CoMMuNity Mayo North East
JourNal
Supporting Community Development, Enterprise and Access to Training and Employment
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Issue 2
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April 2018
What’s Inside?
Susan McCabe reports on Involve Youth Services
Comprehensive Community guide of events
Mayo North East LEADER Partnership organised the first meeting for 2018 of North Mayo Social Enterprise Network in Ballina. This network provides a free forum for managers, board members and employees of social enterprises in north and west Mayo to share information; attend training and events and promote their organisations. If your organisation has a social remit and you would like to attend the next meeting in July (venue: Belmullet) contact Rita Hopkins on 0870507049. ritahopkins@mayonortheast.com. This network is supported under the Department of Community and Local Government SICAP programme 2018-2022. Pictured here are managers and board members from Knockmore Resource Centre; Fr Peyton Centre; Heritage Costume Company; Ballina Community Centre; Moy Valley Over 55s Club; Dolmen Rainbow Dry Cleaners; Aras Inis Gluaire; and North Mayo Heritage Centre and Killala CSP.
€91,000 for Ballina projects through Leader programme THE Minister for Rural and Community Development, Michael Ring, has announced Leader funding of €91,896 for communities in the Ballina area. The funding for these projects will be provided by Minister Ring’s department and directed through the Mayo Leader Local Action Group. Minister Ring said: “I’m delighted to have approved support for these projects, which will provide a social and economic benefit to Ballina and its hinterland. “Last year, over 550 LEADER projects were
approved across the country for funding of €14.6 million. The Leader programme is well and truly up and running and I expect that it will continue to grow rapidly this year.” The projects are: l Behy Community Hall Ltd – €69,336 – fit out of Community Hall at Behy Community Hall l Ballina Tidy Towns – €18,187 – purchase of lawn mower and trailer l Anthony Golden Community Park Trust – €4,372 – feasibility study for a community park.
The Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (SICAP) 2018-2022 is funded by the Irish Government through the Department of Rural and Community Development and co-funded by the European Social Fund under the Programme for Employability, Inclusion and Learning (PEIL) 2014-2020