Community Sponsorship Ireland Invites Volunteers to Open up Communities to Refugees

Boys + Girls, Ireland’s most effective Creative agency, have just launched their first campaign for Community Sponsorship Ireland. 

Organised through THE OPEN COMMUNITY and their long term client Amnesty International, the Campaign asks people to volunteer to help refugees settle into Ireland. 

Led by a series of celebrities, with the opening campaign from Comedian and Podcaster Tara Flynn, the campaign highlights the unique idiosyncrasies of Irish Life for those newly arriving in Ireland and the role of our communities in helping to safely navigate them. 

Topics include, the many meanings of ‘Sorry’, a true St Patrick’s day experience and what those mysterious community alert signs actually mean and appears across radio and social. 

Volunteers are directed to the opencommunity.ie to find out more 

Conor Platt, project coordinator with The Open Community, said, “Having been involved in the naming and brand creation of The Open Community and been a long term ally of Amnesty International Ireland, there was no other agency who could have done a better job in delivering this campaign for us’ 

Kris Clarkin, creative director, Boys + Girls said, “That this campaign is important for every reason is not in doubt. Delivering a really positive, inclusive message and tone we believe this work can help showcase the great benefits of Community Sponsorship for everyone in Ireland. 

The Open Community is the national support organisation for Community Sponsorship Ireland and currently a project of Amnesty. 

The joint campaign was organised by THE OPEN COMMUNITY in partnership with Amnesty International Ireland, Doras, the Irish Red Cross, the Irish Refugee Council, Nasc, and UNHCR, under the Community Sponsorship Ireland programme.