Questions Matter Adult Educators Conference 2023
Calling adult education practitioners at the Questions Matter Adult Educators Conference 2023!
Be seeing you at Bray Literary Festival 2022
80:20 is returning to the Bray Literary Festival for a timely discussion on writing, crisis, and the pressures of a shifting political moment. This event explores the role of writers in making sense of uncertainty and responding to change. We are excited to be returning to the Bray Literary Festival, and hope to see you […]
Where There is No Engineer – Designing for community resilience
The National Finals of the “Where There Is No Engineer” Design Competition will take place in the Museum Building in Trinity College Dublin in June 2022
Press release: Supporting adults to think critically, check facts and tackle misinformation
The National Adult Literacy Agency (NALA) and 80:20 Educating and Acting for a Better World launch Facts Matter: A Guide to Building Critical Media Literacy in Today’s World. It is Ireland’s first guide for adult literacy tutors on building critical media literacy for adults. Irish Aid supported the guide’s development. Launched as part of the UN International […]
Launch event 28 Sept: Facts Matter – New tutor guide
On Tuesday 28 September at 1pm, 80:20 Educating and Acting for a Better World is delighted to launch a new tutor guide, Facts Matter: A Guide to Building Critical Media Literacy in Today’s World at this webinar, with our partners The National Adult Literacy Agency (NALA).
Call for participants: Perinatal Mental Health Care for Migrant Women
Call for expressions of interest to participate in an online World Café event as part of a research project to collectively support migrant women experiencing perinatal mental health issues before, during and after pregnancy
Webinar 29 Sept: The Economics of Care work in a Capitalist Economy
Why is the very labour that is at the heart of our economy underpaid and what are the solutions? Join us for an open discussion led by Ursula Barry (UCD) and Aoife Smith (The Great Care Co-op)
Launch event 31 Aug: Catch Them If You Can – new report
Join us for an afternoon talk to launch 80:20’s new briefing paper, Catch Them If You Can, on the challenges of achieving financial justice and the facts on aid vs actual financial flows to rich countries. Can you tell the difference between legal, illicit and illegal finance? Join us for an afternoon talk on the […]
Event Aug 25th: Profiting at all costs? Investing ethically as if people and planet matters
Join us for a lively discussion that will explore ethical finance, community institutions and investing in a fairer and safer world for everyone
Webinar 9th July: East Coast Doughnuts and Community Economics
Joining the conversation will be Dr Julian Manley of The University of Lancashire. Dr Manley current research focuses on the social value aspect of working and living co-cooperatively and the Preston Model