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Coleraine House, Coleraine Street, Dublin 7
Tel: (01) 873 5282/5285, 8.30am – 11.00pm Mon to Fri
Email: info@carmichaelcentre.ie Web: www.carmichaelcentre.ie
Ireland’s largest centre for voluntary organisations, currently providing office
accommodation and a range of support services to 47 voluntary groups
in its two buildings, Carmichael House and Coleraine House. Provides
a unique and supportive environment for the structured development
of small and medium-sized voluntary and community groups – turning
people’s passion into change. The Centre provides the following services:
headquarter office space; administrative services including payroll and
accountancy; conference, meeting and catering facilities; training, support
and consultancy in organisational management and development; access
to information; conferences and seminars on sectoral issues; information
and communications technology (ICT) support; Community Employment
staff, supervision and training; representation and policy input, and access
to employment and services for individuals and organisations from the local
area to help overcome disadvantage.
Publications: Effective Fundraising for Voluntary and Community Groups;
Running Effective Meetings; Roles and Responsibilities of the Board; When
Staff Enter the Picture; Setting Up a Voluntary or Community Group;
A Handbook for the Management Committees/Boards of Directors of
Small and Medium Community and Voluntary Organisations; Exercising
Governance: a Carmichael Centre Perspective.
Catholic Communications Office (incorporating the Catholic
Press and Information Office)
Irish Bishops’ Conference, St Patrick’s College, Maynooth, Co. Kildare
Tel: (01) 505 3000 Fax: (01) 601 6401
Email: info@catholiccommunications.ie
Web: www.catholiccommunications.ie
Communications agency of the Irish Bishops’ Conference. Established
to promote initiatives and publications of the conference and its
various agencies and commissions to the public and the media. The
Communications Office deals with queries on the Catholic Church from
the media, members of the public, other churches and faith groups, and
voluntary, statutory and non-statutory agencies.
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