Tony Gallagher

Nov 30, 2024 | cypnow.co.uk | Tony Gallagher

Early daysI cut my professional youth work teeth in my early 20s at a youth club in Bedford. Our centre was open access, five nights a week, and the place was always buzzing. I remember well the strong relationships I formed. Many of these young people were facing rural deprivation, solvent abuse and unemployment, but I knew that youth work could help them to build positive habits which would improve their life chances.

Nov 29, 2024 | westernpeople.ie | Tony Gallagher

Support Workers are the backbone of countless life-changing moments for the people we support. At the Brothers of Charity, their work goes far beyond daily assistance. Support Workers with the Brothers of Charity empower people with intellectual disabilities to live their best lives, as independently as possible, while participating in and contributing to the life of their local communities.

Nov 29, 2024 | thetimes.com | Tony Gallagher |Ben Taylor

The Times and The Sunday Times are proud to launch the 2024 Christmas Appeal, jointly fundraising for three chosen charities across the festive period. The number of people with food allergies in the UK has more than doubled since 2008, with more than 5,000 people a year hospitalised in England with food anaphylaxis, a life-threatening allergic reaction.

May 29, 2024 | tes.com | Tony Gallagher

It has been a tough decade to be a teacher or school leader in Northern Ireland. For much of that time we seem to have stumbled from one political crisis to another. In most jurisdictions this would probably result in histrionic arguments between political rivals on TV and radio, or hyperbolic headlines in newspapers and blogs. In Northern Ireland it risks collapsing our system of government altogether: when no one is officially in charge, all manner of bad things can happen.

Feb 6, 2024 | thetimes.co.uk | Tony Gallagher

The Times Health Summit in association with Vitality and AstraZeneca forms part of our commitment to reporting on health and social care while also shaping the policy agenda in the run-up to the next general election. It launched the report of The Times Health Commission, a year-long inquiry which has this week published a set of ambitious but achievable recommendations for reform. The commission was set up in January last year to take a long, hard look at the NHS and social care system.