No matter the programme, event or the session, the quality of what we do matters.
80:20 takes part in good practice initiatives across our work. As well as upholding legal requirements as a charity, we have signed up to a variety of independent voluntary codes and standards as part of our commitment to this idea through our practices.
Good Practice Initiatives
The Code of Good Practice for Development Education in Ireland is the first of its kind in Ireland and a trailblazer internationally.
Developed by members in the Irish Development Education Association (IDEA), it is a quality framework that articulates how to strengthen good practice across all our Development Education and human rights education work.
As a signatory to the Climate Justice Charter, 80:20 commits to uphold climate justice principles and work alongside others in the Climate Justice Charter community to promote climate justice principles. The Charter is a is a tool that supports youth organisations to contribute to the systemic change needed.
As a certified Fairtrade Workplace, 80:20 has joined the Fairtrade at Work movement which commits to sourcing products through the Fairtrade system as part of building a workplace aligned with our ethical values through our activities and events.
Plain Language
80:20 staff take a ‘Plain language’ approach to our resources, publications and training. This means writing to help intended readers to understand the first time they read in a clear and concise manner. This involves avoiding unnecessary jargon and using shorter sentences with everyday language so that your reader understands your message the first time they read it.
80:20 conducts and annual compliance review with the Charities Governance Code, a code developed by the Charities Regulator to support charity trustees so that charity is managed in an effective, efficient, accountable and transparent way
Awards and Recognition
Comments from the judges about the Questions Matter:
The judges thought that this project was brilliant, and it shone out in an incredibly competitive field. It showed a sophisticated understanding of what empowerment of learners means in this space.
There was a really exciting approach to delivering media literacy in the community, with multiple outputs and high levels of interactivity.
This project was responding to a gap we have in adult literacy, and it used WhatsApp in a very engaging and interactive way to deliver micro-learning.
Traditional print, face-to-face learning, and self-directed learning were all used to equip people with skills they can use day in and day out.
Winner of the Best Community-Based Media Literacy Initiative at the Media Literacy Awards 2024
Questions Matter is an initiative from 80:20, the National Adult Literacy Agency (NALA), the Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board (KWETB) and the Bray & North Wicklow Area Partnership.
Building on the training resource Facts Matter, this initiative aimed to promote critical thinking and digital media literacy through a WhatsApp-based course on media literacy and tackling disinformation.
The judges felt that this was an incredibly inclusive and innovative project. It was sustainable from the point of view that it did not try and reinvent the wheel, rather it took what had been proven to work before and built on it, demonstrating a solid approach to collaboration and excellent evaluation processes.
Resource of the Month selected by Media Literacy Ireland.
Project: Facts Matter: A Guide to Building Critical Media Literacy in Today’s World
Year: 2023
Official selection for the 100 Archive.
The 100 Archive is an annual archive that captures important and distinctive communication design and its impact on life, society, commerce and culture in Ireland.
Project: The Irish Global Solidarity in 100 Objects exhibition co-developed with developmenteducation.ie
Year: 2020
Winner of the ICAD Greenhorn Award for Design in 2020.
Designer: Ruby Corcoran (Design Factory) at the Institute of Creative Advertising and Design (ICAD) Awards.
Project: The Irish Global Solidarity in 100 Objects exhibition co-developed with developmenteducation.ie
Year: 2020
Culture 10 – The Week’s Cultural highlights by RTÉ News online.
Project: The Irish Global Solidarity in 100 Objects exhibition co-developed with developmenteducation.ie
Year: 2020 (February)
Winner of the Most Innovative Project award at the Young Environmentalist Awards.
Project: 1 school. 17 goals. And Minecraft.
Year: 2018
Shortlisted in the UN SDG Action Awards in the Visualiser category as: ‘The most impactful or innovative initiative using visual or creative representations of data to influence decision-makers and the public of the importance of the SDGs’
Project: 1 school. 17 goals. And Minecraft.
Year: 2018