Focus Ireland’s first concert in Cork

Focus Ireland’s very first concert in Cork.The theme is one of a Winter Celebration where will be enjoyed a choral extravaganza featuring The Cork Prison Officers Male Voice Choir, The Sonatinas and The Hill Harmonics in one of the city’s most historic buildings St Peter’s, North Main Street, Cork

Tickets on sale at Focus Ireland ( 27 South Mall, Cork 021 427 3646) and  Eventbrite

Duhallow Seniors Older & Bolder Conference

Five Week Mindfulness Programme

Five Week Mindfulness Programme

Facilitated by Kevin McCormack

Commencing Wednesday 13^th November 2019

7:30pm – 8:30pm

Venue:  Accord Building, Monument Hill

Mindfulness is about being aware of the present moment, learning to let go of issues in your past and not focusing on what may or may not happen in the future.  It also helps us become more aware of our thoughts and feelings, enabling us to manage them rather than allow them overwhelm us.  Mindfulness is of particular benefit in dealing with anxiety, stress and depression.

This 5-week course is subsidised by the Fermoy Community Health Project.

The course fee per person is €30.00 which is payable on the first night.

Places are limited; so you are invited to book a place by contacting           Jacinta McCormack, Fermoy Community Health Worker on 085 8742320

Launch: 'Changing Times Issue 2' - The Journal of the Inniscarra Historical Society

Date/Time: Friday 8th November 2019 at 20:00
Event: Launch: 'Changing Times Issue 2' - The Journal of the Inniscarra Historical Society 
Location: Griffins Garden Centre, Dripsey, Co. Cork 

Additional Information: On the evening of Friday November 8th 2019, Issue No. 2 of Changing Times - the journal of the Inniscarra Historical Society - will be launched. All are most welcome to attend. 

Ballinora and District Community Association Win Pride of County Cork Award 2019

Ballinora and District Community Association

Winners of  Pride of County Cork Award

Left To Right:  Seamus Forde Muintir na Tire, Pat Desmond,  Ballinora and District Community Association Deputy County Mayor Michael Looney, Pat Tuile and Tom Kelly Ballinora and District Community Association Sean Holland and Sean Murphy Muintir na Tire

Representatives from over sixty groups from every corner of the county attended the Muintir na Tire Pride in our Community Awards in Oriel House Ballincollig.

The judging teams from Muintir and Cork County Council were very impressed this year with the high standard of the projects that were involved and found it very difficult to choose an overall winner but in the end Ballinora and District Community Association won the Pride of County Cork Award. Their project was a mural outlining the history of Ballinora, and complimented the many great projects around the Ballinora parish.

Deputy Mayor of County Cork Cllr Michael Looney praised Pride of County Cork Winner, Ballinora and District Community Association, all the winners of the other categories and all those who entered the competition this year.  He said that it was great to see the effort being put in by community groups in developing projects that highlight the wonderful county we live in. He thanked Muintir na Tire for organising the competition and said ‘this great competition rightly recognises and rewards community groups who develop and maintaining  locally-based Amenity/ Projects which are of long-term benefit to the local community’.

Mr Sean Holland Chairman of the organising committee pointed out that the competition also seeks to make local people conscious of their local environment and promotes litter free communities. He said the competition is open to all voluntary groups in County Cork. Sean added that the organisers had simplified the competition after consulting with local groups. He urged any group that were planning a project or were maintaining an existing project to consider entering the competition next year.

Sean Murphy President of Cork County Federation Muintir ná Tíre said these projects highlight the important link between our surroundings and our quality of life. Our heritage and pride in our community makes us want to do as much as we can to improve our locality. It is no co-incidence he said that people travel the length and breadth of the county, visiting beauty spots – beautiful scenery that lifts their spirits and hearts. The impact of the amenity projects developed is enormous he added.

He said community projects like those developed by the Ballinora and District Community Association make towns and villages much better places to live.

He thanked Deputy Mayor Looney and Cork County Council for providing support for all of the groups in bringing this principle home.  He said these projects also brighten up communities and enhance the natural beauty of the surroundings in which we live as well as attracting tourists.

Full Results and Details of Projects ATTACHED

Full competition details are available from Cork County Muintir ná Tíre 8 Sidney Place, Wellington Road, Cork City Tel: 021-4500688  or email admin@muintircork.com

Circular and Social Enterprises

This event will follow immediately after the Re-Use Republic event in County Hall.

Come and meet the some of the leading social enterprises in the Cork area that are helping to delivering climate action through reuse and recycling at our upcoming event Circular and Social Businesses: Helping our Climate on 24th October.

Centred around the Sustainable Development Goals 8, 12, 13 and 17, you will find out about the EU and local impact of social enterprises in reuse and recycling, and hear from businesses about partnerships for a more circular, sustainable and social future.

Supported by the Southern Waste Regional Office, Cork County Council, Cork City Council, ecowell Cork and CRNI this event forms part of an EU wide initiative by the European Commission’s Directorate General for Enterprise, DG GROW to raise awareness about the social economy at a local and regional level.

Thursday October 24^th 18:30 to 20:30 p.m. Vertigo Fl 17 County Hall Cork

To register please see the eventbrite link here. 

Free Local CPR training in your community

13 people die from a cardiac arrest every day in Ireland and over 70% of these will happen in the home. Therefore, the chances are that if you ever need to perform CPR it will be on someone you know and care about, so the Irish Heart Foundation want to ensure that if you ever encounter this scenario you will be prepared by knowing how to perform CPR.

CPR is a simple skill and by attending this one-hour course your level of confidence and ability to perform CPR will greatly improve. Irish Heart Foundation have designed an easy course which one of their experienced facilitators can come and deliver to your club/group/community.

The course concentrates on recognising cardiac arrest, making the emergency call, listening to the call taker and knowing your Eircode. Candidates then get to practice compression-only CPR on a manikin. Awareness of how to use an AED, how to help someone who is choking, how to perform CPR on a child, recognising stroke and the difference between a cardiac arrest and a heart attack are also covered – all in only one hour and for FREE.

Please note that those who attend the training must be over 18 years.

 If you have a suitable venue and at least 90 people that would be interested in attending the training, we ask that you become a CPR Champion in your club/group/community.

We need you and your friends to recruit as many people as possible so that Irish Heart Foundation can train them in this life saving skill of CPR.

When providing the courses, the aim is to conduct 3 one-hour training sessions with 30 attendees in each. These will be conducted in one day, in one location which will train at least 90 individuals in your community - all FREE of charge.

Irish Heart Foundation can discuss the timing of the courses with you, but can deliver them either during the day, an evening or at the weekend.

The instructor will bring manikins for participants to practice on along with their own laptop and projector to deliver a course. In terms of the room needed for the training they would require:

•                     A screen to project the course on to, or a blank wall which can be comfortably viewed by all participants. The instructor will project the course video onto this.

•                     The flooring needs to be suitable to kneel on for short periods of time.

•                     35 chairs are required for participants to sit on, these should be set out in a semi-circle, facing the screen/wall so everyone can view the video.

•                     There should be enough space for 10 people to practice on the manikins on the floor at the front of the room.

For more information phone 01 6685001,  email: info@irishheart.ie or see https://irishheart.ie/

Singing for the Brain

A Singing Group for people living with Dementia, Alzheimer’s and/or Parkinson’s and their Carers.

“Even when many memories are hard to retrieve, music is especially easy to recall”

Come and enjoy some singing, movement and chat in a relaxed and supportive environment. No singing experience necessary.

When: Each Wednesday from 11am-12:30pm

Where: Youghal Community Health Project, Blackwater Heights, Youghal.

Cost: €2 donation

Contact: Nicola on 086 4668484

Kindly funded by Youghal Rotary Club

Helping People in West Cork impacted by Sexual Violence

West Cork Women Against Violence Project (WCWAVP) has partnered with Tusla, Kerry Rape Crisis Centre and Sexual Violence Centre Cork to survey Service Providers in the Statutory, Community and Voluntary sectors across West Cork, as well as community groups and clubs.  They want to hear from Services or Groups who are being contacted by or are supporting in any way children, teens or adults in West Cork who may have experienced sexual abuse or sexual violence of any kind.

You are asked you to take about 15 minutes to document your vital work or volunteering that includes supporting children, teens or adults in West Cork who may have experienced any kind of sexual abuse or sexual violence. 

No matter how seldom you encounter calls for help regarding this issue, please use this survey to talk about your experience in West Cork.  The more of you who respond, the more successful the survey will be in highlighting this issue in a rural region, the work and volunteering that is being done already, and the challenges and gaps to address. 

Your participation will provide evidence from community-level in West Cork and help to give those who are impacted by sexual violence in this rural region a voice in any new service that may develop in the future.

Please start the survey by clicking here.  This weblink takes you to the external website of SurveyMonkey.  Only Dr. Caroline Crowley, the researcher, can access the information that you share.

If you have any questions as you work through this survey, you can contact Caroline directly at  crowleyresearch@gmail.com or (087) 610 1510 and she will be happy to help you.  

SECAD Ability Training Programme for Young People with Disabilities

What is it?          Training programme for young people with disabilities

When?                 Starting in October 2019, runs each Tues and Thurs morning until June 2020.

Who should go?Young people with disabilities aged 18-29 years (in receipt of disability allowance / illness benefit)

Where?                 Midleton Football Club, Knockgriffin 

Further details? Please contact Edel on egallagher@secad.ie  or 021 4613432 to discuss eligibility for the programme and for further information.

2 Day Workshops Cork Young Filmmakers Halloween

Cork Young Filmmakers Halloween are running 2 Day Workshops for young filmmakers age14-18 years in Ballincollig and Midleton over the Halloween Break.  The details are:

Cork Film Centre Gallery

Ballincollig

29^th & 30^th October

My Place

Midleton

31^st October& 1^st November

€20 per person

All the films produced during the workshops will be premiered on the big screen in the Vertigo Suite in County Hall at a Gala Event hosted by Cork County Council on 22^nd November. All workshop participants will be invited and will receive a copy of their film.  An event not to be missed!

More Information : Cork Young Filmakers (Facebook)