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GIY and Energia Get Ireland Growing Day on Saturday, July 2nd 2022. For more details on how to get involved see, www.getirelandgrowing.ie
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GIY and Energia are calling on communities across Ireland to take part in Energia Get Ireland Growing Day on Saturday, July 2nd 2022. Get Ireland Growing Day is part of the Energia Get Ireland Growing initiative, in partnership with GIY. This year the initiative is aiming to sow the seed of community food growing nationwide by encouraging and supporting as many individuals and groups to come together for community food growing projects of all shapes and sizes. In April 2022 the Energia Get Ireland Growing initiative announced the giveaway of 300 community growing starter kits across Ireland worth €42,500. Using these kits, communities across Ireland are encouraged to come together to become more sustainable and connected through growing food together. For those that missed out on the kits, there are still great prizes to be won for any community group hosting a local gathering on Get Ireland Growing Day, with free resources available at getirelandgrowing.ie or by downloading the GIY app. Speaking of the upcoming day of celebration, Founder of GIY Michael Kelly says: “Energia Get Ireland Growing Day is a day to celebrate the growing going on in your community. It’s a day to gather and share the joy of growing and caring for your shared place and enjoy nature. “We are encouraging seed exchanges, doing a pollinator walk, a forage with friends, getting together to tackle the ‘big job’ in the garden, sharing some of the food you have grown or simply a cup of tea to get to know your own food growing community better. It is a chance to get together and realise the power of communal vision and effort.”
On Get Ireland Growing Day, it is also time for participants to submit their entries to be in with the chance of winning a range of prizes. To enter, participants are asked to post a picture of their community growing projects on any social media channel and tag @EnergiaGIG while also using the hashtag #GetIrelandGrowing. Members of the public also have the opportunity to nominate someone going above and beyond to support others to grow and be named their province’s ‘Get Ireland Growing Community Hero’. Previous winners have included those leading a community garden project, bringing food growing into schools or simply motivating their neighbours to give growing a go. The 2022 prize categories and prizes include, a ‘Community Hero’ with one hero awarded per province and the winners awarded a GIY annual subscription. The ‘Best Energia Get Ireland Growing Day’ is an award for the most impressive gathering hosted on the day, with a prize of a GIY voucher worth €500. Finally, the ‘Best Transformation’ is up for grabs for a group that has transformed a space, with a €1000 cash prize. Get Ireland Growing Winners will be announced on Saturday, July 16th. Energia Get Ireland Growing was first launched by Energia in partnership with GIY in 2016 to promote community food growing projects nationwide. For further details please see www.getirelandgrowing.ie n
Your local Slimming World Consultants in Enniscorthy Providing you with a huge choice of sessions throughout the week:
Tuesdays @ 6.30pm The Salt n Pepper Pot, Community Workshop Call Tony on 087 1785384 Wednesdays @ 9.30am, 11.00am, 5.30pm and 7.00pm Enniscorthy Rugby Club Call Trish on 087 3607615
Saturdays @ 9.00am and 10.30am The Salt n Pepper Pot, Community Workshop Call Tony on 087 1785384
Bringing home the bacon
Enniscorthy-based O’Neills Dry Cure Bacon is delighted to be helping out Focus Ireland and the company was honoured that Wexford hurling superstars Jack and Rory O'Connor dropped by to lend their support. O’Neills created Limited Edition packs of their award-winning Dry Cured Rashers and for every pack sold during May it is donating 10 cent to Focus Ireland. Family is at the centre of what O’Neills do and so with their customers’ help they are raising money for people who are searching for a place to call home. The Limited Edition packs were stocked in all leading supermarkets including SuperValu, Tesco and Dunnes Stores and were also available for purchase in independent and artisan food stores. n
Saltees Coast Hotel – fine food from 8am to 8pm daily
Saltees Coast Hotel is situated in the heart of historic Kilmore Quay within walking distance of beaches, walking trails, and the harbour. This family-friendly hotel with its welcoming staff is now under new, local management, and is serving food seven days a week, 8am to 8pm, with great value steak nights on Mondays and Thursdays, and curry nights on Tuesdays. n Healthy eating for children
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Booking is essential. Click here to book your place: https://wexfordcoco.libcal.com/eve nt/3888315
Tuesday June 14th at 7pm at Wexford Town Library. Call 053 9196760 or email wexfordlib@wexfordcoco.ie n
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A sign of the summer!
The Alba Restaurant outdoor terrace is up and running again in Enniscorthy. Buon appetito!
