Change Makers Donegal

Earagail Arts Festival (10TH – 25TH July) is offering a select number of inclusive arts bursaries for the annual ‘Home with The Henry Girls’ residency.

Join The Henry Girls – Karen, Lorna and Jolene – in the stunning surroundings of Ireland’s northernmost village of Malin, where they will explore the necessary tools and skills for inspiring and facilitating the craft of song writing, arranging and performing.

The Home with The Henry Girls – Optum Inclusive Arts Bursary includes 5-day workshop fees and lunch each day. The bursary does not include accommodation, evening meals and other optional activities.

For further information e-mail [email protected].

🧄🍏Our recent Annual Gathering highlighted the importance of food sovereignty, growing our own healthy food and reconnecting with nature, featuring insights from Rupa Marya of Trinity College Dublin and Deep Medicine Circle, as well as Ollie Moore of Talamh Beo and Cloughjordan Eco Village. There’s a strong desire to learn and connect, so we're excited to share some fantastic upcoming opportunities with our friends at Síolta Chroí in Monaghan. Visit their Eventbrite page for more.

🔥"It has lit a furnace in me that fear and obstacles cannot and will not extinguish".

- A written statement from one of our community members after yesterday's Annual Gathering featuring Rupa Marya, Ollie Moore from TalamhBeo, Mahmoud Zwhara, a farmer from Bethlehem, Palestine, and Joanne Fullerton, Myco Craic of ChangeMakers Donegal.

There was immense energy in the room, and everyone loved the Food is Medicine themed light supper prepared by Cul A Ti, Culdaff.

More updates and photos to follow. Thank you to our esteemed speakers and to everyone who came!

🌎As we close our June 2025 to May 2026 year, thank you to Irish Aid and our partners Inishowen Development Partnership, Donegal ETB, Trocaire, Concern Worldwide and Self Help Africa. ❤️

🌍What connects a farmer from Palestine, a physician-author from California, and a food advocate from Cloughjordan with an organic farm in Donegal? This weekend, we'll find out.

We're closing out our June ’25 to May ’26 year at ChangeMakers Donegal with two gatherings that focus on food, land, identity and our role as change makers in our Donegal communities.

🇵🇸 Mahmoud Zwahra — a Palestinian farmer from Bethlehem— will join us in person, and we'll be screening his film, On My Land, at Bernard De Ceuster’s Muineagh Organic Farm: a rare chance to sit with his story and reflect together on land, resilience, and food sovereignty. With our collaborators Disappear Here Film Festival.

On Saturday, for our annual gathering in a new, changed-up format at Buncrana Cinema, we’ll hear from the wonderful Rupa Marya, a physician, author and Trinity College Dublin Professor, alongside our friend and collaborator, Ollie Moore from Cloughjordan Eco Village, UCC, and Talamh Beo in the classic surrounds of Buncrana Cinema. Featuring a screening of Rupa's Farming is Medicine film. Facilitated by Joanne Fullerton of ChangeMakers Donegal.

🚍From farm walks to good food to conversations and film, there's something for everyone across Friday and Saturday’s events.

Both events are now sold out — but cancellations may happen. Register on the waiting lists below, and we'll be in touch as spots open up.

📋 Friday waiting list: visit Change Makers Donegal Eventbrite
📋 Saturday waiting list: visit Change Makers Donegal Eventbrite

Thanks to Irish Aid, Inishowen Development Partnership, Donegal ETB, Concern Worldwide, Self Help Africa, and Trocaire for helping to make our work happen.

Young adults in Donegal are invited to register for the Oxfam
Ground Up Conversations: The Europe That We Want in ATU, Letterkenny Campus, on Tuesday 19 May, 10am - 1pm.

We are delighted to partner with Oxfam and ATU Students' Union Donegal & ATU Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Team on this event...

After three successful workshops in Dublin, Cork, and Galway, the Oxfam team are excited to be going to Donegal.

📍 Atlantic Technological University, Letterkenny Campus, Room 2771, F92 FC93.

We have an incredible line-up of speakers joining us:

🎤Joseph Sweeney - ATU Students Union President
🎤Cllr Declan Meehan - Representative for Milford Electoral Area on Donegal County Council
🎤Sharon McLaughlin, PhD - Law lecturer and EDI Lead for ATU Donegal
🎤Nosiba Elshawa - Student at Atlantic Technological University

Expect engaging conversations, knowledge sharing, networking and free food!

🎟️ Spaces are limited, register now: https://lnkd.in/eVVyPxRC

Best wishes to our friends at Inishowen Palestine Solidarity Group for tomorrow's Apartheid Free Zone Launch event featuring Bernadette McAliskey, The Henry Girls and others. We've had a sneak peek at St Mary's St Marys Hall Buncrana, and it is lining up to be a great event. Tickets can still be booked at Buncrana Cinema. Tell your local shop or coffee shop about it, show your support.

🌞🌱The sun is here and so is Bealtaine, a time in the Celtic calendar for blossoming and coming forth, and that’s certainly reflected in the vibrancy and energy of events across Donegal this weekend…they all showcase how we can make change and imagine better ways of living, so we thought we'd share them here to help our community members to take part...

In Inishowen, there are two events in Buncrana tomorrow.

• 🌱Our Seeds of Change participants, The Mill River Conservation Group
have the An Taisce Big Spring Clean event happening at 2pm, details at their page
• 🌸Our friends at Buncrana/Cockhill Community Garden have the Growing Community Through Gardening Launch at 2pm on Saturday at Exchange
• 💦We see that Moville Community Garden are asking for help gathering materials after the storm

Elsewhere in Donegal...

- 🍅🚐Our friends at OURganic Gardens are making deliveries from their new shop, more info at their page and website
- 🌽Continuing the food theme, Oakfield Park has the Donegal Festival of Food happening this weekend.

A reminder for those planning ahead:

🇵🇸 The Inishowen Palestine Solidarity Group will launch their Apartheid Free Zone featuring the wonderful Bernadette McAliskey on Saturday, May 9, at St Mary's Hall, Cinema, details at their page.

Additionally, we have two food and farming-related events scheduled for May 15 and 16. You can find links to the waiting lists for these events on our website (changemakers.ie) under the "What’s On" section.