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In our first episode this season, we discuss one of the biggest issues facing our sector today. The ever-widening pay gap between thousands of workers in the charity and voluntary sector—particularly those employed in Section 39, 56, and 10 organisations—and their counterparts in organisations directly funded by the state, has had a debilitating impact on the efficacy and viability of many health and social service providers across the country.

It's a bumper episode of The Good Stuff to round off 2021. Ivan Cooper, The Wheel's Director of Public Policy, joins us as host once again to look back at the highlights and challenges of the year, plus the big opportunities in store for 2022.




Ivan is joined by special guests:





Sarah Monaghan, Campaigns Manager at The Wheel and Campaign Director for We Act
Mairead O'Connor, Senior Skills Development Manager at The Wheel
Emma Murtagh, EU Programmes Manager at The Wheel

What's the difference between governing a charity versus governing a private firm?

Join us for a new 20-minute episode of The Good Stuff, where policy expert Dr Shana Cohen (TASC) and public affairs consultant John Gallagher weigh in on the big lessons of the COVID crisis for Irish nonprofits.

To round out our exploration of language and the nonprofit community, in this episode we're looking at empathy. Many of us in the nonprofit community work on behalf of other people, and few would contest the importance of keeping them at the centre of our work at all times. But although we're always working with this goal in mind, it can be a challenge to make sure that our language always reflects this reality.  

 

In the first section of today’s podcast, our guest is public affairs consultant Kathleen O’Meara. Our second guest is Laura Murphy, a poet, activist, camapigner, and communications strategist — and an outspoken advocate for survivors of Mother and Baby Homes in Ireland. 

This is the second episode of our three-part series about language and the nonprofit sector. Today, we’re all about keeping it simple and saying what you mean. Our guest is Sean Driver, who works with the National Adult Literacy Agency as their plain English editor, and he explains why it's so important to use straightforward language whenever we can.