Social media demands big budgets that community organisations don’t have. Meet Lunchbox.
A new European initiative is helping charities, community groups and social enterprises make a bigger impact online – without needing a marketing department or a big budget. These days, having a social media presence isn’t really optional. Whether you’re running a small community
Drogheda-based online training platform crosses 10,000 monthly visits
October saw an impressive milestone passed in a new, free online educational academy, developed by Drogheda-based organisation EurAV. Over 10,000 visitors in a month pushed EANE (European Academy for Nano Education) into one of the fastest-growing educational platforms in Europe. At the heart
Media training demand outstrips available places at EurAV studio
EurAV’s Drogheda studio was hopping this summer with media production training masterclasses, and a creative audio-visual project that saw cameras, actors and crews on the streets of the town. Thanks to Coimisiún na Meán, the Irish media commission, EurAV put on a range
Drogheda locals show support for new film
Cameras have started rolling around Drogheda on “What did you know, who do you see?” – a short film written and directed by Ukrainian-born local Volodymyr Plantieviev. The film is part of EurAV’s “Drogheda Through Our Eyes” project – a Creative Ireland and
Fresh eyes give Drogheda the ‘thumbs up’
When film maker Declan Cassidy put out a call for people from all sorts of diverse backgrounds to take part in ‘Drogheda Through Our Eyes’, he had no idea what that vision of the town would be like. And Creative Ireland Louth, who
Make a film – or learn how to – this summer
Here at EurAV, we have two projects coming up over the summer months that we’re very excited about. One involves three Masterclass training in Editing, in Media Production and in Presenting and Interviewing. They’ll each run over a weekend and have been made
A Finglas Story
These three half-hour episodes chart the history of the Dublin suburb from the mid 1900s, when it was a sleepy, rural village of three or four hundred people, through the Dublin Corporation housing schemes of the 50’s and 70’s, which saw the population
EurAV joins EU partners to dance for inclusion
After an intense one-year effort, EurAV, along with Just Dance organisation in Serbia and Music4All music school in Romania have launched a set or resources that use dance as a tool for inclusion of all. The project, funded under the EU’s Erasmus Plus
Immigrant entrepreneurs have a social cause
It’s a new year and a new adventure for five enthusiastic immigrant entrepreneurs who are hoping to establish social businesses in Ireland in 2025. The five, who hail from Brazil, Nigeria and Ukraine, have just completed a mentorship and training programme with local