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Kerry Community Newsletter. Issue 78. 10/6/22

11th June 2022

Announcements |

To Kerry PPN members,

Contents of this newsletter include,

“Exploring our common ground” …29TH JUNE
Have you Registered for Street Feast 2022?
Kerry Community Awards 2022, applications now open
Town and Village Renewal Scheme 2022
Ballybunion Arts Festival
EPA StopFoodWaste Campaign
Charity Choir Concert – Sunday 12th June – St. John’s RC Church, Tralee
Anam Cara Kerry Parent Evening
Will your business or group volunteer as part of Team Air Ambulance at The Ring of Kerry Charity Cycle this July 2nd?
Kerry ETB Seeking Expressions of Interest from Existing Non-Community Ed Tutors
Our Rural Future: Minister Humphreys announces series of new initiatives to support Remote Working
Minister Humphreys launches public consultation on new Library Strategy
REGISTER NOW for A SPOTLIGHT ON AGE FRIENDLY IRELAND | POLICY TO PRACTICE | WEBINAR 7 – Civic Participation and Employment
Kerry PPN YouTube videos
Calendar of Kerry County Council meetings for 2022
Be prepared, prepare your household
Kerry PPN Secretariat representatives 2022

Caroline and Eamon,

Kerry PPN Development officer and Support Worker

“Exploring our common ground”

Let’s have a conversation…

We want to listen and hear from the community and voluntary, social inclusion and environment groups.

Let’s explore the environment together.

What does it mean to us and want can we do to make a difference?

Tralee Bay Wetlands Eco & Activity Park

Wednesday 29th June

6.30-7.00, Networking, meet and greet.

7.00-9.00, Let explore our common ground.

Register here, Eventbrite link https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/exploring-our-common-ground-tickets-361771336807

For further details and to register and obtain a Street Feast pack log onto www.streetfeast.ie , @streetfeast, www.facebook.com/streetfeast

For further information please contact: Ger Hennessy, Resident PR Tel: 087 2872249/E: residentpr@gmail.com

https://arcg.is/10Tb5b

KERRY COUNTY COUNCIL/COMHAIRLE CONTAE CHIARRAÍ

Expression of Interest – Town & Village Renewal Scheme 2022/

Léiriú Spéise – Scéim Athnuachana na mBailte agus na Sráidbhailte 2022

Kerry County Council is seeking ‘Expressions of Interests’ from groups/organisations who may have suitable projects for consideration under the Town & Village Renewal Scheme 2022. This scheme has been developed by the Department of Rural and Community Development to support measures which rejuvenate rural and urban towns and villages throughout Ireland.

The measures that will be supported by the 2022 Town and Village Renewal Scheme include:

Priority A1 Projects

Projects that bring vacant and derelict buildings and sites back into use as multipurpose spaces. Multipurpose use includes enterprise spaces, arts, tourism, youth hubs and other community uses.
Projects that bring vacant properties in Town Centres back into use as Remote Working Hubs. This also includes funding for the repurposing of existing community or publicly owned buildings in town or villages to facilitate remote working.

Priority A2 Projects

Regeneration projects that assist in revitalising our rural towns and villages that will drive greater economic activity, footfall and address vacancy and dereliction.
New Build Community Centres where there is a clearly identified and defined need in a town or village that cannot be met with an existing premises.
Marketing Campaigns targeted at attracting remote workers and mobile talent to their county/region and promotion of specific town/villages to attract new customers and or business investment.
Projects to develop parks plazas, public outdoor dining spaces, green spaces (including allotments and community gardens) and recreational spaces/amenities to include outdoor sports facilities such as skate parks basketball courts tennis courts. Only applications for funding for public or community owned or leased property will be considered.

Priority B Projects

Upgrading and improving shop fronts & streetscapes on main streets.
Projects that support and enhance the night-time economy and add vibrancy to town centres.
Enhancement of heritage assets located in towns and villages including energy efficiency measures.

Kerry County Council at this early stage is trying to ascertain the potential level of interest and the type/nature of projects that may be eligible under the scheme.

All Expressions of Interest will be assessed based on the priorities as contained in the Scheme Outline.

All interested groups/organisations must complete an Expression of Interest Form and return by email to community@kerrycoco.ie or by post to: Community & Tourism Department, Kerry County Council, County Buildings, Rathass, Tralee, Co. Kerry no later than 5 p.m. on Tuesday 28th June, 2022.

The deadline is set to allow all applications to be assessed in advance of the Local Authority submitting final applications to the Department of Rural and Community Development by 22nd July 2022.

The Scheme Outline and Expression of Interest form attached sets out the detailed requirements under the Town & Village Renewal Scheme 2022. Details of the Scheme are also available on Kerry County Council’s website – www.kerrycoco.ie

Please contact your local Municipal District Office with your queries or email community@kerrycoco.ie

Please Note:

Any extension of the closing date cannot be facilitated in any circumstance.
The process is competitive as there is a limit on the number of submissions that Kerry County Council can submit to the Department.
The submission of an Expression of Interest does not guarantee a final application to the Department to consider the project for funding. Projects that are shortlisted to Application Stage will be formally notified by the Local Authority.

Dates:21st – 24th July 2022

Kerry’s newest exciting Arts Festival is bringing the rich creative community of North Kerry and beyond together returns in July 2022.

Ballybunion Arts Festival was a huge hit last September with many new and returning audiences welcomed back to the Tinteán Theatre, bringing art, workshops, music and poetry to the people after the pandemic.

This year the festival returns bigger and better. The BAF 2022 programme reflects the support from the local business and the community. We have been granted funding from Arts Council Ireland, Leader, Kerry CoCo Act Arts & Community Support Fund and Foras na Gaeilge.

Ballybunion is a wonderful location for a Multi-Disciplinary Arts Festival, with its abundance of natural beauty, artists and historical sites, some still to be revealed and venues.

This Festival is a must for people interested in traditional art and artists with tradition and modern practices. BAF is especially interested in hosting artists creating work that engages nature, ecology, ancient and traditional Irish culture.

We collaborate closely with local businesses and the new events community in Ballybunion working together to put Ballybunion back on the map, utilising its natural beauty as a backdrop to showcase a wealth of artists and performers.

This year’s festival will feature:

Blindboy, Moxie, Louise Mulcahy, Steve Cooney, Manchán Magan, IMLÉ, Seamus Barra O’Súilleabháin, Dezi Donnelly, Bernard Casey, Faye Boland, Máire Holmes, Niall de Burca and many many more.

There will be music events, workshops, events for family and children, theatre, comedy and outdoor activities.

Here is a flavour of this year’s Festival.

Main venues

Tinteán Theatre, Community Centre, The Bunker Bar, The Railway Bar and the

Ladies Beach.

Opening event: Deirdre Walsh & special guests: Thursday 21st July, 6pm, at the Community Centre:

Music: Moxie, IMLÉ, Roisin Soeghie, Suil Amhain, Louise Mulcahy, Steve Cooney, Bryne Dermot, Dezi Donnelly,

Art: Lisa Fingleton & Rena Blake, Paul O’Connor, Liam Brennan

Theatre: Manchán Megan, Niall De Búrca, Dee Keogh

Comedy: Bernard Casey & special guest

Workshops:

– Creative Writing with Kim Arnold

– Marketing for Artists with Darragh Kinch

– Your Poem on the Page with Faye Boland

– Lifting the Lid with Mike Gallagher

– Growing your Confidence with Bernard Casey

– Art of Growing with Lisa & Rena

– Wildflower walk with Aedin

– Writing Lyrics & Poems with Seamus Barra O’Súilleabháin & Sound artist Slavek

– Irish Speaking Poetry with Máire Holmes

Activities:

– Yoga, Swim, Cake with Cathy Healy

– Fuinneamh Community Drum on the beach

– Fire & Festivities

Talks:

– Blindboy’s live podcast with a special guest TBA

– Louise Mulcahy: Women Pipe players in Munster, followed by a performance by Louise

For further information – Media Contact

Marian Relihan 085 137 35 23

ballybunionartsfestival@gmail.com

General enquiries

Katie O’Brien b allybunionartsfestival@gmail.com

Website: www.Ballybunionartsfestival.ie

Social Media: Instagram facebook Twitter

EPA StopFoodWaste Campaign

If you can plan what you’re going to eat tomorrow or for the next few days, you will be less likely to buy and waste extra food you don’t need.

Find out what type of planner you are with our planning profiles at: https://bit.ly/3GULdkk

#PlanToStopFoodWaste

Do you want to feel more in control of what you’re going to eat during the week?

Planning some (or all!) of your meals will take some of the stress away during the busy working week.

More tips to ‘Know What You’re Going to Eat’ at: https://bit.ly/3GULdkk #StopFoodWaste

When you buy fresh food, try matching meals with similar ingredients.

For example, if you include spinach in a delicious curry for your evening meal, you can use up the rest in a salad for lunch the next day!

Learn more about how to #PlanToStopFoodWaste at https://bit.ly/3GULdkk

I hope you are well and that you are looking forward to getting a nice break over the summer. I can’t believe we are coming to our summer break, but we are so happy that we could fully reopened post pandemic and look forward to meeting more parents at our events later in the year.

Even though our June meetings will be the last until September, our offices remain open Monday to Friday 9-5 pm. So please get in touch if you need anything.

Our June F2F meeting for Kerry is taking place on Tuesday 14th June at 7.15pm. The meeting will take place in the Meadowland’s Hotel, Tralee.

Our online meeting for Kerry will take place on Thursday 16th June at 7pm. This meeting takes place via Zoom.

If you know any bereaved parents that may like to attend either meeting they can contact us here on 085 288 8888 or info@anamcara.ie

Kind Regards

Leanne

Contact Number 085 2888 888

Email Address info@anamcara.ie

Web Address www.anamcara.ie

Will your business or group volunteer as part of Team Air Ambulance at The Ring of Kerry Charity Cycle this July 2nd?

Irish Community Air Ambulance is one of the official charities of the Ring of Kerry Charity Cycle this year, which is a fantastic boost for our organisation. We have an aim of raising €100,000 through this event, which would go a long way in fuelling our Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) Air Ambulance and funding our Rapid Response Vehicles next year.

Three former patients have already appealed for people to join Team Air Ambulance for the event, now we’re searching for volunteers to help us on the day. Barry Cunningham, Diarmuid O’Donovan and Darren Lynch are among more than 500 people aided by the Community Air Ambulance during 2021. All three sustained serious injuries after coming off their bikes in North Cork, West Kerry and West Cork.

Diarmuid O’Donovan was seriously injured when he was thrown over the handlebars of his bike while cycling around Slea Head, Co Kerry in May 2021. He says, “I wasn’t in a suitable state for a two-and-a-half-hour journey by road so the Irish Community Air Ambulance was tasked and landed in Ventry. The journey to CUH by helicopter took just 30 minutes. I had 28 different bone breaks including my spine, shoulder and ribs as well as a punctured lung. I underwent several procedures that evening and spent 12 days in hospital. I believe it could have been far worse if I had not been transported to CUH so quickly and that my recovery has been much faster as a result.”

The money raised during the Ring of Kerry will help us to respond to even more people who find themselves in life threatening trauma or emergency situations in Munster and across the country.

We need to recruit a number of volunteers to help make this iconic event successful. We have already sourced our medical volunteers but are always open to more support for the day.

We are looking for help at various stages of the Cycle:

Food Station in Killarney – helping to serve food and related tasks (not food preparation).

Car Park set up – helping to get the parking space in order.

Stewards along the route – This is an area that needs the most volunteers. We need general safety marshals and people to help ensure cyclists and spectators adhere to the rules of the road.

A Sweeper – Can you drive you own minibus or Pick Up vehicle to take participants and bikes who are unable to continue on the route?

Finish Line Reps – We need people welcome participants at the finish line and present them with medals. The reps will also help ensure safe dismount from bikes and that supporters adhere to stewards at finish line

If your group or business would like to take on a role, it would be a fantastic support to us on the day. If volunteering is on your agenda for this year, then this could be the perfect event! The atmosphere on the day is fantastic and volunteers get as much from the day as the cyclists.

If you can help, please get in touch with me on lorraine@communityairambualnce.ie or call 0867876484.

All the very best,

Lorraine Toner

Head of Community and Donor Engagement

M: 0867876484

W: www.communityairambulance.ie

Irish Community Air Ambulance, Rathcool Aerodrome, Rathcool, Mallow, Co.Cork, P51 NY2E

Registered Charity No (RCN) 20070762

Our Rural Future: Minister Humphreys announces series of new initiatives to support Remote Working

New voucher scheme to give remote workers free access to their local digital hub
At least 10,000 hot desk facilities to be provided free of charge to existing hub users and those using the facilities for the first time
€5million investment under ‘Connected Hubs’ to improve 81 remote working facilities nationwide
Local Authorities to each receive €50,000 in funding to promote remote working opportunities in their areas

Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys TD, has today announced a series of new initiatives that will make remote working more accessible and attractive for thousands of people.

Minister Humphreys launched the Connected Hubs Voucher Scheme – which will give remote workers free use of their local digital hub.

At least 10,000 hot desk spaces will be provided under the Scheme, which is aimed at both existing hub users, as well as those accessing hub facilities for the first time.

Minister Humphreys also announced €5 millionin funding, through the Connected Hubs 2022 Call, which will be used to build capacity and enhance existing Remote Working facilities.

Some 81 projects across the country were successful in securing funding.

www.gov.ie

Minister Humphreys launches public consultation on new Library Strategy

New strategy to shape the development of public libraries for the next five years
Public asked for feedback on how to improve services
Delivery of new initiative a key commitment in ‘Our Rural Future’

Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys TD, has today launched a public consultation on the development of a new strategy for the public library service.

The main objective of this consultation is to seek the views of the public and understand attitudes towards the library service.

It will also seek feedback on how services can be improved in terms of access, use and visibility of the public library.

The consultation will assist in the development of a new Public Library Strategy which will be published next year. This strategy will underpin ongoing government and local authority investment in the public library service over the next five years.

The new strategy will be the successor to ‘Our Public Libraries 2022 – Inspiring, Connecting and Empowering Communities’ which has overseen much progress in the public library service in Ireland over the past five years. The new strategy will be equally ambitious in continuing to grow the library service.

People are invited to complete the survey online at www.LibrariesIreland.ie or alternatively, visit their local library to complete it in person.

The consultation will run for the next five weeks with the closing date scheduled for 5pm on 9 July 2022.

Click above or register @ https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_bXZ9xrIfRpiqugSVj8OJUw

Kerry Community Awards 2022

8th June 2022

Announcements |

The Awards are open to all VOLUNTARY groups in County Kerry. If you are proud of your group and what it has achieved over the past month/years why not tell the judges about it.

There are twenty prizes for the finalists from €500 to €1000 and the overall winner gets an additional €1500. It doesn’t matter what size your group is , previous winners have been all sizes from Countywide to a small group working in a village.

This is not a grant, it is in recognition of the work Voluntary Groups do , so fill in an application form and tell us about your group by completing this form on your phone pad or computer or contact our Development Officer Caroline Toal on 087 6891105 or ctoal@kerrycoco.ie and she will make sure an application form gets out to you

GOOD LUCK

Kerry Ukraine Sports Appeal

20th May 2022

Kerry’s Ukraine Sports Appeal

Kerry is continuing to welcome large numbers of Ukrainian refugees fleeing the terrible situation in their home country. We want to build on the warm welcome the people of Kerry have given to the Ukrainian people and help to integrate them into our communities.

As Kerry Recreation & Sports Partnership builds on our coordination plan, we are collating information from sports clubs, sports facilities, sport/activity camps, gyms, outdoor facilities etc. on activities or events, they are running that could include the Ukrainians within their community. This can be in any form, no matter how big or small, from Summer Camps, open days, fun days, waiving fees, providing free classes, equipment, activities to donating sports gear etc. Also, your weekly club activity schedule so we can signpost people to where and when the sessions are on etc.

If your club or group has any plans on how they can welcome and integrate this new community,please take 3 minutes to fill out the information in the online form at this link:

https://forms.gle/cFZcztANbdGmnXdK6

We will be in touch again directly should we seek to gain further specific details on the information you provide.

Our hope is that collectively we might be able to provide a semblance of normality and hope to those displaced.

Thank you to all the clubs and individuals who have reached out already.
It is massively appreciated.

We look forward to more of the same and using sport and physical activity as that vehicle to bring people together, feel welcomed and part of the community.

Gearóid O Doherty

Coordinator

Want to Host Ukrainian Refugees

12th May 2022

Are You Hosting or considering hosting Ukrainian Refugees in Kerry?

Kerry Community Response Forum is organising a webinar that will provide information and assistance to households hosting Ukrainian refugees and households considering becoming a host.

This webinar will allow you to share information, ask questions, and find out more about the services and supports available in Kerry so we can help Ukrainian refugees arriving into Ireland to integrate into our community.

Webinar Date: Tuesday 17th May 2022 Time: 19:00 Pre-registration is required at the following link: Register: https://cutt.ly/GHpXaYF

Speakers:

Olga Lacey, Irish Red Cross

Topic: Expectations when hosting Ukrainian refugees

Olga Lacey – Migration Services Resettlement Caseworker. Background in international peacebuilding, security, and development practice. Previous experience working as a Project Officer with ‘All Together in Dignity, Ireland’, and with IOM (International Organisation for Migration) – UN Migration, in South Eastern Africa.

Elisa Babkina, NASC, the Migrant and Refugee Rights Centre

Topic – Ukrainian Culture

Elisa was born and raised in Kiev, Ukraine. At age of 17 she moved to Poland to obtain MA degree in International Relations with the focus on Peace and Reconciliation Studies, where she run a Student Association to research and tackle the issues on racism and xenophobia. She has a keen interest in human rights and arts and volunteered to numerous NGOs in Ukraine. Currently, she is working as a Community Sponsorship Officer at NASC.

Mary Carroll, Tralee International Resource Centre (TIRC)

Topic: Resources and supports available to Ukrainian Refugees in Kerry

Mary Carroll has been the co-ordinator of the Tralee International Resource Centre since 2009, an NGO which works to support and help the international community to integrate into their new lives in Tralee. With a background in Equality, having worked as Equality Officer for the development NGO Concern, and also for the Irish Farmer’s Association, she is passionate about helping less advantaged members of the community. She has worked as a trainer, specialising in working with community groups, and in personal development.

Questions & Answers Panellists

Olga Lacey Irish Red Cross

Elisa Babkina, NASC, the Migrant and Refugee Rights Centre

Mary Carroll Tralee International Resource Centre (TIRC)

Marilyn Counihan Kerry Immigrant Support Centre (KASI)

Caroline Doyle Health Service Executive (HSE)

Ann O’Dwyer Kerry Education Training Board (KETB)

Gerard Curtain Department of Social Protection

Éamonn O’Reilly North East West Kerry Development (NEWKD)

Éadaoin Moynihan South Kerry Development Partnership (SKDP)

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Expression of Interest – Town & Village Renewal Scheme 2022/

Léiriú Spéise – Scéim Athnuachana na mBailte agus na Sráidbhailte 2022

EPA StopFoodWaste Campaign

Our Rural Future: Minister Humphreys announces series of new initiatives to support Remote Working

Minister Humphreys launches public consultation on new Library Strategy

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