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Programme of Events

County Social Inclusion Week 2014 13th – 19th October 2014

www.galway.ie/socialinclusion Social Inclusion Week 2014 13th – 19th October 2014

Contents Page

Welcome 01

Galway Age Friendly County 02

Monday 13th October 03

Tuesday 14th October 04

Wednesday 15th October 06

Thursday 16th October 09

Friday 17th October 13

Saturday 18th October 15

Sunday 19th October 17

All listings are correct at time of going to print. Please note that event details may change and you should make contact with the name listed before attending any of the events. Welcome…

The purpose of Social Inclusion Week is to highlight and create more awareness of people who may be excluded from taking a full and active role in society and their community. This may be because they are older and vulnerable, have a disability, identify as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual or Transgender, live in a rural area, are a member of the Traveller community, are young, are unemployed, are from a foreign Country or for a number of other reasons. It’s also an opportunity to celebrate and promote the work that community groups are involved in.

There are over 50 events happening all around County Galway this year. We would like to thank all the individuals, groups and organisations for taking part in Social Inclusion Week 2014. Your work on the ground supporting and helping people in our communities is invaluable.

The activities and events listed are just a sample of the work that groups and organisations are all involved in on a daily basis and we hope that you will join in and celebrate these exciting events.

The week will be officially launched on Monday 13th October by the Cathaoirleach of the County of Galway Cllr. Mary Hoade at 1.30pm in Library. Finger food and entertainment will be provided and all are very welcome.

For more information on any of the events please contact us on 091 509587 or 091 509580 or email [email protected]. You can also download a copy of this programme on our website www.galway.ie/socialinclusion.

Social Inclusion Unit, . Galway Age Friendly Programme

Making Galway City and County a great place to grow up and grow old in.

Micheál O’Mhuircheartaigh launched the Galway Age Friendly Strategy on Tuesday 20th May 2014 in NUI Galway. The Strategy Document and Action Plan was developed to address the feedback received from consultations with older adults which took place throughout the City and County. Speaking at the launch Micheál said “it is so important that we feel that we can continue to make a contribution to our community, no matter what age we are”. He added, “all worthwhile achievements start with a great idea, and this strategy is a great idea...The first person to reach age 150 has already been born"

The Age Friendly Alliance responsible for developing the strategy is made up of Senior Management from Galway City & County Councils, HSE, An Gardaí Síochana, NUI Galway, Galway Roscommon Education Training Board, and Local Development Companies. Each organisation has committed to working together to find ways to improve the lives of older people in terms of health, housing, and social and personal well being in their communities.

An Older Persons Council has also been set up which represents the voice of older persons in the community and bring issues and potential cost effective solutions to the attention of the Alliance Group and implementation group for consideration.

If you would like to get involved in the Age Friendly Forum, join the Older Persons Council or just find out more about it contact Bernie Donnellan, Galway County Council on 091 509578, email [email protected], check out the website www.agefriendlyireland.ie and our facebook page www.facebook.com/galwayagefriendly.

2 Monday 13th October 2014

Fáilte Isteach Launch of Social Developing a programme Inclusion Week locally; A presentation by By the Cathaoirleach of Third Age the County of Galway Time: 12.30pm – 1.30pm Cllr. Mary Hoade Venue: Oranmore Library. Time: 1.30pm – 4pm Coffee morning and briefing on the Venue: Oranmore Library. setting up a Fáilte Isteach Cllr Mary Hoade, the programme in the Oranmore area. Cathaoirleach of the County of This will be of interest to older Galway will launch Social people or those with time on their Inclusion Week this year. We will hands and conversational skills be entertained by local musicians who are prepared to be trained as followed by a series of poetry volunteer tutors for those settling readings from ‘Young Voices’, in Ireland wishing to improve their Transition Year Students from English and become more . This event is integrated into their local supported by Livcom Oranmore. community. All are welcome this Young and old are welcome. coffee morning and presentation Finger food and entertainment followed by the launch of Social will be provided. Inclusion Week. Presentation on Contact: Ann Mallaghan on the Fáilte Isteach initiative by 087 283 9719 or email Ariana Ball, Manager, Fáilte Isteach. [email protected] Contact: Denise Feeney on Young Voices Poetry - Annabell 087 9455722 or email Fitzgerald, Livcom on [email protected] or 086 8565743 or email Ann Mallaghan on 087 283 9719 [email protected] or email [email protected]

3 Tuesday 14th October 2014

Tuam Men’s Shed Coffee Contact: Kathleen Furey on Morning & Woodturning 087 2446542 or email Display [email protected] Time: 10am – 3pm Venues: Centre, Dublin , (beside St Pat’s School). Tuam Men’s Shed are delighted to invite everyone to their ‘Shed’ for a coffee or tea and refreshments. There will be a guided tour of the Shed and a woodturning display at 1pm. New members are always welcome and this is a great opportunity for anyone interested in joining Contact: Derek Cassidy on Coffee Morning 087 7910927 or email Time: 11am – 1pm [email protected] Venue: Townhall, . Coffee Morning get-together for Sumi Ink Club Workshop anyone in the community that Time: 11am – 1pm would like to join us. Venue: Clann Resource Centre, Contact: Bridie on 087 6447473 Station Road, . uachtarARTS invite you to join Lá Oscaitle Phléaráca them and draw together at Ám: 11am the Sumi Ink Club Workshop. Ionad: Ionad Fiontair, Ros Muc. Using simple materials we will Lá Oscaitle agus maidin caife don make a collaborative ink phobal chun eolas a chur ar drawing. Participants will move imeachtaí Phléaráca. around and add to each other’s Teagmháil: Phléaráca ar drawings.Free and open all. 091 574346 nó No skill required. [email protected]

4 Tuesday 14th October 2014

Ceardlann Ealaíona which is due to open soon. Idirchultúrtha Contact: Deirdre Burke on Ám: 9.30am – 4.30pm [email protected] Ionad: Riabhach. Ceardlann ealaíona idir- “Managing your Weight chultúrtha le baill an phobail an for a Healthy Heart” lucht siúil. Adults from the Info Evening travelling community join Time: 7.45pm children and staff from Gaelscoil Venue: Parochial Hall, Riabhach for an intercultural art Moylough. workshop. Free information evening hosted Teagmháil: Pol Mag Lionain by Moylough Tidy Towns [email protected] Committee and CROI, West of 091 847865 Ireland Cardiac Foundation, Galway. At the information evening, Claire Kerins, CROI Cardiac Dietician, will highlight the benefits of weight control which can reduce the risk of heart disease, stroke and type 2 Diabetes. The aim of the evening is to provide tips for adapting a “Welcome” Art project heart healthy approach into daily eating habits. The talk is suitable Time: 4pm – 5.30pm for all ages young and old, and is Venue: Youth Work Ireland, particularly relevant for those Bishop Street, Tuam. who have risk factors for heart Young people aged 13 – 15 from disease, stroke and diabetes different ethnic backgrounds Contact: Annie Costello, engage in a collaborative art CROI Galway on 091 893500 project. They will complete a large or Jackie Somers, Secretary, sign with “welcome” on it in Moylough Tidy Towns on different languages. This will be 086 3193339 (after 4pm) or email used by our new youth center [email protected]

5 Wednesday 15th October 2014

‘Make The Link’ ‘Introducing Therapeutic Time: 10.00am – 2.00pm for people with Venue: Gullanes Hotel, . disabilities’ Make the Link’ training and Time: 10.00am – 1.00pm information events will provide Venue: Errislannan Manor, Jobseekers with information on Errislannan, Clifden. the benefits of back-to-work Paving the Way, a support group training; consultation for people with disabilities and opportunities with training and their families together with employment service providers; Ponies Breeders information regarding best Society, Connemara Therapeutic strategies in job-seeking as well Riding Association and FORUM as support with efforts to secure Connemara are hosting two fun employment and enhance filled events - to promote and employment prospects. raise awareness of the benefits This project has been funded of Therapeutic Riding. TR as a under the Local and Community therapy is suitable for people of Development Programme which is all ages and with a range of administered through Galway disabilities. Children from local Rural Development Company Ltd, schools and Pony Club as well an independent Company funded as interested others in the by the Irish Government under community will participate in the National Development Plan these events. 2007-2013. Contact: Niamh Philbin on Contact: Colette Coughlan or 095 21863 or email Freeda Garman on [email protected] 091 844335, 087 7610673 or 087 0606929 or email [email protected] or [email protected]

6 Wednesday 15th October 2014

Celebrating 25 Years of Deirdre.bermingham@youthwork the United Nations Rights galway.ie of the Child: AGM of County Galway “Music brings us together” Comhairle na nÓg Time: 11.00am Time: 10.00am – 2.30pm Venue: St. Joesphs National Venue: Park Lodge Hotel, School. . An Spidéal. An afternoon of original and The Annual General Meeting of other music performed by the County Galway Comhairle na members of The Dolmen Centre, nÓg will focus on the theme of St. Joseph’s National School and the Rights of the Child. Young local musicians to bring an array people between 12 and 18 are of age and talent together for a invited from all around the fun afternoon. County and will have the chance Contact: Rachel Cunniffe on to participate actively in learning 087 6650068 or email more about these important [email protected] rights for young people as well as charity.ie hearing more about what Comhairle na nÓg does in County Estate Planting: Galway. Young people wishing to Sustainable & attend must submit parental Environmentally Friendly permission forms available Planting through the main County Time: 5pm – 7pm Comhairle Contact or through Venue: Respond Community local youth work contacts. See: Building, Meadowbrook Court, https://facebook.com/CountyGal St Laurences’ Fields, . wayComhairlenanOg for more Meadowbrook Court and St details. Free transport is available Laurences’ Fields residents are from participating schools and invited to take part in a workshop local areas around the County. on the planning and planting of Contact: Deirdre Bermingham on communal areas in their estate. 087 3291931 or email

7 Wednesday 15th October 2014

A focus will be on identifying and partnership with Galway Chamber sourcing environmentally friendly of Commerce and Source and flowers, plants, birdhouses and Supply Logistics (SSL) Ireland will trees which contribute to the host a project briefing session for principles of sustainability and employers and members of the bio-diversity. public. The Let’s Get to Work Contact: Fiona Blaney on Project supports participants with 0818357901 or email intellectual disabilities to access [email protected] labour market opportunities. SSL will offer an employer’s Modelling Inclusive perspective on the innovation Employment Practices and learning arising from their Time: 6pm own involvement in this project. Venue: SSL Ireland, Parkmore, Contact: Brothers of Charity on Galway City. 091 777494 or email The ‘Let’s Get to Work Project’ [email protected] (Brothers of Charity Galway) in ofcharity.ie

8 Thursday 16th October 2014

Make The Link Team Work Time: 10am – 2pm Time: 10am – 4pm Venue: Oranmore. Venue: Men’s Shed, Old Boys’ ‘Make the Link’ training and National School, St. Brigid’s Road, information events will provide . Jobseekers with information on Come and see what we have done the benefits of back-to-work in our first year. Hear our story training; consultation and how and why we began. opportunities with training and Contact: John Rodgers on employment service providers; 087 0932361 or email information regarding best [email protected] strategies in job-seeking as well as support with efforts to secure Life Long Education employment and enhance employment prospects. Time: 10am – 4pm This project has been funded Venue: Portumna College of under the Local and Community Further Education, St. Brigid’s Development Programme which Road, Portumna. is administered through Galway Collaborative Learning in Action. Rural Development Company Ltd Come and meet us and get free an independent Company funded career guidance. Meet our tutors by the Irish Government under in horticulture and tourism, the National Development Plan business, retail and computers. 2007-2013. Contact: Michael Cunniffe on Contact: Colette Coughlan or 09097 41946 or email Freeda Garman on [email protected] 091 844335, 087 7610673 or 087 0606929 or email A Day in my Life [email protected] - or Time: 11am – 2pm [email protected] Venue: Involve Youth Project, Parochial Hall, Ballinasloe. A show and tell event which focuses on aspects of Traveller

9 Thursday 16th October 2014 culture, heritage and language. Social Housing and users of People are invited to come along Primary Health Care Services and see young people’s artwork. through the Public Health Nurse Refreshments will be provided. targeting of individuals). Contact: April Costello on Contact: Lily Considine on 083 1798774 or email 087 6184022 or email [email protected] [email protected] or Fiona Blaney on 0818 357901 Come on down memory or email [email protected] lane with a sing along! Time: 1:30pm – 4pm ARA & Venue: The Blue Room, Respond, Moycullen Nursing Home Ard na Mara, Oranmore. ‘Social Get Together’ An inclusive afternoon of singing Time: 2pm songs that we all remember (or Venue: Moycullen Nursing Home not!). Come along to listen, share Ballinahalla, Moycullen. your memories and tap your toes! Moycullen Active Retirement Open to all who want to share a Association will visit Moycullen tune, a few memories and even a Nursing Home to read poetry, cuppa or two! This event has been have a sing song and swap organised by Active in Age stories. Oranmore, Respond Housing Contact: Walter McDonagh on Association, Galway County 087 2573329 or email Community Forum, Galway Age [email protected] Friendly Older Persons’ Council and Brothers’ of Charity Orchard Launch of Galway County Centre . The focus of Comhairle na nÓg Revision inclusiveness is on older people Booklet for second level holding a joint event with people students with learning difficulties from By the Minister for Education, Brothers of Charity Orchard Jan O’Sullivan, TD Centre, Gort. In addition a focus Time: 3:30pm will be on residents of Respond Venue: Council Chamber, County

10 Thursday 16th October 2014

Hall, Galway County Council, members. We also plan to offer Prospect Hill, Galway. local services a stand in the Followed by refreshments venue. The emphasis will be on and entertainment promoting inclusion and awareness of the variety of local “Welcome” Art project services which exist to support Time: 4pm – 5.30pm local people. Once you put a face Venue: Youth Work Ireland, to a service it is often easier to Bishop Street, Tuam. reach out and access that service. Young people aged 13 – 15 from Drop in and stay for a cup of tea, different ethnic backgrounds coffee or a hot chocolate and a engage in a collaborative art biscuit or two and get to know project. They will complete a large what local services are available sign with “welcome” on it in to you and your family. different languages. This will be Contact: Maria Coyne on used by our new youth center 086 6595534 or email which is due to open soon. [email protected] Contact: Deirdre Burke on [email protected] “Say It With Graffiti” Venues: Post Primary Schools & Furbo Youth and Youth Groups, Projects & Clubs Community Information across Galway County. Evening shOUT! will encourage Post Time: 6:30pm – 8:30pm Primary Schools & Youth Groups, Venue: Barna Furbo Youth Venue, Projects & Clubs in Galway County Barna Church Grounds. to organise a “Chalk Graffiti Invitation to all community Statement of Inclusion” on members from Barna and Furbo Thursday 16th of October 2014. to visit the new Barna Furbo Youth We are asking young people to Venue and get to know the send out a positive message to service we provide for young young people who identify as people in the area. We hope to LGBT. Organise some young reach out and recruit new people to draw the LGBT Rainbow

1111 Thursday 16th October 2014 or flag on the playground or a Our Voice, Our Rights wall somewhere on the school or Venue: Loughrea Youth Project, club premises. Write the name of King Street, Loughrea. the school or Youth Group Showcase of the Art Collage on alongside, take a photo and send the United Nations Convention on it to me. It can be a big or as small the rights of the child made by as you like. We will also be looking the Loughrea Comhairle na nÓg for 2 or 3 schools or youth groups Contact: Letizia Gorini in to call out on the day to join in on The Loughrea Youth Project on their chalk graffiti as and discuss 087 7814882 or email the issues faced by young people [email protected] who identify as LGBT. Contact: Anne-Marie 087 7738529 or email [email protected]

12 Friday 17th October 2014

Awareness Through Graveyard Action Day Togetherness Time: 10.30am – 1.30pm Venue: Harvest Studios, Venue: Old Graveyard, Bolands Lane, Gort. Castle Road, Oranmore. Gort Cancer Support invite you to Calasanctius College Biodiversity an Information and Awareness Group are organising a ‘clean up’ day jointly run by the clients of of the old Protestant graveyard in Harvest Studio (Brothers of Oranmore. We are inviting Charity) and Gort Cancer Support. Oranmore Tidy Towns, Oranmore Contact: Mary Nolan on Mens Shed, parents and any other 086 8599854 or Carmel Kerins on volunteers to help us out on the 087 2285774 day. We will have a short prayer service to finish and will invite Men’s Shed Group the Rev. Gary Hastings and Book Sale Fr. Diarmuid Hogan to participate. Venue: Tesco Store, Oranmore. Contact: Aine Clarke on Second hand book and CD sale 086 2303784 or email Contact: Tom Broderick on calasanctiusbiodiversity@gmail. 086 62434294 or email com [email protected] Senior Citizens Coffee Morning Coffee Morning Time: 9.30am – 1.30pm Time: 11am Venue: Arus Uillin, Clifden. Venue: Open day and coffee morning to Community Centre. encourage new members to join Senior members of the our group community are invited to join Contact: Mary Power on us for tea/coffee and a morning 087 6484726 or email of chat & music in an informal [email protected] atmosphere. Contact: Breandán Ó Loinsigh 085 1743916 or email [email protected]

13 Friday 17th October 2014

Coffee Morning Forum Adolescent Time: 1.30pm – 2.30pm Support Project & North Venue: Parish Hall West Connemara Light entertainment, Comhairle na nÓg conversation, tea, coffee & Time: 2pm refreshments. Venue: Forum, Boys Old School, Contact: Mary Gavin on Clifden. 087 6471762 Group work with young people in North West Connemara to create more awareness on the UN convention of the rights of the child. The young people will create a poster regarding the rights on the convention. Contact: Marie Feeney, Forum Adolescent Support project on 095 22975.

14 Saturday 18th October 2014

Men’s Shed Group for people with disabilities and Venue: Tesco Store, Oranmore. their families together with Second hand Book and CD sale Connemara Ponies Breeders Contact: Tom Broderick on Society, Connemara Therapeutic 086 62434294 or email Riding Association and FORUM [email protected] Connemara are hosting two fun filled events - to promote and raise awareness of the benefits of Cross Cultural Therapeutic Riding. TR as a therapy Cooking Event is suitable for people of all ages Venue: The Harvest Studios, and with a range of disabilities. Boland’s Lane, Gort. Children from local schools and Members of the Harvest Studios Pony Club as well as interested along with members of the others in the community will Brazilian Community in Gort will participate in these events. meet and share their cooking Contact: Niamh Philbin on skills. We will prepare food and 095 21863 or email [email protected] host a tasting event. The aim is to promote social inclusion for the Official Launch of members of the Harvest studio Men’s Shed and our Brazilian neighbours on Time: 11am – 3pm the Lane. Venue: Town Hall, Ballygar Contact: Ross O’Connor Kenny Ballygar Men’s Shed Official on 087 2812740 or email Launch is an opportunity for local rossoconnorkenny@glaway. people to come along and find brothersofcharity.ie out more about their Men’s Shed. There will be a demonstration of ‘Introducing Therapeutic forge work by a Galway Men’s Riding for people with Shed, and refreshments, including Disabilities ’ a barbeque will be available on Time: 10am – 2pm the day. Venue: Errislannan Manor, Contact: Hugh Lohan on Errislannan, Clifden. 086 3124257 or email Paving the Way, a support group [email protected] 15 Saturday 18th October 2014

Sonke Multicultural Choir Workshop Time: 2pm Venue: St Colman’s church, Church St, Gort. Workshop with Sonke Multicultural Choir. Listen and join in with our celebration of world music under the expert guidance of our musical director, Helen Webb. Sonke is made up of members of many walks of life, backgrounds and cultures to reflect Galway’s multidimensional, multicultural population. Our singing sessions each week reflect the joy in world music and provide a social outlet for our members. No previous experience or singing expertise needed. We would like this workshop to be all Traditional Music Event inclusive and invite you all to join Time: 2 – 3pm us and sing with us! Venue: Aras Mhuire Nursing Contact: Liz Connolly on Home, Tuam. 085 7717670 or email Young musicians from Milltown [email protected] CCE will entertain the residents with lively performances of reels and jigs. The musicians are looking forward to meeting and interacting with the residents. Contact: Breda Flanagan on 087 1208386 or email [email protected]

16 Sunday 19th October 2014

CASA Social A monster session of Trad music Time: 2.30pm where a group of the Junior Venue: Loughrea Hotel & Spa, musicians will meet up with a Loughrea. group of the older musicians Social outing for people with travelling from . disabilities where each member Contact: Micahel Fahy is supported by a volunteer. 086 8038042 The focus of CASA is to promote friendships amongst fellow Cairde Ceoil members and volunteers. CASA Time: 6pm Loughrea hosts monthly outings Venue: Cummer Nursing Home, from September to June each year. Cummer, Tuam. Contact: Eilís O Neill on Comhaltas Bhéal Chláir 086 6614866 or email present An evening of music, [email protected] song and dance. Contact: Jacqueline Torpey on A Session for all Genrations 087 9225897 or email [email protected] Time: 5pm Venue: Kinsellas Hotel, Main Street, Loughrea. This brochure has been produced by the Social Inclusion Unit of Galway County Council.

Social Inclusion Unit Galway County Council Prospect Hill Galway

Tel: 091 509578 or 091 509580 Email: [email protected] Web: www.galway.ie/socialinclusion www.facebook.com/GalwayCounty