish engineers and scientists opportunities to learn about and contribute to sustainable development globally. We do this by partnering with disadvantaged communities, both in Ireland and overseas, to improve their quality of life through education and implementation of sustainable engineering projects, while promoting global experience for engineers, engineering students, and similarly motivated non-engineers.

Our mission is to provide service to others (locally, nationally, internationally), promote integrity, and advance world understanding, goodwill and peace through our fellowship of professional, business and community leaders.

n 2001, a group of people from the Castlemartyr area with an interest in community development, came together and formed a committee. There is 20 very active members at present. Elections occur every 3 years. At election time a leaflet drop will occur, inviting nominations to be part of the council. There is a seat allocation in each identified area. The no. of representatives allocated to each electoral area is based on the no. of houses. You can only nominate a person from your own electoral area. Everyone over 18 years is entitled to Nominate someone over 18 from their own electoral area and the person nominated must be willing to stand for the council. An election for any area will only be needed if there are more people nominated for that area than seats allocated to that particular area. Who will be on the Community Council? The Community Council will consist of Thirty elected members by the community. An additional 15 members may be co-opted ( you are identified or approached by the council as as person who will add a positive value, service, benefit etc to the council ) onto the council by those 30 elected members. Aims and Objectives We were established to represent , join up & include all individuals, groups and business in our local catchment area. To foster a sense of responsibility for the current & future needs of castlemartyr & to devise programmes of action & development to address these. To promote the social, educational, cultural, economic welfare & development of the whole community, involving everyone, including supporting & setting up Community Alert, tidy Towns, Organizing Community events / fundraisers, Facilitating courses etc. To work,connect and liaise with all existing local groups , business & residents , creating, nurturing and encouraging a positive community spirit, a sense of well being and belonging for all, pooling our collective resources & talents to make this village a place where we all want to enhance , feel safe and enjoy living in. Subcommittees of the Council Castlemartyr and Moggley Community Alert Castlemartyr/Ballintotis Youth Club Communication PR - Facebook, newspaper, notice boards, emails, posters & proposed website Defibrilator/First Responder Group Development community space / centre Historical & Heritage Society Ladysbridge road group Tidy Towns Woodland trails and rivers Services provided by the Community Council Annual Bazaar Classes - Arts & Crafts, Computer,Painting Classes & Photography classes Christmas lights ceremony. Community Crib. Duck derby Daffodil Day Historical Exhibition/Information Nights Parties 45 Card Drive

The Ben Raemers Foundation aims to end the stigma and burden that so often clouds issues of mental health by bringing awareness of these issues and suicide to the forefront within the wider skateboarding community. The Ben Raemers Foundation aims to relieve the needs of people with mental health issues or those at risk of mental health issues, in particular but not exclusively those within the skateboarding community, in the UK by: (i) Providing educational resources to inform people about mental health issues (ii) Providing training schemes for volunteers, and the general public and service providing organisations, to raise awareness and increase the ability to assist those in need. (iii) Raising public awareness of mental health issues.

The promotion of STEM [science, technology, engineering and maths] education in the midlands counties of Laois, Offaly, Longford and Westmeath. This will be achieved through workshops, events and courses for primary and secondary school students and teachers in the region and also public events throughout the year and through the Midlands Science Festival, a regional science festival which takes place every year as part of National Science Week and various projects in schools and in the public, which create awareness of the value of STEM to our society and economy.

The main objectives for which the body is established are as follows: To promote tolerance for LGBTQIA+ students in Irish schools and among Irish teenagers generally To provide young people with knowledge about LGBTQIA+ issues To help young people to understand the effects of homophobia and transphobia To build awareness of how to support LGBTQIA+ peers To promote tolerance and acceptance within Irish schools and Irish society The body will primarily further these aims by: Providing workshops in Irish schools and youth organisations Training volunteers to provide workshops

Leveraging technology to end social injustices

Enactus is the UK's leading and most established youth social action and youth social enterprise charity supporting teams, now having reached over 4,000 young people in 2022, from across the UK each operating year since 2001. Our mission in the UK is to grow the impact of a national network of more environmental and socially-minded young responsible leaders who experience and learn from the practical action of transforming local communities and society through real-life social action and sustainable enterprise. Enactus UK is dedicated to creating a better world while developing the next generation of entrepreneurial young leaders and social innovators. The Enactus network of business, academic and young leaders are unified by our vision -to create a better, more sustainable world. At Enactus, we believe that investing in young leaders who take entrepreneurial action for others creates a better world for us all. Our students each year are entrepreneurial, values-driven social innovators from across 60+ university campuses and schools, positively impacting the lives of people each year. Guided by educators and supported by business leaders, our young teams conduct needs assessments in their communities, identify potential solutions to complex issues and implement community impact projects. This results in communities benefiting from collaboration and fresh innovation, plus students gain the valuable experience to advance their personal and professional lives. As in business, we believe that competition encourages innovation. For Enactus, this means more lives impacted every day. With a head for business and a heart for the world, we live our values of integrity, passion, innovation and collaboration.