Minceirs Whiden are hosting their lead conference on June 19th in Wynn's Hotel. The conference aims to identify the key issues facing travellers in Ireland and hopes to develop an agreed strategy on collectively dealing with emerging issues into the future.

This conference is limited to 100 people and Minceirs Whiden aim to have a fair representation of gender, geographical and age.  

The National Traveller Women's Forum recognises the particular oppression of Traveller women in Irish society and are working to address this issue through the provision of opportunities to Traveller women to meet, share experiences, ideas and develop collective strategies and skills to work towards the enhancement of their position, challenging multiple discrimination. For Traveller Pride 2014, the NTWF will host an Education Seminar on June 18th. 

Find out more at www.ntwf.net.

The Parish of the Travelling people stretches across the length and breath of the Dublin diocese, with 8,000 Travellers in the area. In 1980 the Vincentian Community was asked by the Archbishop of Dublin to respond to the pastoral needs of Travellers throughout the diocese. The Parish believe in the holistic development of the person, and for Traveller Pride will host a Wellbeing Day on June 17th. 

Get in touch as @TravellerParish or at www.ptrav.ie.
 

The TravAct Primary Healthcare Project will launch a Directory of Services as part of Traveller Pride on June 17th at the Bell Building in Darndale. Traveller men from the local area have also made traditional Barrel Top Wagons which will be on display on the day. 

Meath Travellers Workshops Proudly Presents

Songs of the Travelling People in conjunction with Traveller Pride Week

An evening of Traditional Songs and Music featureing Members from the Travelling Community

The event will be recorded by the department of folklore in UCD and a DVD will be created by Liam Mc Grath ,an award winning documentary maker

Venue  The Central Bar and Restaurant

Date      Monday the 16th of June 2014

Time      7pm

For more information please contact

Ellen Mc Donagh  085-1093851

Admission by ticket only

this event is sponsored by Comhaltas Ceolteori Na hEireann and Meath County Council

Pavee Point Traveller and Roma Centre, working with BeLonGTo and LGBT Pavee, have produced a poster for LGBTQ Travellers and the Traveller community. 

The poster will be launched at the Ombudsman for Children's Office at Millenium House, 52-56 Strand Street, Dublin 1. Tea and coffee will be served and cupcakes will be available, care of The Cupcake Bloke!

You can click here to find more details about the location.

June 13th  Launch of The Originals: A New Era for Traveller Men by Involve Ltd and Voice of the Traveller Magazine.

The calendar, entitled The Originals: A New Era For Traveller Men will feature 11 Traveller men from various backgrounds and professions. The idea behind the calendar was to challenge the stereotypes and misconceptions commonly associated with the men of the Traveller community. Stereotypes such as being involved in illegal trades, association with bare knuckle boxing and feuding only serve to limit the growth for men such as the participants of this project as well as discourage a younger generation from reaching their potential by having preconceived low expectations of them. What we are offering is a profile of guys that aren’t highlighted in mainstream media or Sunday tabloids. The 11 men who took part in this project include youth workers, community development workers, a reporter, actor and community support workers with various educational achievements and backgrounds.

The Originals: A New Era For Traveller Men will be a 2015 calendar and will go on sale from this Friday June 13th with all proceeds going equally between the Mellon Educate programme and Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin, Dublin.

The fifth Traveller Pride Awards will be held on Wednesday June 11th 2014, 12.30 – 2.30pm the Pillar Room, Rotunda Hospital, Dublin 1. 

(Spaces for this event are limited and must be pre-booked. To confirm a place please email Dominic on travellerpride2014@gmail.com or call 01-679 6577) The Awards celebrate the achievements and contributions Travellers make to their own community and to Irish society in the areas of Education, Music, Youth, Sport,  Arts / Culture, Enterprise & Employment and Community