Videos of Cork Cultural Companions Launch online March 9th 2021
Friday, 26 November 2021
Thursday, 25 November 2021
New Research re the Benefits of Participating in Creative Activity
The Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin, T.D., has welcomed the results of a newly-published report by The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) at Trinity College Dublin. The research, which was commissioned by the Creative Ireland Programme, investigated how creative activity impacts on the lives of older people. It found that older adults who participated in creative activities enjoyed a higher quality of life and were less likely to be lonely, depressed and stressed than their contemporaries who do not.
- 53.5% of older adults surveyed were involved in creative activities or hobbies on a weekly basis.
- Those with the highest levels of involvement in creative activities reported the highest quality of life, and scored lowest on loneliness, depression, and stress measurements.
- The level of involvement in creative activities was consistent between ages 50-74 years, but declined rapidly from 75 years and older.
- There is a strong correlation between higher educational attainment and higher income and regular involvement in creative activities, reflecting similar patterns of arts and cultural participation observed among the younger population in Ireland.
- Women were over three times more likely than men to read books, magazines or newspapers for pleasure weekly.
- Declining vision and health impacted on participation in creative activities.
- Those adults who reported higher levels of physical activity also reported moderate or high creative activity and those who did not smoke also reported high levels of creative activity.
- 26% of older adults reported doing creative hobbies more often during COVID-19 lockdown.
Minister Martin said: “The findings of this research are a welcome confirmation of the powerful case for promoting participation in creative life amongst older members of our communities. Increased involvement in creative activities in older age can improve health and wellbeing in older age, and I will continue to work with my colleagues across Government to promote, develop and support access to creative initiatives.”
Rose Anne Kenny, Principal Investigator of TILDA and Professor of Medical Gerontology at Trinity College Dublin said: “With well over a decade of research complete, TILDA has a unique and rich dataset to draw upon to show key aspects of successful ageing. This report highlights that participation in creative activities is high among older adults, and has a strong positive effect on overall physical health, mental health and quality of life. These are important research observations. In order to help more older adults engage with creative activities, policies that enable participation in creative activities and remove barriers of access irrespective of disability are a potential means of improving health and wellbeing in a fast growing ageing demographic.”
The report - Creative Activity in the Ageing Population - is available on www.creativeireland.gov.ie as well as https://tilda.tcd.ie/publications/reports/pdf/Report_CreativeActivity_OlderPopulation.pdf. The findings of the report were discussed at a webinar jointly hosted by Trinity College Dublin and the Creative Ireland Programme on 22 November, which will be accessible on www.creativeireland.gov.ie. The research was funded through the Creative Ireland Programme by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media.
Coachford 2000 - Proud Past, Bright Future
The 20th December 2021 will be the 200th anniversary of the first known mention of Coachford village. The Coachford 200⁺ Committee (non-profit and entirely run by volunteers) hope to celebrate this, by commencing a programme of local events involving people, organisations and businesses. We aim to have something for everyone. Events are due to begin in December and are to continue monthly, through to the end of 2022. To do this, we need the help of our wonderful community, and also those with connections to Coachford, the wider public, and organisations and businesses. One particular way is to donate, to help get events up and running. There are two easy ways to donate: online at our GoFundMe page (go to www.gofundme.com and enter ‘Coachford’ as the search term) … or there is also a donation box located at Coachford Post Office. All donations will be accepted, are appreciated, and will greatly assist this worthy cause. Help celebrate this proud occasion and the wonderful past, present and future of our thriving and growing mid Cork village. Thank you.
Engaging Men Webinar: The When of Men's Health
General Health and Wellbeing:
Environment, Health & Wellbeing Virtual Conference
You are invited to attend the upcoming Environment, Health and Wellbeing Online Conference which will focus on Learning from the Pandemic, on Monday 29th from 9.15 – 13.15. Our colleagues Dr. Stephanie O’Keefe and Dr. Philip Crowley will both be speaking at the event. There is free registration at the bottom of this page: https://ti.to/environment-
Exercise Videos: Strength and Conditioning for Beginners
As you may know we have developed 4 sets of Exercise Videos, the 4th has just gone live which focusses on Strength and Conditioning for Beginners, made up of 8, 30 min videos. You can view these here: https://bit.ly/3qIvaQp and you can see the full range of them here: https://bit.ly/3Cv4fdh
START webinar for parents – Let’s go easy on treats
To help parents make a start to reducing treats we are hosting a START webinar with nutrition, health and parenting experts on Thursday 25th November at 7:30pm. To find out more and register please click here
Learn to Crochet 4 week programme
Learn to Crochet 4 week programme Starting 25th of November - 16th December
For more info contact Mary Gubbins on 086 8525992
Email maryg@avondhublackwater.com
Details of the Community Monuments Fund 2022 Announced
Malcom Noonan, Minister of State for Heritage and Electoral Reform, has launched the 2022 Community Monuments Fund, which will invest €5 million in the protection and promotion of archaeological heritage in 2022 - a significant increase on the €2 million allocation made available for the Scheme in 2021, which saw eight successful projects in the county of Cork.
Building on the 2021 Fund, the 2022 Community Monuments Fund will invest in valuable archaeological heritage and help the owners and custodians of archaeological monuments to safeguard them into the future for the benefit of communities and the public.
The Scheme aims to:
- enable conservation works to be carried out on monuments which are deemed to be significant and in need of urgent support;
- build resilience in our monuments to enable them to withstand the effects of climate change;
- encourage access to monuments and improve their presentation.
The Community Monuments Fund has 3 Streams:
- Stream 1 will offer grants up to €85,000 aimed at essential repairs and capital works for the conservation and repair of archaeological monuments
- Stream 2 will offer grants of up to €30,000 for development of Conservation Management Plans/Reports that are aimed at identifying measures for conservation of archaeological monuments and improving public access.
- Stream 3 will offer grants of up to €30,000 for enhancement of access infrastructure and interpretation (including virtual/online) at archaeological monuments.
Full details of the Fund are set out in the Explanatory Memorandum, which should be taken into account by all applicants when filling in the application form; both available here:
2022 CMF Explanatory Memorandum - (Faigh é as gaeilge anseo)
2022 CMF Application Form - (Faigh é as gaeilge anseo)
Applications by the public must be emailed to Cork County Council’s Heritage Unit (emailed to corkheritage@corkcoco.ie) by no later than 17:00 on Tuesday 15th February, 2022.
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