Volunteers

Inclusive Homes: Parents & Guardians Session

Perfect for parents, guardians, aunts, uncles, and grandparents at your workplace, this session draws directly on our work with young people in schools. Participants will learn how small steps can make their home more inclusive, and leave feeling fluent in the language young people use to capture their identity today. They will discuss why it can still be difficult for young people to come out in a more accepting world, and together find practical solutions to support anyone who may be struggling. Topics covered include:

–About ShoutOut and the importance of

LGBTQ+ inclusive education –The Life Cycle of Assumptions: assumptions we make about each other and how they affect young LGBTQ+ people –Coming out timelines: average ages and those who fall outside the average –They/them pronouns: a quick explainer and what to do when you make mistakes! –How to make a safe space for a young person to come out, and how to react when they do –The best LGBTQ+ inclusive books and films for all ages –“Ask anything” Q&A

Pride 101

This session looks at the history and meaning behind Pride, and seeks to capture why it is still such an important movement for LGBTQ+ communities in every corner of the world. Here, too, we’ll look at how we can play a meaningful role in the celebrations as allies, and how we can continue to use Pride as a springboard for change and progress.

– The history of Pride around the world – Histories of queer culture and expression – Allyship at Pride: holding a meaningful role in the celebrations – Party, protest, or both? – Pride as a global movement for change by

LGBTQ+ communities. – Pride as protest: examining the pressing community issues of today

Empowered Allies

In a post-marriage equality world, the LGBTQ+ community is still fighting several battles on several fronts. How, as allies, can we get involved, and how can we support some of the most marginalised in the community? This workshop will also give you an insight into the landscape for young people in schools based on our direct experience.

– The importance of LGBTQ+ inclusive education in schools – An Irish and global timeline of equality and the role played by allies in the struggle – How to navigate pronouns and gender neutral language, and what to do when you make mistakes – How to support someone who comes out to you – A global overview of ongoing LGBTQ+ rights rollbacks, insight into the Irish context – Why allyship is more crucial than ever: ongoing fights for equality and how to get involved – “Ask anything” Q&A

We chose ShoutOut because of their fundamental operational pillars which are to inform, encourage and contribute. Their workshops provide important knowledge and insight around LGBTQ+ issues and create a safe space that encourages people to ask questions. In addition to this, ShoutOut use funds from corporate workshops to provide workshops to schools – educating young people within our local communities to be inclusive and celebrate diversity which we feel is particularly important. ShoutOut is a wonderful organisation which we highly recommend, and we will definitely be hosting more workshops with ShoutOut in the near future.

Saffron O’Sullivan,

IDA Ireland

MongoDB has partnered with ShoutOut for the last 3 years to deliver a series of different workshops to help educate our LGBTQIA+ community and allies internally. Their sessions have driven thoughtful and meaningful conversations amongst employees and we have received incredibly positive feedback from all involved.

Seán Carroll & Robson Gomes, MongoDB

As a department that embraces inclusivity, we were delighted to have an opportunity to work with ShoutOut. The Inclusive Homes: Parents & Guardians workshop was an informative and enlightening experience for all of our staff. The session helped to prepare staff for future LGBTQ+ conversations with the young people in our lives and the fact that the session was delivered virtually did not take away from a safe, confidential space in which our participants could raise questions.

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Unit,

Department of Social Protection

Thanks to ShoutOut for leading us through an incredibly engaging and thought-provoking workshop! Everyone in attendance learnt a lot about the nuances of identity and language. Moreover, the relaxed and safe environment that the facilitators created led to very honest and valuable conversations amongst employees. Fully recommend!

Ruth McMahon, SoundCloud

Our annual income has risen from €122,128.38 in July 2020—2021 to €171,302.18 in August 2021—July 2022.

In a year that has been marked by uncertainty across all sectors, we are incredibly grateful that a large proportion of our income stems from workplace and capacity building workshops, as well as individual and group donations. This ongoing support directly funds our work with young people across Ireland.

The most significant increase in income over the past year has been through grants from government bodies and philanthropic organisations for resource building projects at ShoutOut. These have provided financial backing for us to revise and improve our workshop content for young people and teacher training, as well as develop the Proud Schools Programme. Likewise, our annual expenditure increased from €77,539.92 in July 2020—2021 to €171,257.96 in August 2021—July 2022.

This reflects a substantial increase in staffing for both our core operations and additional resources building projects, which have increased the quality and sustainability of our work significantly. Additionally, the move to a hybrid working model since Summer 2022, as we move out of lockdowns, has seen our operating costs increase as we have returned to in person workshop delivery, office working and events.

We are planning a return to in person workshops in schools from September 2022 onwards, as such we expect to see a rise in costs for Youth Workshops & Volunteers.

Income: €171,302.18 Expenditure: €171,257.96

Income

01 Aug 2021 — 31 July 2022

€48,065.02 Corporate Workshops €13,336.11 Capacity Building €40,682.68 Group donations €3,966.02 Individual Donations €1,152.35 School Donations €64,100.00 Grants

Total Income: €171,302.18

Capacity Building7.8%

School Donations 0.7% Corporate Workshops 28.1%

Grants 37.4%

Individual Donations2.3% Group Donations23.7%