Statement from Cork County Federation Muintir na Tire

Statement from Mr. Seamus Forde Chairman of Cork County Federation Muintir na Tire to Community Councils, Community Alert Groups, Elderly groups, Tidy Towns Groups and Community sector partners on the Covid-19 Pandemic crisis

Firstly, our thoughts are with all those, in our County, Country and around the world who have lost loved ones during these unprecedented times.  

We hope that you and your families can keep safe and healthy. Please follow the official advice to protect yourself and those around you. 

To all our health professionals and key workers, we thank you. You are all heroes. Cork County Federation Muintir na Tire stands with you and salutes you all. 

Here is the latest update from Cork County Federation Muintir na Tire

General

We urge our members to continue, as you have always done, to look after the older and vulnerable people in your community. We know that Muintir na Tire people in Community Councils and Community Alert have always been to the fore in doing this. We are taking this Covid -19 Pandemic very seriously and all our meetings have been cancelled. The members and Officers of the board continue to keep in contact via telephone and using online conferencing.

Our Office in Sydney Place is closed in line with Government guidelines but some of our key staff are working from home.

We will continue to send out our weekly e newsletter to over 400 groups and individuals working in the community sector and media. We have full access to email and can be contacted at admin@muintircork.com

Community Development

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Our Community Development Officer Mr. Denis Kelly is available to give guidance and support to community groups. Denis can be contacted by phone at 0872034876 or by email at deniskelly@muintircork.com

 Community Care

Our community Care Health Information Seminars are postponed at this time and any return to action will only when medical guidance allows

Cork School Gardens Project

We are sad to announce that due to current government guidelines the Cork School Garden Competition is cancelled for 2020. We will be back bigger and better next year

Pride in our Community Competition

A final decision this year’s Pride in our Community will be made soon. We fully agree with the principle that any return to action will only be with the full backing of Government and when medical guidance allows. 

Cultural Companions

Cultural Companions is, like everything else, on hold at the moment. Our launch scheduled for this month has been postponed and events of every description have been cancelled currently. However, we are keeping in touch with our members by email and telephone. I believe that telephoning some of our members has been very much appreciated by them and we have great chats at what is a very difficult and lonely time for some. We are compiling a list of links to various online cultural resources (most arts and cultural establishments have gone online) which we will share with our members that are active online and we will update it as we source new links. For those that are not online we intend to keep up contact with them and assure them that we are still here and will be even more eager to make Cultural Companions work for them after all this awfulness is over. Unfortunately, there will be even greater need for it on the other side of this. Our very best wishes to you all and keep well. 

Barbara Quinn our Cultural Companions Coordinator can be contacted on 0851300335 or by email at culture@muintircork.com

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