‘Influencing the decisions that shape your community’
Volume 3, Issue 11 November 2017 THE SECRETARIAT TEAM Welcome Eileen Doyle Municipal District of Carlow Welcome to the 11th edition of Carlow PPN E-Bulletin. Paddy Gardiner Municipal District of Muinebheag Carlow PPN are extending their team and would like to welcome two new staff Eamonn Moore members - Roisin Dunne, Outreach Worker and Fiona Broadbery, Administrator Environmental College who started working with us mid-October. Lots of work to be done! Vacant Environmental College Carlow PPN’s Winter Training Programme starts this week. Please contact Joanne Donohoe Gráinne on 059/9172495 or email [email protected] to register as Social Inclusion College places are limited. John Murphy Social Inclusion College The Secretariat Thomas Kelly Community & Voluntary College Vacant
Community & Voluntary College Gráinne O Neill PPN Co-ordinator
In This Issue Carlow Sports Ambassador
Your Mental Health
European Social Fund
Town & Village Scheme 2017
Hazardous Waste Collection & Recycling Workshop
Annual Social Policy Conference 2017
If your group has something of interest to the County, please avail of the opportunity to advertise with Carlow PPN by phoning Gráinne on 059/9172495 or email: [email protected] European Social Fund
The European Social Fund is celebrating 60 Years of Investing in People with a one day conference on 28th November 2017.
The conference will bring together ESF The Carlow Sports stakeholders, policy makers, social partners and practitioners and provide an opportunity to Ambassador showcase the achievements of the ESF in Ireland.
The Carlow Sports Ambassador Elite Athlete Support Date: 28th November 2017 Bursary is a joint initiative between Carlow County Location: The Printworks, Dublin Castle, D2 Council & County Carlow Local Sports Partnership Registration: From 9.15am providing recognition and supporting merging talent. Event Time: 9.45am - 5.15pm This focuses on high achieving, elite athletes while promoting active lifestyles and providing inspiration through their achievements. Applicants will be assessed according to the criteria set out in the application form. If you would like an application form please contact Sandra Corrigan at Town & Village Scheme [email protected]. Applications must be 2017 returned to [email protected] by Wednesday
22nd November 2017. A public meeting of all approved projects under
the above scheme will take place on Tuesday, 7th November 2017 @ 7pm in Mount Wolseley Hotel, Tullow, Co. Carlow. Following an announcement by Minister Ring eleven partnership projects will be rolled out by Carlow County Council in Waterford Area Partnership is running a safe TALK training partnership with community groups and programme. SafeTALK is a challenging programme that businesses. prepares people to identify persons with thoughts of suicide Approved areas are as follows: - and connect them to suicide first aid resources. The alertness skills learned in the training are practiced during Bagenalstown, Ballinabranna, Ballon, Bennekerry the training. & Paletine, Borris, Carrigduff, Hacketstown, Myshall, Rathoe, St. Mullins and Tullow. Date: Monday 20th November 2017
Time: 6.00 - 9.30pm (Evening Training)
Venue: Civic Offices, Dungarvan, Co Waterford FREE Household Hazardous Waste Collection
Carlow County Council will be hosting a FREE Household Hazardous Waste Collection on Saturday 18th November 2017, in the recycle facilities at Kernanstown Industrial Estate, Hacketstown Road, Carlow Town.
Householders can drop their materials FREE from 10am -4pm
FREE back to basic Recycling Workshop
The National Recycling Ambassador Programme will be offering FREE Recycling Workshops to help people improve Ireland’s recycling rates and reduce levels of contamination in household recycling bins. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn how to get your recycling bin sorted. This great National Initiative is brought to you by Carlow County Council and VOICE and has been funded by the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment and REPAK, the three regional waste offices.
For further details on the free waste collection and the free workshop, contact Jannette
O Brien, Carlow County Council (059) 9136232 or email [email protected]
Annual Social Policy Conference 2017 In recent years we have seen increasing divisions within society and between people and the State. Trust between people and the institutions established to serve them has been eroded. Populism and the concept of “fake news” and a post-factual society are gaining traction. This conference will bring together national and international speakers to address these issues from a range of perspectives. The conference will be chaired by Michael Clifford, journalist and broadcaster.
Themes will include: Creating a new Social Contract for an engaged society; Equality, Inequality and Society in Europe; Business Unions and Society; Rural & Regional Communities and Public Participation and engagement in decision making. Early Bird registration includes conference book and lunch.
Venue: Ash Suite, Croke Park, Dublin 9:30am to 5:00pm
For more information on this conference and to register click here