The aim of this project is to deliver interactive workshops empowering community leaders to recognise and counter disinformation and mal information targeting minority and marginalised groups. The workshops will be co-designed and delivered with people from communities targeted including people seeking international protection, beneficiaries of temporary protection, women, LGBTQIA+ people, Traveller community members, and people with disabilities, among others. The workshops will be delivered in a variety of communities in County Clare (minimum of 6).
They will equip participants to critically assess media including social media and to engage with public bodies including Clare County Council under the Public Sector Equality and Human Rights Duty, advocating for policies that combat disinformation and promote equality. Leaders among the groups targeted will deliver workshops in partnership with facilitators to public sector staff. The initiative will strengthen community advocacy and contribute to more inclusive, evidence-based public discourse, policy making and delivery.
As part of the project, Clare PPN will document their learning and create an easily readable resource which can be shared online and in hard copy that helps people evaluate information sources.