Meeting of The Wheel’s Cuan-funded Member Network
Meeting of The Wheel’s Cuan-funded Member Network
Join us online on Monday 25 May, 4.30-5.30pm, for a meeting of The Wheel’s Cuan-funded member network.
Following our recent meeting for organisations working on domestic, sexual and gender-based violence, there was strong support for the establishment of a regular network hosted by The Wheel. There are currently approximately 80 organisations in receipt of funding from the state agency Cuan for work on domestic, sexual and gender-based violence.
At this meeting we will discuss:
- Current funding, sustainability, and governance issues
- The structure for ongoing work
- The recent presentation to the Oireachtas Budget Oversight Committee
- The Kosi data gathering exercise outcomes
- Ways to improve representation of Cuan-funded bodies on key issues, such as the WRC pay talks and upcoming government-union pay talks.
This will also be your space to share information with other members of the network. This event is free to attend for members receiving funding from Cuan, but registration is essential.
- You can book places for yourself and/or colleagues by clicking the button below.
- This event will take place on Zoom.
- Closed Captions can be enabled by participants.
- Please email ames@wheel.ie if you have any special requirements.
- It is important to note that this network is only for Cuan-funded members of The Wheel.
Meet the Facilitators
John Gallagher is The Wheel's Public Affairs Consultant. John previously worked as a full-time journalist in national and broadcast media and subsequently in politics as part of the Rainbow government (1994-97). John Gallagher has served on public bodies including:
- The Interdepartmental Group on Social Enterprise
- The Working Group on VAT and Charities established by the Minister for Finance
- The Department of Justice - Irish Prison Service Steering Group on Employment for ex-Offenders.
Johnny Sheehan is The Wheel’s Member Engagement Manager. Johnny joined The Wheel in 2016 and is responsible to ensure all our members are supported to work more effectively. Johnny supports member networks nationally and locally, working with organisations on the ground across the country. He works closely with the public policy team to represent our members’, and the wider sector’s, shared interests in the Community and Voluntary Pillar and in Coalition 2030, a network of civil society organisations working to influence the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals at local and national level.
Johnny has more than 25 years’ experience working in the development, youth work and environmental sectors. He previously worked with Dóchas as Project Coordinator for the European Year for Development 2015 and with the National Youth Council of Ireland as Development Education Programme Coordinator from 2004 to 2012.
Lily Power is the Policy & Research Manager at The Wheel. Lily has a broad range of experience in the charity and voluntary sector, primarily in the area of arts and culture, having worked as Production Editor with Visual Artists Ireland for a number of years, and as a researcher on a range of projects for nonprofits and public bodies. Lily holds a Master’s in Public Policy from University College Dublin and a BA in History from Trinity College Dublin.