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A visit to Milton Keynes for Cuimhne workshop

Workshops Announced for Responding to Dementia: Inclusion for All

“We want to provide opportunities for young people to come home.” Minister Deenihan

Call for Parliament to debate reports of £320m–a–year cut to Big Lottery Fund

Medical Cards Vs GP Visit Cards: what to know if you’re returning to Ireland

Commission to investigate inequalities in mental health and recommendations to bring about system change for equality

British–based symphysiotomy survivors urged to come forward and apply to payment scheme

Top 5 tips to give up smoking

Chair of the Oireachtas Foreign Affairs Committee to visit Ibrahim Halawa in prison

Skills Support for Workforce: Free Training for Small Organisations Based in London

Irish emigrants may get to vote for ‘diaspora’ Senators

BIG Lottery Fund announces £260 million to support access to European Funding

Do you want to perform in Trafalgar Square for St Patrick’s Day?

Change of rules for Non EEA De Facto partners of Irish Nationals returning to Ireland

Relief fund set up and plans to galvanise volunteers announced as charity sector responds to the coronavirus

Ireland makes history as first country in world to call for marriage equality by popular vote.

Latest data on ethnicity in 2021 Census 29 November

Luton Irish Forum gets almost £400k to reduce social isolation in older Irish people

Today August 17 marks two years of imprisonment for Ibrahim Halawa

Charity needs you to bring light to people’s lives

Danny Fealy and Eddie Fraher to run for Cuimhne at the Great Limerick Run

Congratulations to Jimmy Deenihan TD the first Minister for the Diaspora

Influential Oireachtas Committee backs call for voting rights for Irish Citizens Abroad

Young emigrants ask Ryanair to offer discount flights home for May 22nd

Resources to run arts events for your community

Caranua Event: Support for survivors of institutional abuse – what’s available and where to go

Dáil votes for sale of State’s Aer Lingus stake to IAG

Businesses get up to £3,000 to install high–speed broadband

Cork City Council has unanimously passed a motion calling for voting rights for Irish citizens living abroad!

Access to adoption records for thousands under new law

EDM on Ibrahim Halawa and Visit of Egyptian President to the UK

The Deadline for Submission of Applications to the ESP is 5pm 24th of Feb 2016

Three Irish sisters running in Bath to raise funds for rare disorder

Equalities watchdog says discrimination to blame for “entrenched inequalities”

Danny Fealy is running for Cuimhne for the 4th year in a row!

Capital grants of up to £150,000 available from The London Marathon Charitable Trust to help get people active

It’s Ash Wednesday: a time to give something up for the greater good

Ovarian cancer: What to know and what to do

Emma is trekking to Mount Everest Base Camp to raise funds

Award winning peer to peer homestay hub launched for older adults – The Freebird Club

How to prepare for the general elections on 8 June 2017

Irish man in London swimming the English Channel to raise money for Irish sign language recognition campaign

Grants to relieve hardship for Irish people living in Greater London

Uncertain future for small and medium–sized charities according to recent info

Art exhibition opens to raise money for Parkinsons speech therapist in Nottingham

Shop via easyfundraising.org.uk for a portion of your Christmas spending to be donated

New fund opens for projects to support Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities

Call out for important new survey for ESP grantees

How to improve gas safety for people you support in their homes

Call out for volunteers for IIB Cuimhne film

Report calls for cultural shift to combat ageism

Irish in Britain to create new resources to support carers of people living with dementia

“We are all so many things…” campaign to break stigma attached to gypsy/ travellers

A chance to take part in public consultations for New Diaspora Policy

Irish and British governments to sign deal to continue reciprocal rights of Common Travel Area

Irish in Britain wins Lottery funding for ambitious heritage project to celebrate 50-year anniversary

Membership of Collaborative Forum for former residents of Mother and Baby Homes announced

Ashford Place Wins National Lottery Fund for Irish and Pakistani Heritage Project

Large increase in visitors to the National Archives online since Covid–19 restrictions

Well done to Luton Irish Forum volunteers

Seanad reform: Irish in Britain calls for new panel of ‘diaspora’ senators

New website to help young Irish in Luton

Mentors and Future Leaders needed for new scheme

Information briefing from LIARC on the Referendum to repeal the Eighth Amendment

Ashford Place unites with Hendon FC on Christmas Connections

Community comes together to discuss dementia

Giving and Getting: Working together for Diaspora engagement

Charlie Flanagan is the new Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs

EU referendum – too early to call

Leeds Gate and Ben Chastney join forces to poke fun at injustice through on–line comic strip.

Jeremy Clarkson has apologised to the Top Gear producer he punched after settling a £100,000 racial discrimination and injury claim.

THE FIVE YEAR FORWARD VIEW FOR MENTAL HEALTH

Read the Department for Work and Pensions newsletter: Touchbase

Risk Factors for Heart Disease

Health Information for Gypsies and Travellers

President Higgins’ Historic State Visit

New guidelines were issued by Caranua | Information for Irish Survivors

The Story of Minister Deenihan’s Appointment as fist Minister for the Diaspora – from twitter and the web

IHREC calls on Irish Government to reconsider ex–gratia Symphysiotomy Payment Scheme

Funding for defibrillators in England

“The first Travelling man, ever in history to win the heavyweight championship of the world”

Ireland’s real life ‘Home Alone 2’ story of two boys who ran away to NYC

Listen to the story of Denis, a Kerryman who passed away in London.

We want your old laptops and iPad! Why not donate your old gear to an isolated Irish elder?

A chance to have your screenplay performed

Pensions Reform: what you need to know

New Diaspora Directory enables 360 worldwide groups to connect

Play set in Wandsworth prison to be performed in Wandsworth prison

Equal marriage and liberalised abortion laws to come into effect in Northern Ireland

Survivors of historical institutional abuse in Northern Ireland to receive compensation

Gold Award presented to president of Milton Keynes Irish Society

Irish in Britain’s latest friend – the remarkable Maureen Poundford

New group for Irish doctors in London

The new London Overground names help connect us to London's history

Nominations open for Volunteer Awards 2026

Nominations for our 2026 Volunteer Awards now open!

Forgotten but not gone: Dr Mary Tilki’s feature in the Journal of Dementia Care

Tommy McKenna RIP

Caring For Each Other

Chair-based exercises for lockdown: video

Commission to Investigate Inequalities In Mental Health

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Caring for Carers in our Community during the Covid Pandemic

Creating resources for Irish people living with memory loss and dementia

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The art of making memories: how to create and remember happy moments

Cuimhne team expedition to Irish diaspora archive

How can we create a more inclusive community for disabled people

Neasden Temple visit

Plans for the future

April 2017: Training to empower

Caring for each other

Planning a safe return to work

Returning to work spaces

CSC Exemption for the safe pass card

What does Dementia Action Week Mean to Us?

Monkeypox – what you need to know

Caring for carers

Coronavirus: caring for our community

Cuimhne Memory Loss and Community Support Workshops for Volunteers

Invitation to tender

Cuimhne Dementia Awareness Training Opportunities for Irish in Britain Groups

Need to Know series

Boost Your Strength: Simple Strategies to Prevent Frailty

The campaign for Philomena's Law

Traditional Irish Festival set for Birmingham

World Irish Dance Championships come to London

President Higgins State visit and Concert – ‘Ceiliúradh’ (Celebration)

Get your boots on! Veterans needed for Cuimhne Inspires Sports Cup

Welcome to the team May–Paule Charles

Our Chair and Health lead invited to join Prime Minister’s Groups on Dementia

Irish in Britain welcomes Chancellor’s Statement about Survivors for Peace

GAA Community call for Pieta House service in London

British & Irish politicians back plan for dementia friendly travel

Dementia Week 2014 – Caring for Carer’s

First Irish Traveller to compete in Miss Ireland competition

Queen Elizabeth has been watching hurling…and seems to like it

Blood test breakthrough in search for Alzheimer’s cure

Diverse Voices, Similar Issues, Creative Responses at Responding to Dementia Conference

What Twitter had to say about our #ResDem Conference

President Michael D Higgins and Duke of Kent to officially unveil the first Cross of Sacrifice ever erected in Republic

Welcoming the Appointment of First Minister for the Diaspora.

WIN a pair of tickets to see Cillian Murphy in Enda Walsh’s Ballyturk at the National Theatre

Influencing Local Commissiong for Health and Care

Will new commissioning rules make a difference for charities and social enterprises?

St Mary’s Professor Wins Academy Grant for Research in New York

A PhD student seeks Irish prisoners in England and Wales to complete survey

Irish in Britain Launches Petition to save RTE LW in Britain

RTE to extend LW Closure until New Year

RTÉ to appoint new London correspondent

New Facebook Group set up to Save RTÉ LW Radio

BIPA Report on Traveller Site Provision

RTÉ extends the closure date of its long wave transmitter to 19 January

Obama’s Executive Order paves the way for ‘Undocumented Irish’

Irish Government to reopen the case of the Hooded Men

All–Ireland bid to host Rugby World Cup in 2023

Health issues facing Irish in Britain discussed at Oireachtas for the first time

Birmingham City Council cuts 100% of its funding to Birmingham St Patrick’s Festival and Parade

Trial of Irish student in Egypt postponed for third time

London Assembly says “Follow Leeds example on Gypsies” to Mayor Boris

Irish teenager’s trial postponed again in Egypt as Amnesty call for action

’I am an Immigrant’ Poster Campaign Seeks to Celebrate Migrant Contributions

Irish Government Announce date for Marriage Equality Referendum

Ireland’s best loved poem has been chosen

Haringey Irish Cultural and Community Centre win Unsung Women’s Award to mark International Women’s day 2015

I.M.E.L.D.A’s chain themselves to the GPO on 99th Anniversary of Easter Rising

British Irish Studies Conference – Call for papers

Birmingham Irish Association offers new service for community

A quick guide to the Care Act

Seminal High Court win for the Traveller Movement

”We are Irish citizens who want to have our vote abroad”

MPs sign motion of support for Irelands Marriage Equality vote.

Taoiseach to host 24th British–Irish Council Summit

The City of London Scholarship for Anglo–Irish Literature

Traveller Movement complains to Met Police Commissioner about racist threads from ‘I’ve met the Met’ facebook group

Birmingham TradFest Announce Molloy Award to Nurture Young Talent

7% increase of Irish migration to Britain last year

Lib Dems back votes for EU citizens and British expats in referendum

Ireland launches new Passport Card to make intra–EU travel easier

Felling Irish Association voted the best Voluntary Organization of the Year at the Gateshead Awards Ceremony 2015

Irish producer Oisín Tymon is suing Clarkson and the BBC for racial discrimination

Irish Times poll: Most Irish voters want UK to stay in EU

Camden CCG want to hear from Irish women in Camden

Council tenants lose lifetime right to live in property

Pro–choice Irish women go public on being ‘exiled’ by need for an abortion

AIB Chairman Warns of Brexit Threat To British Irish Business

Equality and Human Rights Commission seek views to develop their future strategy

Applications for the London St Patrick’s Day Parade and Festival are open.

VICA Launches Right to Vote Postcard on International Migrants’ Day, DEC. 18 2015

Members of Ireland’s Diaspora sought by TV production company for 1916 programme

Taoiseach in Downing Street to discuss Britain’s BREXIT negotiations

Oisín McConville to speak at our PAG event: The Road Home

Free Small Charities Fundraising Workshops with the FSI – open for booking!

Thank you Minister Deenihan for your work on Diaspora Representation

Irish Artist Appeals to Emigrants

Department for Education announce £2.25million in grant funding

Irish | The invisible ethnicity Health implications for an overlooked minority in Britain

Irish Genealogy releasing Irish ancestry records for free

The Traveller Movement’s Submission to the UN Human Rights

1st International Congress, UCD: The Global Irish Diaspora. FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS.

Leeds Irish Health and Homes; Aran Home Support Service, for people living with dementia

Travellers’ Times Project Awarded £.5M to Expand Work with Gypsies, Roma and Travellers

A letter to the Irish community in Britain

Ambassador of Ireland to GB attends Irish in Cricklewood night

Office space to let at the London Irish Centre in Camden

Leeds Irish Health and Homes launch Aran Home Support Service for people with memory loss

RTE will continue to air Radio 1 until 2019

Brent is becoming a friendlier place for people with memory loss

Danny Fealy running for the Cuimhne Project again

Help Lewisham Irish Community Centre raise money to build a community allotment

Matching two generations to learn from each other

5 tips to prevent heart disease

Here’s how to stay cool this summer

Ambassador Dan Mulhall to join Cuimhne Cup Family Day 22 July 2017

Minimise the risks associated to renting property as a charity

Consultations: an opportunity to have your say

UK charities to follow new EU data protection regulations

Penpal scheme for students between Ireland and Britain

NOAH Enterprise awarded 2017 Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service

Treasure chest of goodies including funding available for prospective Cuimhne group leaders

Thank you note to Ambassador Dan Mulhall from IIB Chair

National Lottery Awards for All – back with a wider remit

Fund available for projects that support older people

Our condolences to family and friends of Labour MP Kevin McNamara

Do you have the right license to screen shows on your premises?

The Independent in Ireland talks to Bethany Homes survivor Derek Leinster

Enable grant by Lloyds to support development needs of charities

We’re launching Step UP, our new framework funded by the National Lottery, Awards For All scheme

Applications for ESP funding 2018 open in January

A bust St Patrick’s week for Irish in Britain

Strong start for Green Hearts campaign

Ireland’s Eighth Amendment to be repealed

A 10K run to raise 10K

Letter from the Ambassador to the Irish community in Britain

Institute of Irish Studies – Commission for Victims and Survivors: Northern Ireland Office Addressing the Legacy of Northern Ireland’s Past consultation

Crawley Irish Festival: thanks for a great day!

Jeans for Genes Day

Government approves programme of action to respect the memory and dignity of children who died in Tuam Mother and Baby Home

Love Equality: Clare Moore on campaigning in Northern Ireland for LGBT Rights

Applications for Irish passports from the Irish in Britain hit 98,000 in 2018

Irish citizens are eligible to vote in upcoming EU elections in the UK

Nominations open for Irish in Britain’s Second Annual Volunteer Awards

Irish Network Stevenage’s sensitive project is a winner for members

Irish in Britain to host special event on Brexit and the Irish community

Irish Network Stevenage receives the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service

Irish in Britain’s submission for new diaspora policy

Cuimhne team visit Irish diaspora archive

Essential maintenance and interruption to RTÉ’s Long Wave service

Know Your Numbers Week 9–15 September 2019: Live Well for Longer

The 2019 Presidential Distinguished Service Awards for the Irish Abroad announced

Conrad Bryan on stepping down from IIB and going to the UN

Irish Network Stevenage are officially presented with Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service

Welcome to our new Corporate Supporter, Travel Department

Crunching the Irish numbers for the general election

Tir Chonaill Gaels Ladies join campaign to raise awareness of HPV vaccine

What does the election result mean for the Irish community?

Update on the Common Travel Area from Adrian O’Neill, Ireland’s Ambassador to the UK

New exhibition to highlight lives of mixed race Irish

Mayor unveils capital’s plans to celebrate St Patrick’s Day

Nominations open for Irish in Britain’s 2020 Annual Volunteer Awards

Caring for each other

New report highlights how community organisations have risen to the challenge of lockdown

Irish Heritage announces bursaries for 2020/21

Mental Health First Aid training for IIB Members

Irish in Britain launches new service to support carers

Taoiseach sets out vision for new Shared Island initiative

Welcome to the Ina Boyle Society Irish in Britain’s newest member!

Irish in Britain launch new pilot project to overcome isolation

Support offered to Irish survivors in Britain as Mother and Baby Home report is published

Irish nurse makes call to encourage vaccine take up

“Votes for the Irish Abroad is a very live issue….” says Mary McAleese

Win tickets to see The Commitments at the Liverpool Empire

Prostate cancer: What to know

New video highlights ways to support those living with memory loss and dementia

US dancing sensation Morgan Bullock talks to Irish in Britain

Policy Advisory Group Meets to Digest Census Report

Listen to Minister Deenihan speak at the NYCI conference ‘Home is where the heart is’

The Keane family’s campaign for an Irish inscription

Keeping connected for St Patrick’s Day 2021

Questions to the London mayoral candidates

Cuimhne Questions: a chance to make change

London Ambulance crews fundraise for Irish in Britain

Irish Heritage Announces New Bursary for String Instruments

Brexit: new rules from 1 January 2021 – what do they mean for the Irish in Britain?

Irish in Britain welcomes the Tim Parry Johnathan Ball Peace Foundation to its membership

Irish in Britain: in tribute to Jack Dromey MP

Ceannairí Nua/New Leaders 2022 programme open for applications

Irish in Britain partners with the University of Nottingham for analysis of the UK 2021 Census

New services for Irish survivors

Irish in Britain joins call for an urgent government response on cost-of-living crisis

RTÉ to end longwave broadcasts on 252 kHz

Irish in Britain’s gives written evidence to government committee on Brexit

New posters published on rights for the Irish in Britain post Brexit

Irish diaspora welcomes RTÉ’s two–year extension to longwave radio transmission

Nominations open for Irish in Britain Volunteer Awards 2023

A tribute to Dr Rose Thompson

Ambassador hosts dinner to celebrate 50 years of Irish in Britain

A welcome return to power sharing in Northern Ireland

Applications for our 2024 Ceannairí Nua New Leaders' programme now open

New project to support healthy ageing in the Irish community

How do we mobilise people to take dementia seriously?

Nominations open for Volunteer Awards 2024!

Momentum grows for Philomena's Law

Support for Philomena's Law among MPs at Westminster Hall debate

Falls Awareness Week - From Awareness to Action

Applications for our 2025 Ceannairí Nua New Leaders' programme now open

Philomena’s Law to be introduced

Collaborative Forum of former residents of Mother and Baby Homes

‘New planning rules could force thousands of Gypsies and Travellers back onto the road’ says TTM

Degrees of Ethnic Inclusion revisited

October 2015

Symphysiotomy

Information Governance and Data Protection

Information sessions

October is Free Wills Month

Ashford Place Community Centre Living Well Day

Haemochromatosis

Defibrillators Save Lives

Unforgettable Crawley Irish Festival Fun in its 21st Year

October is National Cholesterol Month

Haemochromatosis the “stealth” disease

Stormont Assembly reconvenes and same–sex marriage legalised in Northern Ireland

Directory of Social Change offer fundraising tips

Cultural Forums

Memory Loss Training with East London Irish Pensioners' Forum

Cuimhne visits London Met’s Irish in Britain archive

Global Irish Civic Forum

Cuimhne visits the Museum of Brands

Parks and memories and why public toilets are an equality issue

Promotion & Marketing Tools

Effective Communications Toolkit

GRT Advice Workers Forum

Member Forums

The Global Irish Civic Forum 2023

Sam Maguire visits his London followers

Taoiseach and Minister Flanagan launch a major review of Irish foreign policy

Global Irish Civic Forum

Global Irish Civic Forum takes place in Dublin June 3 – 4

Global Irish Civic Forum a great success

Easter Rising: Google launches 1916 interactive virtual tour

The Irish in Britain National Clubs Forum

Britain is Irelands largest tourist Market

Sister P formerly from Kilkenny receives High Sheriff’s Lifetime Achievement Award

Irish in Britain Cultural Forum May 2018

Irish in Britain Cultural Forum September 2018

Minister publishes recommendations from Mother and Baby Homes Forum

Surviving Winter Together

Lewisham Community Health event brings people together

Exhibition tour a great success - new date announced

Project Coordinator – Premises: Lewisham Irish Community Centre

Brian Dalton

County Longford – Contae an Longfoirt

County Wexford – Contae Loch Garman

County Waterford – Contae Phort Láirge

Commission Of Investigation Into Mother and Baby Homes

Disability History Month: taking action need not be komplicated!

Disability History Month: Leadership Resistance and Culture

Darkness Into Light

Clover HR information sessions

Emigrant Support Programme Information

Newsletter October 2021

May Election Information

The Northern Irish Protocol and the Irish in Britain

Diversity in Irish history

Resources and information

test Jo button

Religious customs and occasions

Welfare and Support information

Bridging identities: LGBTQ+ history and the Irish in Britain

Covid 19: resources and information

Passport Information

Irish Survivors information

Vaccine Le Chéile/Together

Health and Wellbeing Directory

Comhar Bulletin Winter 2025/26

Irish in Britain Newsletter March 2026

Comhar Bulletin Spring 2026

Manchester Irish Actors group launches

Irish inventor remembered by An Taoiseach

Irish Voices tells history of St. Patrick’s Parade

Diaspora Voice Roundtable Storify

Mixed Race Irish appear before Oireachtas Committee

Bethany Survivors launch new website

The BME third sector: marginalised and exploited

Darkness into Light walk launched

A 27–year old doctor from Galway has been chosen as the 2015 London Rose.

First Female Head at Oxford University is an Irish academic

Minister Deenihan welcomes Irish in Britain led research into RTÉ Longwave Radio Services

Speaking of I.M.E.L.D.A. perform the ‘Rogue Rose of Tralee Pageant’.

World Mental Health Day 10 October 2015: Dignity in Mental Health

Caranua information event

Get Involved and share your story! 1916 Public Memorabilia Collection Day at the Irish Embassy, London

Prof Mary McAleese Commends Transformation In British–Irish Relations

Irish Lives in War and Revolution: Exploring Ireland’s History 1912–1923

Diversity could be key factor in reversing business Rainbow ‘brain drain’

Passport Information

Irish Network Stevenage – October Newsletter

UK’s referendum on EU membership: Key Information and FAQ’s

New Irish in Britain CEO Appointed: Brian Dalton

A review of Seven Letters by Sean Hutton

Brian Dalton in the Irish World this week

Sean Hutton leaving Irish in Britain

Magdalen Restorative Justice Ex–Gratia Scheme

Geoffrey’s Story: can you run off a bad diet?

Emigrant Support Programme Information Sessions

Emigrant Support Programme Information Sessions

Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Fourth Interim Report

LGBT History Month Interviews: Shane Quinn on finding a ‘profound sense of community’ in London

LGBT History month interviews: Joseph Healy on the “dark atmosphere” of the 1980s

Tá Úna Gan A Gúna Irish Women’s Digital History Project

Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Fifth Interim Report published

Mental Health Awareness: Darkness into Light

Brian Dalton writes in the Irish World

Charity effort shows the power of the global Irish community

ESP information sessions 2020

Brian Dalton writes in Irish World

Irish In Britain’s CEO Brian Dalton writes in Irish Post on impact of pandemic and lockdown on Irish community

World Haemochromatosis Week 1–7 June 2020

National Cholesterol Month October 2020

Emigrant Support Programme Information Sessions 2021

Census information webinar with ONS

Irish in Britain host launch of new report into digital access and older Irish people

Emigrant Support Programme Information Sessions 2022

New Birth Information and Tracing Bill published

Black History Month: Did You Know?

Nothing but the same old story – racism and the GRT community. Irish in Britain Statement

Cuimhne Carers: LGBT+ History Month

A Message from Irish in Britain on the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill

A personal story on World Cancer Day

Over 150 people attend the Ashford Place Health Event

A history of intrepid organising by the Portsmouth Irish

A milestone 100th recording!

An enduring legacy: an appreciation of the life and work of Seán Hutton

Do you recognise anyone in this 1937 photo? Update!

Spotlight on Ashford Place's dementia services

A historic day in Westminster

Black History Month: Did You Know?

St Brigid's Day 2026