The Right to Decide: Phase 1 Making Equality the Policy
In June 2018, we began our Erasmus+ Youth Dialogue project called ‘The Rights to Decide – Making Equality Our Policy’.
The Rights to Decide gives an inclusive and comprehensive overview of Human Rights, Advocacy, Safeguarding Rights, Policy and how they affect us. We plan to partner with the National Youth Council on their structured dialogue programme Young Voices.
This will give an opportunity for young people with and without disabilities to engage in a dialogue around rights and their ability to effect change locally.
The Right to Decide: Phase 1 Making Equality the Policy
Stakeholder Feedback
I believe nobody should be discriminated against. I learned a lot in Erasmus; like learning how human rights all started and the rights we do have.
Yes, the UNCRPD has been ratified, yet no major changes have been made, and that, I feel, is completely and utterly outrageous.
Some people live in areas that do not have great educational backgrounds and the Erasmus+ programme caters to all who need the services provided.
It allowed me to share my experiences as a wheelchair user. For example, footpaths are a major issue around my area and in the wider community, so I contacted the local council about it.
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In June 2018, we began our Erasmus+ Youth Dialogue project called ‘The Rights to Decide – Making Equality Our Policy’.
The project came about after Ireland was the last country in Europe to ratify the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
The project consisted of advocacy workshops and meetings with local decision makers.
25 students participating each with a varying diagnosis of a physical and or an intellectual disability. There will be 10 staff members to help facilitate the focus group. There will also be the programme facilitators 2-3 per event
Audio Visual Facilities:
The focus group will be held with the interactive projector and there will also be a Lamh & ISL practitioner available for hearing impaired & nonverbal students.
Venue & Room Suitability: This activity will take place in the life skills room in Training and Development in CRC.
Special Requirements for Timetabling:
There will be time and staff allocated for personal care and feeding needs
Staff for this Activity:
Select which staff member is teaching this activity Staff from all programmes across training will be Facilitating this focus group. 10 staff and 2 facilitators
First Meeting of the Project in a local community setting.
Number per week per student: There will minimum 25 students participating each with a varying diagnosis of a physical and or an intellectual disability.
Duration: This Meeting should last 3 hrs with a 30-minute break for personal care needs.
Timetabled: 11am – 12pm Meet and Greet (recap from initial meeting) 12pm – 12.30 pm Break 1pm – 2 pm – Planning for the project.
Group Size 25 students participating each with a varying diagnosis of a physical and or an intellectual disability. There will be 10 staff members to help facilitate the focus group. There will also be the programme facilitators 2-3 per event
Audio Visual Facilities: There will also be a Lamh & ISL practitioner available for hearing impaired & nonverbal students.
Venue & Room Suitability: The Meeting will be held in the main hall, St Bridget’s Community Centre in Killester Dublin 3
Special Requirements for Timetabling: There will be time and staff allocated for personal care and feeding needs
Staff for this Activity: Select which staff member is teaching this activity Staff from all programmes across training will be facilitating this focus group. 10 staff and 2 Facilitators
Number per week per student: There will minimum 25 students participating each with a varying diagnosis of a physical and or an intellectual disability.
Duration: This Work Shop should last 4 hrs with a 1h break for personal care needs / lunch.
Timetabled: 11am- 12pm- Introduction to Advocacy 12pm – 1pm Break 1pm – 2 pm –Group work on Advocacy 2pm – 3pm Feedback and recap on Advocacy
Group Size: 25 students participating each with a varying diagnosis of a physical and or an intellectual disability. There will be 10 staff members to help facilitate the focus group. There will also be the programme facilitators 2-3 per event
Audio Visual Facilities: There will also be a Lamh & ISL practitioner available for hearing impaired & nonverbal students. There will be an interactive projector and worksheet activities.
Venue & Room Suitability: This activity will take place in the life skills room in Training and Development in CRC
Special Requirements for Timetabling: There will be time and staff allocated for personal care and feeding needs
Staff for this Activity: Select which staff member is teaching this activity Staff from all programmes across training will be facilitating this focus group. 10 staff and 2 Facilitators
There will minimum 25 students participating each with a varying diagnosis of a physical and or an intellectual disability.
Duration
This Meeting should last 4 hrs with a 1h break for personal care needs / lunch.
Timetabled
11am- 12pm- Introduction to Human Rights
12pm – 1pm Break
1pm – 2 pm –Know your Rights UNCRPD
2pm – 3pm Feedback and recap on Human Rights
Group Size
25 students participating each with a varying diagnosis of a physical and or an intellectual disability. There will be 10 staff members to help facilitate the focus group. There will also be the programme facilitators 2-3 per event
Audio Visual Facilities
There will also be a Lamh & ISL practitioner available for hearing impaired & nonverbal students. There will be an interactive projector and worksheet activities.
Venue & Room Suitability
This activity will take place in the life skills room in Training and Development in CRC.
Special Requirements for Timetabling
There will be time and staff allocated for personal care and feeding needs.
Staff for this Activity
Select which staff member is teaching this activity. Staff from all programmes across training will be facilitating this focus group. 10 staff and 2 Facilitators.
There will minimum 25 students participating each with a varying diagnosis of a physical and or an intellectual disability.
Duration:
This Meeting should last 4 hrs with a 1h break for personal care needs / lunch.
Timetabled:
11am- 12pm- What is Safeguarding 12pm – 1pm Break 1pm – 2 pm – Safeguarding Your Rights 2pm – 3pm Feedback and recap on Safeguarding
Group Size:
25 students participating each with a varying diagnosis of a physical and or an intellectual disability. There will be 10 staff members to help facilitate the focus group. There will also be the programme facilitators 2-3 per event
Audio Visual Facilities:
There will also be a Lamh & ISL practitioner available for hearing impaired & nonverbal students. There will be an interactive projector and worksheet activities.
Venue & Room Suitability:
This activity will take place in the life skills room in Training and Development in CRC
Special Requirements for Timetabling:
There will be time and staff allocated for personal care and feeding needs
Staff for this Activity:
Select which staff member is teaching this activity Staff from all programmes across training will be facilitating this focus group. 10 staff and 2 Facilitators
There will minimum 25 students participating each with a varying diagnosis of a physical and or an intellectual disability.
Duration:
This Meeting should last 4 hrs with a 1h break for personal care needs / lunch.
Timetabled:
11am- 12pm- Recapping on your Rights 12pm – 1pm Break 1pm – 2 pm – Right to Decide activity 2pm – 3pm Feedback and recap on your right to decide.
Group Size:
25 students participating each with a varying diagnosis of a physical and or an intellectual disability. There will be 10 staff members to help facilitate the focus group. There will also be the programme facilitators 2-3 per event
Audio Visual Facilities:
There will also be a Lamh & ISL practitioner available for hearing impaired & nonverbal students. There will be an interactive projector and worksheet activities.
Venue & Room Suitability:
This activity will take place in the life skills room in Training and Development in CRC
Special Requirements for Timetabling:
There will be time and staff allocated for personal care and feeding needs
Staff for this Activity:
Select which staff member is teaching this activity Staff from all programmes across training will be facilitating this focus group. 10 staff and 2 Facilitators
We used Facebook and Twitter as our social media platforms to successfully connect and share our experience from the work completed in all our Erasmus+ activities.
This allowed us to build up a network of organisations with similar interests who in turn were inspired by our work and in many cases, requested to join in on our campaigns.
The rain may have dampened our clothes but it didn't dampen our resolve or our voice! Well done to everyone who came out on such a wet, cold day! if you didn't get to hear us we were campaigning for @ChangingPlacesI, #accessible Transport, #Respite and #Homecare packages. 📢♿️🌧 pic.twitter.com/t6KCvuCjvd
Youth, Key Action 3 (KA347): - Dialogue between young people and policy makers
ID: 2019-2-IE01-KA347-051627
Project Acronym: R2D2
The Right to Decide: Phase 2 Making Equality the Policy
With the launch of Phase 2 in October 2019, we continued to build on the success with the goals achieved from Phase 1 of our Erasmus+ Youth Dialogue project called ‘The Right to Decide – Making Equality Our Policy.’
It is these young people that are at the core of R2D2. The purpose of the project is for young people whose lived reality is encountering the obstacles to engage with the political sphere from a youth led perspective.
Preliminary research from Phase 1 shows that young people with disabilities have a huge appetite, energy, and passion for change in matters that directly affect them and their peers.
The Right to Decide: Phase 2 Making Equality the Policy
Stakeholder Feedback
I'm not afraid to speak up for myself and try to lead by example when it comes to discussing equality. This year I got involved with the #allowuslearn campaign.
Fighting Words were proud to support the Erasmus+ Project 2. We facilitated the breakout workshops where to developed the characters created in Project 1. Harry's story was published in the Independent.
Some of the Erasmus+ stuff can be challenging because sometimes you can find yourself getting confused. But they are important topics and sometimes you have to ask yourself those difficult questions.
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The ‘Rights to Decide – Phase 2: Making Equality Your Policy’ (R2D2) project is an innovative extension of structured dialogue between young people with a physical and intellectual disability (ID) and policy and decision makers instigated by the Rights to Decide Project (Phase 1) which commenced in 2018.
This is a youth designed, youth organized, and youth led project. R2D2 will enable young people with disabilities to become leaders in advocacy for human rights for persons with disabilities and engagement with local and national policy.
It is envisaged that the starting of this dialogue led process will, in turn, support young people to sustain that change on both a personal and political level into the future.
We used Facebook and Twitter as our social media platforms to successfully connect and share our experience from the work completed in all our Erasmus+ activities.
This allowed us to build up a network of organisations with similar interests who in turn were inspired by our work and in many cases, requested to join in on our campaigns.
Big shout out to all the adults taking part in #ErasmusPlus projects in @centralremedial This uplifting video shows how inspiring your work on advocacy and active citizenship is! Keep up the great work! https://t.co/pl8M8Cjhzw
What an amazing day at our Erasmus+ workshop covering the theme of Empowerment. A special thank you all our guest speakers- Frank from Citizens Information, Caitlin from @SpunOut and our very own Conor Dillon for their invaluable insights. #ErasmusPlus#Empowerment#CRCpic.twitter.com/3Pw26oCp1S
On Tuesday we will be holding the 6th Erasmus day-"Keeping it together". We have arranged a jam-packed day on how to improve your well being and mental health. Given the current restrictions, I think everyone will really enjoy this event. @EUErasmusPlus@centralremedial@Leargaspic.twitter.com/kVrNt60EWq
Today we launched our new Equality Committee in IHREC. The committee are looking forward to promoting equality throughout the CRC and making a positive difference in the lives of people with disabilities. #Equalitypic.twitter.com/99G7rFo6i0
Youth, Key Action 3 (KA347): - Dialogue between young people and policy makers
KA347 - Dialogue between young people and policy makers
Levelling the Playing Field: Wayfinding & dialogue in the local community using digital tools.
Commencing in April 2021, for this Erasmus+ Project you will learn how to use digital tools to help map out your own local community and how to link in with these services.
Levelling the Playing Field: Wayfinding & dialogue in the local community using digital tools.
Stakeholder Feedback
I sometimes get lost and don't feel too confident travelling on my own. I am good at using devices like iPads and iPhones so this WaFinding project suits me because you learn something new every-time.
Guys, thank you all again for allowing me to be a speaker today at your Erasmus+ activity. I hope it all made sense. You guys are inspiring. Looking working to starting a focus group committee.
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This project has been conceived to bring together two needs that exist for CRC clients: the need to learn how to use technology to access the internet, and the need to orient themselves in their local community to become active citizens.
These aims come together to advance an ongoing objective of the CRC: ensuring that the voices of people with disabilities are heard in the community, in a dialogue with local stakeholders and decision makers.
In order to effectively engage in this dialogue, CRC clients must be able to effectively access the appropriate venues and locations both online and in the community.
We used Facebook and Twitter as our social media platforms to successfully connect and share our experience from the work completed in all our Erasmus+ activities.
This allowed us to build up a network of organisations with similar interests who in turn were inspired by our work and in many cases, requested to join in on our campaigns.
Thank you to @noelcarroll72 launching the Movement 4 improvement project this morning.Thank you to Emmanuelle from @Leargas for joining us and supporting our @EUErasmusPlus project. Everyone in @centralremedial had a fantastic day learning about technology and their community.
The Right to Decide: Phase 2 Making Equality the Policy
Activity 1: 18 Oct 2019
Activity 1: 18 Oct 2019
Human Rights
The aim is to provide awareness training for people with disabilities who access disability services , using a participatory approach to gather their views on what more can be done to respect rights and to support decision-making.
Activity 2: 11 Feb 2020
Activity 2: 11 Feb 2020
Safeguarding Workshop
Following on from our last Human Rights Erasmus+ Activity, we will now turn our attention at all aspects of Safeguarding. What is it? How can it effect me? How can it effect other people?
The local community Gardai will be coming along to share their advise and give practical tips on this matter. Later on we will hear from all the designated safeguarding officers from the CRC.
Activity 3: 10 Dec 2020
Activity 3: 10 Dec 2020
Empowerment Workshop
Empowerment is about inclusion, about being included in local issues and services that affect you. It is about getting your voice heard where it most matters and has maximum impact.
It is about not being forgotten and brushed under the carpet. It is about making decision makers understand your needs in the local community. It is about celebrating diversity and not being ignored because of your differences. It is about your and your right to be treated equally, whatever your local needs.
Activity 4: 6 Oct 2020
Activity 4: 6 Oct 2020
The Affect of Covid on People with Disabilities
Covid-19 has had a big impact on the lives of people living with a disability in Ireland. For this Erasmus+ project, we will look at how this virus has affected young adults in Training & Development. This Erasmus+ Project will be delivered online.
Colm Quearney from Fighting Words will be joining us on the day to help with story and character building. We will revisit the lives of the 6 Erasmus+ characters that we created before. With your participation, we will examine how these individuals could improve their situation in gaining access to support services during this pandemic.
There’s certainly a few essential life skills that schools don’t cover, that would’ve been helpful to learn as a teenager rather than suddenly being plunged into the adult world and figuring it all out alone.
For this Erasmus+ event, we want to hear your views on this and to draw up a list of topics that should have been taught at school with a focus on disability. With your support and input, we hope to develop some resources like a handbook to may assist others in the future.
There was a lot of things that were not covered in school like mental health, disability, well-being and financial advise. These are some of the things that we could have all benefitted from learning about in our school years.
Taking the time to look after ourselves during this pandemic is extremely important. For this Erasmus+ Wellness Day, we will explore the benefits of daily exercise and how to take part in such activities.
In the morning session, we have lined up a jam-packed programme of fun wellbeing activities which you are free to try out during the Zoom breakout rooms. Whilst we know that Erasmus+ projects can challenge us to think outside of the box, it also provides support to ensure that we take the time to look after after ourselves.
We hope that you will benefit from the many wellbeing activities that are planned and that you also pause to appreciate what you have achieved so far along your Erasmus+ journey!
The name of this Erasmus+ activity is “All Aboard For Moving Forward”. It is our last activity in this Erasmus+ Project 2: “The Rights to Decide”.
We want to look back at what we have achieved so far since we started our first Erasmus+ project back in 2019. We will take the time to go on a journey down memory lane as we recall all the activities that we participated on. We will see how we’ve had the opportunity to play an important part in policy change and overcome many obstacles that we faced along the way.
Now is the time that we need to plan for the future. Learning new skills will support us as we influence change in our own communities. We will look to adopt digital skills to assist us with this task.
This new Erasmus+ Project is called the Wayfinding Project. We are very excited about this new project and can’t wait to turn it into a reality.
We want to explore how digital tools can help us to become more active in exploring our own communities. We will use some of these tools to map out your community using Geotagging methods.
It promises to be a lot of fun as we all go out and find out what’s on our doorsteps in terms of facilities. It could be a parish hall, local barbers, a nice coffee shop, your nearby GP service etc.
For this Erasmus+ activity, we are going to look at some digital tools which will help you participate in this WayFinding Project.
We will have breakout rooms for the various apps like Google Maps, Glympse and the new feature in WhatsApp: live location sharing.
Activity 3: 21 Sep 2021
Activity 3: 21 Sep 2021
Scavenger Hunt
We are very excited about sharing our plans for this Erasmus+ activity which we have entitled “Scavenger Hunt”. It is going to be a jam packed day with lots of interaction for all Erasmus+ participants.
Building on the skills that we developed from out last Erasmus+ activity, we will now put them into action as to enter the world of the Scavenger Hunt. These digital tools will help us to become more active in exploring our own communities whilst also building upon our skill sets.
The Erasmus+ Committee have been busy working away in the background planning this event and now we are delighted to announce our guest speaker. Matt McCann, who is the CEO and founder of Access Earth, will be joining us in the morning session.
This Erasmus+ activity promises to be a lot of fun.
So get ready, charge up your devices, follow those clues and unlock your digital skills.
“Make Way Day” is a campaign that brings the disability and wider community together to consider the needs of people with disabilities in the public spaces we all share.
It is led by the Disability Federation of Ireland and is a unique collaboration across Ireland and the voluntary and local government sectors. But most of all it’s about people with disabilities.
Access is the most basic of all disability rights. The public footpaths are for everyone and we can all agree on that. In a wider context, this one day focuses the mind on people with disabilities, their lives, and needs.
Last year, the CRC played a big role in supporting and promoting the Make Way Day campaign and featured in many of the RTÉ News bulletins and all across social media.
The theme of this Erasmus+ activity is Government Bodies.
With the help of our guest speakers, we will discover what this term actually means. Why do we have these Government Bodies and what can they do for us?
Tom Conlan, a retired Army pilot and now a well-known Irish journalist, will discuss the importance of fighting for disability rights and equality.
Also joining us on the day is Anna Healy from Changing Places. She will talk about her involvement from the very start of this worthy campaign setup.
For this Erasmus+ activity, we will look at the importance of reliable information. These days, information is everywhere and sometimes it can be difficult to judge how accurate or reliable information is. Always try to STOP, THINK, CHECK that what you are seeing, reading or hearing is accurate and reliable
We have come to our last activity in this Erasmus+ Project but that doesn’t mean that our Erasmus journey has come to an end.
We shall take this opportunity to look over what we have achieved in this Erasmus+. Did we meet our objectives? How was the journey for you? Did you learn anything?
The CRC Erasmus+ Committee would like to thank the following partners for their continued support with Erasmus+ Projects in the CRC.
Our Affiliated Partnerships
The CRC Erasmus+ Committee would like to thank the following organisations for their affiliation with our Erasmus+ activities and we look forward to forming further partnerships.
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