CoMMuNity Mayo North East
JourNal
Supporting Community Development, Enterprise and Access to Training and Employment
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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
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Only through action do words take meaning Pictures and words by
Susan McCabe
‘Involve’ is a youth service based in the Parkside area of Ballina. It is run by coordinator, Alice Dixon, and youth leaders, James and Keith Maughan. Involve Youth Services was set up in 1996. The initial idea came from a group of local parents in the Parkside area who were concerned about the lack of services available for their children. The parents from the Parkside took it upon themselves to set up a youth club, and with input from their children, Involve Youth Services Ballina was born. Through hard work and commitment from parents, children and volunteers, along with government funding, the youth club has grown to what it is today. SERVICES Based at Lower Lord Edward Street, Ballina, the services provided are as follows: art club, cooking, drop-in service, horse riding, soccer, karaoke and they even manage to run a two weeks summer camp in July. Anyone can get involved and their founding target is working with the young traveller community, but welcome all people from all sectors of the community.
YOUTH PROJECT Speaking with Keith and James Maughan they both agree that their favourite part of the job is helping the youth to progress and encouraging them towards education and employment in a safe and fun environment. They also enjoy seeing them achieve and make something of themselves and it gives them great satisfaction when they see someone they mentored secure themselves good employment. LIFE SKILLS Cooking classes for boys takes place on Wednesday evenings from 6 to 7.30. The classes are facilitated by Marie Rice, who is a nutritional therapist. Marie has an interest in educating people on the importance of
healthy eating for both mental and physical health. She also does shopping tours, where she teaches clients how to read food labels, making them aware of the dangers of processed foods and the importance of being buyer aware when they’re doing weekly shopping. Marie said she got the idea for doing these classes after working with clients who had little or no cooking skills and had little or no idea about the dangers of processed prepacked food. Initially only a few people attended her class, but as word spread and interest grew the attendance also grew. The classes are good fun with the belief that everyone can cook – it’s just a matter of giving it a go and not being afraid to experiment. The children and teenagers are encouraged to suggest dishes that they enjoy and when they come up with a healthy version of it the children are always shocked by the revelation that healthy eating is delicious and not all boring. Marie’s hope is to instill a love of cooking and to encourage the children and teenagers to take control of their own health. The cooking classes are designed to promote healthy eating among people of all
ages and for the them to have fun while meeting new people and learning a lifelong skill with a few laughs along the way COACHING Speaking of new experiences, Involve Youth Club ran a GAA Foundation Coaching course for the Parkside area, which was funded by Mayo North East SICAP, and facilitated by Micheal Fitzmorris. Coaching is a powerful emerging profession, the value of which is being increasingly recognised by
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ipb pride of place 2018 individuals and organisations throughout the world. Coaching is a professional relationship which facilities performance and the learning development of people. It is about improving effectiveness and achieving results. It focuses on measurable steps of success. Coaching is supportive and challenging and it aims to help people clarify what they want out of life – to set goals – to achieve what they want to achieve, and meet challenges effectively along the way. Coaching is a partnership that takes place within a space of trustee safety and challenge. In essence coaching is a catalyst for success. The aim of the GAA Foundation Coaching course was to provide the Parkside community with an insight into the game, in how it’s played, and how you can coach to better support the development of future players. The foundation award is the introductory award for coaches of Gaelic games. The course is aimed at beginner coaches and enabled participants to assist a coach and the organisation in its activities. The course was ran over two days and covered four key modules, as well as introductory and conclusion modules. The four main modules were introduction to the games, skill development, movement skills and coaching children, youth and adults. Some of the participants who took part in the course went to the youth club themselves as a child, while others volunteer with the youth club. This course gave the participants the chance to assist with coaching within the youth club and carrying on what they learned as a child, and also to better support the development of future players in the club.
VOLUNTEERS ‘Involve’ needs parents to continue encouraging their children to use the amenities available to them, and if your free to volunteer, for few hours a week, please contact ‘Involve’ who will be more than happy to have you on board.
Looking towards the future – plans are being put in place to run a FAI foundation level coaching course, including first aid and sports injury. If you would like to take part please contact Involve.
IPB Pride of Place 2018 l Are you proud of what your Community has achieved? l Are you interested in highlighting the good work that has taken place? MAYo County Council is inviting expressions of interest from community groups and projects interested in representing Mayo in the 2018 IPB Pride of Place competition. The annual all-island competition, which is run in association with Co-operation Ireland and local authorities North and South, aims to recognise and celebrate the vital contributions that communities make to society along with generating awareness, respect and inclusion for every facet of society. There are eleven categories under which communities can enter: l Community Wellbeing Initiative l Community Tourism Initiative l Creative Place Initiative l Urban Neighbourhoods l Housing Estates l Islands and Coastal Communities Five population categories for locations with less than 300 people; 300-1000 people; 1,000-2,000 people; 2,0005,000 people and more than 5,000 people To enter simply submit a one paged typed summary
Mayo takes top spot in ‘Villages Less than 300 People’ category and Enniscrone claim runner-up spot in ‘Category 1000 – 2000 People‘ in the 2017 Pride of Place Awards.
setting out your community’s proposal and preferred category to Mary Costello, Pride of Place Coordinator, Community Engagement Unit, Cedar House, Moneen Road or community@mayococo.ie. Proposals will be assessed based on the Co-operation Ireland criteria available at www.prideofplace.ie or from Mayo County Council. The closing date for receipt of expression of interests is 4pm on Wednesday, 18th April, 2018.
Judging for Pride of Place 2018 takes place between June and August with winners, runners up and special award recipients receiving a trophy and a small monetary prize at November’s awards ceremony in Cork City Hall on Saturday, 17 November 2018. ‘We are very proud of Mayo’s strong representation in this competition over the years reflecting the deep pride of Mayo communities in their place, their commitment to inclusion and their great capacity to work in
partnership with the local authority and other organisations. Last year was particularly good for Mayo with the community of Attymass taking the top spot nationally in the 0-300 population category and we are looking forward to this year’s nominees, said Síofra Kilcullen, Head of Community Engagement, Mayo County Council. All applicants will be informed by early May as to whether they have been nominated to compete at All-island level.
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MEET THE STAFF RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (RDP):
JUSTIN SAMMON, CEO
SOCIAL INCLUSION AND COMMUNITY ACTIVATION PROGRAMME (SICAP):
RINA GARRETT Community, Employment and Enterprise Coordinator (Achill/Erris). Tel: +353 94 9256745 DOLORES MCNICHOLAS Community Development, Training and Education Co-ordinator. Tel: +353 94 9256745 Email: dmcnicholas@mayonortheast.com SIOBHAN CARROLL WEBB Education and Training Co-ordinator Tel: +353 94 9256745. Email: siobhancarrollwebb@mayonortheast.com RINA HOPKINS Monitoring & Evaluation Co-ordinator and Social Enterprise Adviser. Tel: +353 94 9256745 Email: ritahopkins@mayonortheast.com
NIALL CULKIN Community Development and Youth Co-oodinator. Tel: +353 94 9256745 Email: niallculkin@mayonortheast.com PATRICIA CRAWLEY Beneficiary Support Worker. Tel: +353 94 9256745 Email: patriciacrawley@mayonortheast.com MARIA REGAN Administrator. Tel: +353 94 9256745 Email: mariaregan@mayonortheast.com MARY GLYNN Administrator Tel: +353 94 9256745 Email: maryglynn@mnelp.com NIAMH CHARLTON Enterprise Co-ordinator Tel: +353 94 9256745 Email: niamhcharlton@mayonortheast.com
TÚS COMMUNITY WORK PLACEMENT PROGRAMME: BRENDAN O’SHEA TÚS Co-ordinator. Tel: +353 94 9256745 Email: brendanoshea@mnelp.com
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DEIRDRE FAHY TÚS Supervisor. Tel: +353 94 9256745 Email: deirdrefahy@mnelp.com
MARY NOLAN NILAND Financial Controller. Tel: +353 94 9256745 Email: maryniland@mnelp.com
ELIZABETH FAIR TÚS Supervisor Phone: +353 94 9256745 Email: elizabethfair@mayonortheast.com
LORRAINE HEALY TÚS Supervisor. Tel: +353 94 9256745 Email: lorrainehealy@mnelp.com
MARK McDONNELL TÚS Supervisor. Tel: +353 94 9256745 Email: markmcdonnell@mayonortheast.com
NELL McNICHOLAS TÚS Supervisor. Tel: +353 94 9256745 Email: helen.mcnicholas@mayonortheast.com
MARTIN CORCORAN TÚS Supervisor. Tel: +353 94 9256745 Email: martincorcoran@mnelp.com
PAT WALSH TÚS Supervisor. Tel: +353 94 9256745 Email: patwalsh@mayonortheast.com
NELL McNICHOLAS TÚS Supervisor. Tel: +353 94 9256745 Email: helen.mcnicholas@mayonortheast.com
RURAL SOCIAL SCHEME (RSS) BRENDAN O’SHEA RSS Co-ordinator. Tel: +353 94 9256745 Email: brendanoshea@mnelp.com
TOM TIMLIN RSS Supervisor. Tel:+353 94 9256745 Email: tomtimlin@mnelp.com
MARY NOLAN NILAND Financial Controller. Tel:+353 94 9256745 Email: maryniland@mnelp.com
MARY BOYLE RSS Supervisor. Tel: +353 94 9256745 Email: maryboyle@mnelp.com
JEAN BEATTIE RSS Supervisor. Tel: +353 94 9256745 Email: jeanbeattie@mnelp.com
MICHAEL ROWLAND RSS Supervisor. Tel:+353 94 9256745 Email: michaelrowland@mayonortheast.com
GERRY MURPHY RSS Supervisor. Tel: +353 94 9256745 Email: gerrymurphy@mnelp.com
HENRY LAWLOR RSS Supervisor. Phone: +353 94 9256745 Email: henrylawlor@mnelp.com
Financial Controller Phone: +353 94 9256745 Email: maryniland@mnelp.com JAMES GOLDEN RDP Project Manager Phone: +353 94 9256745 Email: jamesgolden@mayonortheast.com EITHNE FORBES Administrator Phone: +353 94 9256745 Email: eithneforbes@mnelp.com MARY GLYNN Administrator Phone: +353 94 9256745 Email: maryglynn@mnelp.com MARIA REGAN Administrator Phone: +353 94 9256745 Email: mariaregan @mayonortheast.com
MAYO JOBS CLUB: JACKIE BRENNAN Jobs Club Co-ordinator Phone: +353 94 9256745 Email: jackiebrennan@mayonortheast.com MARGARET BURKE Administrator Phone: +353 94 9256745 Email: margaretburke@mayonortheast.com
NORTH MAYO CE SCHEME: ANGELA O'BRIEN CE Supervisor Phone: +353 94 9256745 Email: angelaobrien@mnelp.com
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WHO WE ARE – MAYO NORTH EAST EMPLOYEES
MARY NOLAN NILAND
Phone: +353 94 9256745 Email: justinsammon@mnelp.com
KATHRYN CAWLEY Financial Controller. Tel: +353 94 9256745 Email: kathryncawley@mnelp.com
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Tús Supervisor Q. CAN YOU GIVE ME A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF YOUR JOB AS A TÚS SUPERVISOR? A. My task as a supervisor is the management of the Tús Scheme in the North Mayo area. My role also includes the identification of work placements in community organisations and setting. I am also responsible for the recruitment / placement of participants, task specific training including health and safety, and manual handling. Q. WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE PART OF BEING A SUPERVISOR WITH TÚS? A. Wow it is hard to narrow it down to just one favourite thing. The diverse nature of my scheme / project makes my job most interesting. For example environment services, social media management, clerical support, heritage, sport and cultural and retail service, media. I certainly love the people – the high calibre of participants on the scheme and volunteers across the various community groups.
Q. WHAT PATH DID YOU TAKE TO GET TO WHERE YOU ARE TODAY? A. From very early I volunteered in my local community in various social enterprise services. I am currently a coach with my local GAA club and chairperson of our Residents Association. When I graduated from college I wanted to work in the community developing community projects. Q. WHAT ARE YOUR TOP THREE PRIORITIES FOR 2018? l To continue to provide experience for TUS participant’s l To continue to develop projects that meet the needs of participant’s l To continue to support our Community Q. WHAT’S THE MOST IMPORTANT ACHIEVEMENT YOU HOPE TO ACCOMPLISH IN YOUR CURRENT ROLE? A. In the past I have helped people into employment and training this
was as a result of experience from the TUS programme. I hope to continue this trend into the future. Q. WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE TO A TUS PARTICIPANT? A. l It’s important to keep an open mind about the future. l Don’t be afraid to propose ideas to the community group where you work. l Use the year on TUS to explore other skills. Q. WHAT DO YOUR THINK IS THE PRIMARY VALUE OF COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS? A. The voluntary organisations are the fundamental ingredient of any community. It is clear to see that the primary value of community and voluntary organisations provide a real social value to the people they serve. The community and voluntary sector makes a big contribution to sustaining society. Community and voluntary organisations allow individual citizens to contribute to their communities.
FREDDIE HENRY CE Supervisor Phone: +353 94 9256745 freddiehenry@mayonortheast.com MARIE CLAIRE MELVIN Assistant CE Supervisor Phone: +353 94 9256745 Email: marieclairemelvin@mnelp.com
YVONNE CORCORAN CE Assistant Supervisor Phone: +353 94 9256745 yvonnecorcoran@mayonortheast.com
MAYO JOB INITIATIVE: PAT NEALON Project Co-ordinator Phone: +353 94 9256745 Email: patnealon@mnelp.com
WHERE CAN I FIND OUT MORE? To empower yourself or your community, find out more at: WEB: www.mayonortheast.com
facebook.com/Mayo North East
HEAD OFFICE:
BALLINA OFFICE:
SWINFORD OFFICE:
Mayo North East, Lower Main St., Foxford, Co. Mayo.
89 Lord Edward Street, Ballina, Co, Mayo.
The Courthouse, Davitt Place, Swinford, Co Mayo
Tel: 094-9256745
Tel: 096-77615 / 087 9226626
Tel: 087 7704251 / 089 2005263
EMAIL: iinfo@mayonortheast.com
EMAIL: infoballina@mayonortheast.com
EMAIL: infoswinford@mayonortheast.com ACHILL & BELMULLET: 087 1840214
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Linking the Generations seminar MAYo North East Leader Partnership collaborated with a number of organisations to organise the recent 2018 Social Inclusion Awareness seminar 'Linking Generations' held in GMIT, Castlebar. The aim of this awareness week was to promote 'access for all' within our community.Social Inclusion and Community Development Working Group of the Mayo LCDC in conjunction with GMIT held a seminar and
workshop recently. The key note speaker Nell McCafferty amongst other social and community activists discussed the important subject Linking the Generations – Building a Socially Inclusive county. Contributors also discussed the experiences of older and younger people from different perspectives and how the generations can work together today to overcome isolation, exclusion and marginalisation.
In addition to discussing these themes, a number of innovative workshops took place aimed at celebrating diversity and creating opportunities for shared learning across the generations. All the activities involved were simple for participants to do, and were enjoyed by all, proving that no matter what age the others on your team are, you all can work together towards a common goal of mutual understanding and inclusion.’
Attendees at the Linking Generations Seminar with Patricia Crawley and Rita Hopkins (Mayo North East Leader Partnership Company).
The drumming workshop at Linking Generations Social Inclusion Seminar
Rita Hopkins and Patricia Crawley, Mayo North East.
Sue and Eleanor Ryder, Local Employment Serice MNO Leader Partnership Company
Theresa Murphy and Rita Hopkins, MNE Leader partnership and LCDC Social Inclusion Working group.
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Foxford to host Fleadh Cheoil Mhaigh Eó 7th - 13th May, 2018 ADMIRAL Brown Comhaltas branch welcomes the Mayo Fleadh to a town with a long musical tradition. This locality, birthplace of Admiral William Brown, enjoys a long musical tradition, and excitement about the Mayo Fleadh has been building in recent months. The last time the Mayo Fleadh came to the town of Foxford was in 1963 and 1964. Each May, one of sixteen Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann branches in Mayo hosts the event and this year, the local Admiral Brown branch welcomes Fleadh Cheoil Mhaigh Eó to the musical town of Foxford. A voluntary organisation, Comhaltas works to preserve and promote Irish traditional music, song, dance and language. The town can expect to welcome over 1,000 visitors over the two weekends
during which hundreds of contestants will take part in competitions in Irish music, song, dance, language and storytelling.
The dancing competitions take place on Bank Holiday Monday, 7th May, 2018, and all other competitions on the weekend of the 12th/13th of May 2018. The Mayo Fleadh competition winners go on to represent Mayo at the Connacht Fleadh Cheoil, while the Connacht winners will advance to the All-Ireland Fleadh in Drogheda in August 2018. A full schedule of events will be published in the run-up to the Fleadh. We can however reveal that the legendary Matt Molloy will be present during the festival! Come to visit Foxford in May 2018 to hear Mayo traditional music at its best For all the latest updates check out Mayo Fleadh – Fleadh Cheoil Mhaigh Eo in Foxford on Facebook.
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Community events guide International Dark Sky Week celebrations INTERNATIoNAL Dark Sky Week is a full week of free events across Mayo to celebrate the night skies above. Guest speakers from Glasglow, Scotland, and across Ireland will present on their area of expertise which are all related to the theme of Dark Skies.
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l Sunday, 15th April, 7.30pm – BALLYCROY NATIONAL PARK (Visitor Centre) Eco-Eye's DUNCAN STEWART "Dark Skies in Mayo; an Asset worth protecting" l Monday, 16th April, 8pm – HOTEL NEWPORT LYNDA HUXLEY Swift Conservation Ireland "Amazing Swifts" l Tuesday, 17th April ,8pm – HOTEL NEWPORT DEREK DEMPSEY of Newport Astronomy Club “Longitude - Astronomers vs Clockmakers" l Wednesday, 18th April, (lunchtime)- GMIT Mayo, Castlebar and Wednesday, 18th April, 8pm – GN Mulranny Park Hotel Natalie Marr, Artist & PhD Student University of Glasgow "SKIES ABoVE, EARTH BELoW" l Thursday, 19th April, 7.30pm – CÉIDE FIELDS Visitor Centre Dr. Frank Prendergast; ‘A Tale of 3 Circles’— Ceremonial Space and Dark Sky in Prehistoric Ireland l Friday 20th April 8pm - BELMULLET OLD CHURCH Brian Wilson - Astrophotography in Mayo Dan o'Donoghue - Stories & Magic by Candlelight We are delighted to host Dark Sky events in Céide Fields and in Belmullet for the first time as well as our Dark Sky Community venues of Ballcroy, Newport and Mulranny. our project reaches out across Mayo and we look forward to welcoming you all to celebrate the night with us. Please register attendance only if you are planning to attend, this is to avoid leaving empty spaces as many of our events book to capacity quickly. Contact the organiser with any questions at MAYODARKSKY@GMAIL.COM
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CÉIDE FIELDS, VISITORS CENTRE, BALLYCASTLE
THURSDAY, 19th APRIL at 7.30pm
CÉIDE FIELDS, VISITORS CENTRE, BALLYCASTLE
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Ballina to find its Other Voices BALLINA will welcome one of the world’s most prestigious and critically acclaimed music festivals this September when it hosts a leg of other Voices. The festival which started off in Dingle 15 years ago has grown to become one of the most prestigious music events in the global calendar with the likes of Ed Sheeran, Willie Nelson, Ray Davies, Hozier, Elbow, Glen Hansard, Ryan Adams, Florance and the Machine and Mumford and Sons all performing at it in the past. The festival, which has been a popular television hit, is broadcast by RTE in Ireland and in a number of countries around the world on TV and through live streaming. Anne McCarthy, Arts officer for Mayo County Council outlined the plans for the festival in Ballina, which have been in the workings for the past year, to the members of the Ballina Municipal District at their March meeting.
St Michael’s Church in Ballina proposed as the main hub for performances.
She told the members that the festival is to take place over the weekend of Friday, September 28 and Saturday, September 29, where a number of world class artists will come to Ballina, with performances taking place all over the town. The main hub for performances, like in Dingle,
will be in a church, with St Michael’s Church in Ardnaree the selected venue, other performances will take place in pubs and venues around the town. Also taking place as part of the festival will be the Ireland’s Edge conference in the Ballina Arts Center on the Saturday. Anne McCarthy informed
Prestigious international award for the Céide Fields
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THE Céide Fields has been awarded the prestigious Carlo Scarpa International Landscape Award for Gardens in an announcement made in Milan recently. Every year the Italian Fondazione Benetton Studi Ricerche awards the International Carlo Scarpa Prize for Gardens – to attract attention to a site which is particularly
rich in natural, historical and creative values. The award will be accompanied by an exhibition in Treviso, a book and a TV documentary, which forms part of an awareness raising campaign, a fundamental element of the prize. The formal prize-giving ceremony will be held in Italy on the 12th May.
the meeting that she and other officials and local stakeholders, along with the production team, behind the festival carried out a two day tour of the town last year to see if the town would be suitable for their needs and they were delighted with the locations and the town. She also said that the festival could bring in the region of €1.5 million to the town and that the profile of the town would get great exposure with the live music in the television version of the show being inter-cut with interviews with the musicians that are filmed in various scenic locations around the town. Tom Gilligan, Director of Services for Mayo County Council said that the other Voices brand is well established both nationally and internationally.
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Local Enterprise upcoming events TRAINING COURSES EVERYoNE in business is well aware that if you remain static, you’ll very quickly be left behind. Business practice continues to evolve with disruptive models and practices, new technologies come on stream every day and society continuously changes… how do you stay ahead? Local Enterprise office Mayo is
determined to ensure that start-ups and young businesses in Mayo have access to the training and up-skilling support necessary to give them a fighting chance of survival in the challenging early years,
and of prospering when they become more established. Please see the online booking section of the website (www.localenterprise.ie) to view the current training schedule. If there are any training courses you would like to see come available in the coming year please contact the Local Enterprise office by emailing info@leo.mayococo.ie
EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS
SAFEFOOD A SERIES OF WORKSHOPS FOR FOOD PRODUCERS SAFEFooD is hosting a series of workshops in collaboration with Teagasc for small and medium sized food producers. These workshops will provide practical advice on good food safety practices. The training is open to all people working with food, whether it be processing, retail or food service, and the event will also incorporate a lunch buffet and networking opportunity with a guest speaker from a local food business and the FSAI. The workshops are morning events and will be held in 10 locations throughout Ireland.
SLIGO - Tuesday, 15 May, 9.15am - 1.00pm Sligo Park Hotel
MAPS OF IRELAND APRIL 23rd — MAY 31st
DIGITAL TRANSFORMATIONS WE can change the world with digital technology, but how will that technology change us? A bold, exciting, and innovative international conference focusing on the cultural impacts of the digitisation of society. Featuring speakers from the worlds of technology, film, arts, culture and creative industries, attendees will come face to face with the digital society, with the people who are making it happen, the artists who are trying to find meaning in it, and the academics, and policy
makers who are trying make sense of it. You too will have a chance to participate in the debate. This two-day conference is bringing a panoply of speakers from Ireland, Europe and North America to share radical thinking about the digital society. See http://www.digitaltransformations.org for more information. Early registration €80
19-20 May 2018 Ballina Arts Centre
Call out to Mayo artists MAYo artists are invited to submit artworks to be included in our 'Made of Mayo' exhibition which will be the major focal point of this year's Mayo Day celebrations. Mayo Day 2018 is happening over the May Bank Holiday weekend, on 5th – 6th May. As always Mayo Day is an opportunity to celebrate our Mayo Spirit and take pride in that special corner of the world that so many County Mayo natives are
North Mayo Heritage Centre is dedicated to preserving and promoting the rich heritage of the region.
so proud of. A high profile event will be staged at Ballinrobe Racecourse on 5th May open to the public and showcasing the very best of Mayo creative talent. Submissions are being sought from professional practicing visual artists based in or from County Mayo. The selection will be made by Patrick T. Murphy RHA Director. Further information and an application form:
THE earliest maps were simple representations of the landscape of ‘home’ scratched on to clay tablets. Several thousand years later, powerful satellites allow highly accurate maps to be made by anyone with access to a computer and an internet connection. The basic purposes of the map remain the same,
organised with The National Library of Ireland and a number of private collectors.
ARCHIVE JUNE 1st — JUNE 29th The artist’s uncle’s experiences as a Republican internee in the 1940s in the Curragh camp, Kildare, was the catalyst for this exhibition. The exhibition also connects with the subject’s family home on Achill Island, Co. Mayo. The work, which includes photoetchings and photographic prints, concerns itself with the intersection of personal and public histories and how these histories and meanings can be embedded in material objects.
THE DAWN CHORUS https://goo.gl/3zz39E Mayo Arts office Linenhall Arts Centre, Ballina Arts Centre, Áras Inis Gluaire, Belmullet, and Westport, Ireland
however: to allow people to find their way from one point to another and to describe the features of a place. Map literacy is an important skill and there is more than one way to read a map. Ireland from Maps introduces basic mapping concepts and terminology as well as exploring the subtext behind some of the most well known maps of Ireland.
MAY: SUNDAY 13th
TRACTOR DAY JULY: SATURDAY 14th
GORTOR ABBEY PIER Competing fishermen set off at 10am. Weigh in at 6pm ENNISCOE HOUSE Tall Tales & Deadly Drawings, Marine Biology Workshop, Fly Fishing Demonstration, Nature Walks, Fishy Tales and more
Mayo North East are one of the partner organisations involved in implementing the National Pollinator Plan. one third of our bee species are threatened with extinction from Ireland. We know it’s because we have drastically reduced the areas where they can nest and the amount of food (flowers) our landscape provides for them. We can stand back and watch the problem happen, or we can try to do something. The All-Ireland Pollinator Plan is about all of us, from farmers to local authorities, to schools, gardeners and businesses, coming together to try to create an Ireland where pollinators can survive and thrive. The plan provides an important framework to bring together pollinator initiatives from the North and South, and is the start of a process by which we can collectively take positive steps to protect our pollinators and the service they provide into the future. It is a shared plan of action. over the next five years this Plan aims to build a foundation to bring about a landscape where pollinators can flourish.
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Community events guide TECHSTARS STARTUP WEEKEND – YOUR IDEA IN 54 HOURS
APRIL 27 - APRIL 29 Do you have an idea you’d like to pursue or a problem you’d like to solve but don’t know where to start or who to start with? Techstars Startup Weekend is the place to look for a team, create a prototype of your idea, validate your business idea, and receive feedback from experienced entrepreneurs, all in one weekend.
CHILDREN OF LIR FESTIVAL, BELMULLET
MAY 25 - MAY 27 The Children of Lir Festival will celebrate the connection between the Erris region and the worldfamous ‘Children of Lir’ legend. Events and activities will take place throughout Erris, where locals say that the next parish over is New York! It will revitalise the story of the Children of Lir through song, music, art and vision and open-up a preexisting natural gem for the area, bring it to life for both locals and visitors to enjoy and share. Carter Square, Belmullet Tel: 087 2169625 | Website: www.gaolsiar.com
What do you need to bring? Lots of energy! You’ll pitch your own idea or listen to others, then vote on the most interesting ideas and form teams with diverse skill sets. You can come with friends, but you’ll get the full experience if you participate in separate teams. Remember, it’s all about the team. Your idea should be something you have not previously worked on. The idea you pitch and the problem you set out to solve can span social, educational,
financial, environmental, or other issues. over the course of the weekend you’ll be challenged to create a prototype of your MVP, or minimum viable product, that fits the needs of your target customer. You’ll get feedback, iterate, and likely pivot your approach entirely! Techstars Startup Weekend is a full weekend long experience. Your ticket includes: Seven full meals over the course of the weekend Benefits and discounts from our global partners one-on-one time with amazing mentors A new network of developers, designers, and entrepreneurs eager, like you, to change the world. All the internet and coffee you can consume.
Pure Magic Achill, Co. Mayo Tel: +353 85 243 9782 Website: http://puremagic.ie/achill
Mayo Day is an opportunity to celebrate ‘Mayoness’ and take pride in that special little corner of the world that so many County Mayo natives are so proud of. Lots more events to be announced so for updates follow #MayoDay
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