Thursday, 7 July 2016

News from Cork Community TV

Hello everyone,

I am writing to you from Cork Community Television to let you know about our free Community Television Noticeboard.

As you already know Cork Community Television broadcasts programmes made by and about the local community. It broadcasts on Channel 803 on Virgin Media (formerly UPC), and also streams ‘live’ on www.corkcommunitytv.ie

The station broadcasts 24 hours a day. In between programming times (2.00pm -4.00pm and 8.00pm-10.00pm daily), the Community Noticeboard is broadcast. This service is offered freeof charge.

Notices can be submitted for upcoming events or for ongoing information purposes.

To submit content (images in jpeg form only) please email your information tonotices@corkcommunitytv.ie or visit www.corkcommunitytv.ie and complete the submission form. Content for events should be submitted two weeks in advance of the event.

If you would like further information, please see attached leaflet or visitwww.corkcommunitytv.ie/noticeboard

Kind regards,

Audrey O’Mahony

Cork Community Television Limited

Fundraiser for Sirius Arts Centre Cobh

Wednesday, 6 July 2016

Pride In Our Community Competition 2016 News

All community groups who confirm entry to the competition will be visited by members of the Judging Panel from Mid July to End of August. Good luck with your entry.

Monday, 4 July 2016

Creative Communities Award Scheme

Cork County Municipal Districts Creative Communities Awards Scheme

Cork County Council invites proposals for projects that can create new opportunities for engagement and participation in the Arts in the Municipal District areas of Cork County The Creative Communities Award Scheme will provide substantial one-off funding to enable local groups, artists and arts organisations to come together to plan and deliver a sustainable project that will make a significant difference to arts and cultural life in their area.

What are we looking for?

Great Project Ideas. Innovative arts based projects that may be developmental, educational, event or activity based.
Great Partnerships: This is an opportunity for arts and community groups to team up for a common purpose.
Positive Impact: We are seeking creative arts proposals that engage with people.

What are we offering?

Funding up to a maximum of Euro15,000 for any one project per Municipal District
Project Research and Development Grants of Euro1,200

To download guidelines and application form click below

Creative Communities Award Scheme Guidelines
Creative Communities Award Scheme Application Form

Closing date for applications is Friday, August 26th 2016

Timoleague National School Best Mixed Garden

This mixed school with 157 pupils is located in the beautiful picturesque village of Timoleague on the Kinsale to Clonakilty coast road. The school is perched at the edge of a long sea inlet in the shadow of the ruins of a 13th century Abbey. Every child got involved in the sowing, planting and caring for their space in the garden and all classes & teachers were involved
The Community Association & Tidy Towns Committee works closely with the school and the general community donated tyres, logs, baths, branches to the garden. They have also donated sinks, toilets, baths, barbeques etc. The parents helped the children planting the 28 window boxes around the village and watered & fed them over the holidays

The School Garden Plans
Following on from last year’s successful gardening, the school decided decided upon for the following for 2015-2016;

Introduce the “Learn at School, Grow at Home” to senior infants, 1st and 2nd class. A total of 61 children growing at home.
Develop part of the school embankment with a recyclable theme
Continue the biodiversity theme on the 2nd embankment
Continue the Community Garden in conjunction with Molaga Tidy Towns, Timoleague Community Association and Timoleague National School

The School Embankment: The school has no grass/garden area. they have developed

two embankments at the side of the school. One of the embankments is home to 'The Learn at School, Grow at Home' project area
The Recycled Garden has Fairies!and individual class planting areas

They have continued with their Biodiversity garden. Last year they focused on bees as it was the Year of the Bee! This year they focused on Butterflies. The whole school was involved in decorating the butterfly garden – classes painted, designed and brought in recycled goods to use in the garden.

The Community Garden Plans: It was decided that 3 groups would be involved- Molaga Tidy Towns, Timoleague Community Association & Timoleague NS.

Together they developed 3 areas in the garden; a Composting Area, an Outside Classroom and a polytunnel.

Unique Features – a composter built from pallets, a blackboard and logs for seats, beds from tyres and an old bath tub. There is also a rain harvesting system. Well done to all involved

St Patricks Boys NS Skibbereen are winners of Best New Garden

St Patrick's Boys school had an area at the rear of the school unsuitable for play that they wanted to utilise.
They have over 220 boys in the school including three classes for children with Autism who they felt would all benefit from a school garden.With the the help of one of the teachers Brian Granaghan, they designed the garden and a parent in the school drew up the garden design.
They came up with a 3 year plan and began work on the garden on February 26th 2016.
The Garden is designed around a Sensory Garden. It will have a Sensory Path where each section will have a different surface. They will have Growing Areas, a Zen Garden, a Herb Wheel and much more. The path will have bark mulch, gravel, stone, slate, straw, logs, stepping stones
They have 10 new raised beds – one for each class and they are already growing pumpkins, sunflowers, strawberries, sweetcorn, potatoes, legumes, and brassicas. They are even trying companion planting.

The boys in 4th Class planted our new Willow Tunnel and Willow Dome.

and they have also made an amphitheatre which will serve as an outdoor classroom

St Patricks could well be the first school in Ireland with its own Geodome!!!
The Geodome allows them to grow all year round and they can even try growing exciting things like tomatoes and melons.
Lots of people have helped in the Garden pupils, teachers, parents, local organisations etc.
They have held after school evenings where parents and families have helped out.
They also have a Garden Club at lunch break twice a week which the boys love.

They are trying to include as many elements in the garden as possible. Next year, they will build a wormery & composting areas and hope to plant our orchard,mini forest & native hedging.

Well done to all involved

Skibbereen Arts Festival 2016

'The Art of West Cork'

Skibbereen Arts Festival 2016

22nd July - 3rd August

Art is everywhere in West Cork. In the scenery, in the people and in the atmosphere.

No matter where you go you are likely to bump into a practitioner or lover of the arts.

The eighth Skibbereen Arts Festival pays homage to this vital fabric of our community with a programme that is simply astonishing.

Musical highlights include

a very special tribute night remembering Fergus O' Farrell and Colin Vearncombe with 'DogTailSoup & special guest Glen Hansard',
Malian guitar sensation 'Vieux Farka Touré'
Scottish superstar 'Eddi Reader',
Canon Goodman Concert with 'The Casey Sisters' and 'Brendan Begley & Mike Hanrahan'.

Theatre highlights are the unique '4 Plays in a Day' returns with four exciting new plays

Stephen Jones' 'From Eden'
Lee Coffey's 'Leper + Chip' and
Irene Kelleher's 'Mary and Me'.
There's also a very unique 'Stroll with Shakespeare' with 5 scenes from 5 plays in 5 unusual venues around town.

Poetry and Spoken Work highlights include readings, discussions and presentations by writers including

'Theo Dorgan',
'Liz Nugent',
'Claudia Carroll',
'Martina Devlin'.
John Minihan's illustrated talk of his encounters with Samuel Beckett 'Beckett and the Wake'
And a whole plethora of poets at the spectacular '12-hour Poetry Marathon'.

Film Festival

An incredible Film Festival will show a series of beautiful and thought-provoking films and documentaries from around the world, including

an exclusive screening of the recently completed 'Rebel Rossa',
Steven Riley's 'Listen to me Marlon',
Laurie Anderson's 'Heart of a Dog',
an outdoor screening of cult classic 'Quackser Fortune has a Cousin in the Bronx',
for children, a screening of the very first Walt Disney film 'Snow White'.

An amazing array of visual art exhibitions are happening throughout the town as Skibbereen itself becomes a gallery for the week, with the work of over 50 artists on display.

Highlights include

· Works from the Angela Flowers Collection at Downeen',

· Rita Duffy's 'Souvenir Shop',

· the international archeology and sculpture symposium 'Umha Aois',

· a performance of Karen Power's Instruments of Ice by the Quiet Music Ensemble taking place amongst John Kelly'sexhibition of large paintings produced in Antarctica.

We open this year with a free and very special 1960s Street Party including a world premiere performance of some Beatles classics by a version of 'Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band' put together especially for the occasion.

The programme also features some stunning nature and history walks and lots of interesting and educational workshops for all ages.

Tickets for all events on skibbereenartsfestival.com Right-click here to download pictures. To help protect your privacy, Outlook prevented automatic download of this picture from the Internet.