4.00 - 5.30
Wynn's Hotel, Abbey Street, Dublin
Celebrate World Social Work Day with the IASW!
World Social Work Day will be on the 20th March 2018. It is the key day in the year that social workers worldwide stand together to celebrate the achievements of the profession and take the theme message into their communities, workplaces and to their governments to raise awareness of the social work contributions and need for further action. Please use #WSWD18 for all your tweets and photos!
This year's theme is Promoting Community and Environmental Sustainability. This is the second and final year of this theme of the Global Agenda for Social Work and Social Development.
Programme
| Time | Speaker | Subject |
| 4.00 | Registration, tea & coffee | |
| 4:30 | Member of IASW International Committee | Welcome |
| 4:40 |
Joe Donohue, Fatima Groups United & keynote speaker at SWSD 2018 "Nurturing Partnership - A case study of the Fatima Regeneration Project" |
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| 5:30 | Close |
Joe Donohoe is a Project Manager with Fatima Groups United Family Resource Centre. Over the past 20 years he has been centrally involved in leading the community of Fatima throughout its regeneration process. He has written about the regeneration of the area and community safety, with particular reference to gang culture. Joe completed a Master’s Degree in Community Work at NUI Maynooth 2012. His thesis was entitled ‘Applying a Human Rights Base Approach to Housing and Regeneration – Lessons for Community Work’.
Please use #WSWD18 if you are tweeting about World Social Work Day!
