Where: Industries Hall of the RDS in Dublin City
When: Saturday, 30th October (ALL-DAY)

Download: Claiming our Future Flyer Final

‘Claiming our Future’ is an event to stimulate the emergence of a cross sectoral community
of interest and action for a more equal, inclusive and sustainable Ireland. We are organising
this event because we are deeply dissatisfi ed with the direction of Government policy in
response to the economic recession. We do not accept that there is no alternative to these
policies. There are choices to be made and civil society has a vital contribution to make in
identifying and progressing new policy choices.
Earlier this year Is Feidir Linn, the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, the Environmental Pillar
of Social Partnership, the Community Platform, Social Justice Ireland and TASC began a
series of meeting to explore how best to cooperate and coordinate endeavours for a more
equal, inclusive and sustainable Ireland.
From these initial discussions a wider range of civil society organisations have begun
to meet to organize this event. These organisations include trade unions, environmental
groups, community groups, migrant worker organisations, youth groups, older people’s
organisations, cultural groups, student groups, developing world groups, rural networks,
women’s organisations, disability groups, social media and social justice organisations.
We aim to have a thousand people at the event drawn from all parts of civil society and
from all corners of Ireland. The event is planned to provide an opportunity to discuss and
deliberate on:
» The values that we share and espouse.
» The implications of these values for new policy choices.
» New ways of cooperating and coordinating across civil society to advance these values
and policy choices.
Local meetings and activities are being planned throughout the country in the lead up to
this event. If you are interested in getting involved in the event and in the local initiatives
please get in touch: