Following last weeks successful curation of pieces submitted by members of the Blackwater Valley Art and Craft Group, those chosen will be exhibiting their work in Fermoy in partnership with the Fermoy International Poetry Festival. Over the course of the August Bank Holiday Weekend there will be pieces exhibited in the Market Building at 13.…
Do want to increase your online presence? Do you want to learn how to generate more revenue from your online activity? Do you want to start your own on line business? Or would you like to learn the fundamentals of running a business at a pace and at times that suit you? Then Avondhu Blackwater…
The next meeting of the North Cork Craft and Artists umbrella group is due to take place in the offices of Avondhu Blackwater Partnership this coming Monday June the 11th at 7.30pm. The purpose of the meeting will be to solidify the structure and vision of the proposed group. All who previously attended are invited as…
Artists and craft workers from all over North and East Cork are being invited to an open night in Fermoy to discuss the possibility of creating a dedicated craft umbrella group to represent the different artistic strands in the region. The open night seeks to cover topics such as development of an organisational structure, devising…
The Buttevant community and Avondhu Blackwater Partnership have just finished several months’ hard work with the publication of the Buttevant Area Enhancement Plan. This plan sets out the needs of the town as defined by the community. Recently Buttevant has started to pay more attention to its impressive heritage including the Town Walls, Buttevant Castle, The Friary…
Fermoy Tidy Towns and Avondhu Blackwater Partnership undertook a bat box project with 3rd year students from Colaiste an Chraoibhin. At the start of this project Jim Wilson from Bat Conservation Ireland (http://www.batconservationireland.org) came to give a short presentation about the importance of box boxes, particularly along our rivers. The students who had built several bat boxes…
As part of the Green Schools Initiative, Bishop Murphy Primary school recently undertook a Green Schools project with Fermoy Tidy Towns and Avondhu Blackwater Partnership. As part of the project, students from Bishop Murphy along with Cathal O’Meara Avondhu Blackwater Partnership Landscape Architect planted some apple trees, Box hedging and a small wildflower area.
Clondulane Public Meeting How would you change your community to improve your quality of life? How would you like to see Clondulane in 5, 10 or in 20 years time? In order to guide the development of Clondulane towards your needs, your community is meeting to share their visions and explore the funding available from…
Are you a new or existing Community Group? Avondhu Blackwater Partnership is currently offering Community Development training to members of community and voluntary groups. Course content, timing and duration will be tailored to meet the needs of your group. Modules can include Committee Skills, Project Planning, Financial Planning, Officers roles, Communication and PR (web-site and…
Last Wednesday saw the culmination of several months’ hard work between Rathcormac community and the Avondhu Blackwater Partnership. This work culminated with the completion of a village and area enhancement plan for the wider Rathcormac area. Regular meetings and public workshops have taken place between the Rathcormac community and Avondhu Blackwater’s Cathal O’Meara who assisted…
Work on the Fermoy area landscaping plans are well underway with Rathcarrig estate receiving a significant greening of its parking space. Saturday the 11th of February saw the Irish Tree Centre undertake a significant amount of paving removal and replacement with box hedging, hornbeam and flowering trees. While the immediate impact of such works is…
Avondhu Blackwater Partnership will co-ordinate an exciting new round of training for businesses aimed at bringing the level of hospitality and customer service in the area to the highest standard. The training will involve a half-day course option and a full day option for managers, supervisors and frontline staff. The course will give participants a…
Phil Hogan, T.D., Minister for the Environment, Community & Local Government announced today (30th January, 2012) that he has given sanction to Avondhu/Blackwater Partnership Ltd to approve funding of up to €195,615.94 to “The Farm”, Grenagh, Co Cork This funding, provided under the Diversification measure of the Rural Development Programme 2007-2013 will provide financial support…
How would you like to change your community to improve your quality of life? How would you like to see Kilworth in 5, 10 or in 20 years time? In order to guide the development of Kilworth towards your needs, your community is meeting to express an agreed vision. Avondhu Blackwater Partnership will guide your community…
Last autumn Avondhu Blackwater Partnership ran a high end Tour Guide Training course (funded through the Rural Development Programme 2007-2013), the objective of which is to increase the body of local tour guides and to enhance the tourism brand in North Cork. The course finished with an intensive series of examinations and recently the awards…
Fermoy Winter Wonderland Official Video
Fermoy has scooped a major National Award due to the efforts of the town in putting on the Christmas Wonderland Festival and the activities of the traders in the weeks leading up to it. George Lee’s show, The Business, held a nationwide competition to find the towns in Ireland that had made the most effort…
Avondhu Blackwater Partnership would like to offer a big thank you to all those who offered help and assistance over the course of last weekends Christmas Wonderland Festival. Great time and effort was given by the charity collectors, stewards, security staff, the Gardai, the Red Cross, the Fermoy Concert Band, the Fermoy Choral Society, the…
From Wednesday next week there will be traffic restrictions in parts of Fermoy as the build up to the Fermoy Christmas Festival gathers pace. Wednesday 7th December will see Christmas tree lighting ceremonies at the Courthouse, Barrack Hill and the Duntahane Road junction, which will require temporary restrictions. At 5.00pm the Christmas Tree at the…
The 2011 Fermoy Christmas Wonderland was officially unveiled in the Fermoy Town Park this week. There was snow falling and the white scene gave a teaser as to what to expect at this years festival. Speaking at the event, Avondhu Blackwater Partnership CEO Valerie Murphy commented, “Since last years successful festival, we have had so…
Due to popular demand the deadline for the Avondhu Blackwater Partnership Rainwater Harvesting course has been extended. The closing date for applications is now 12.00 noon on Tuesday 1st November. Rainwater Harvesting Installation courses are ideally suited to the person who wishes to up-skill and develop the expertise to avail of the opportunities presented by…
Avondhu Blackwater Partnership invites applications from suitably qualified individuals interested in leading our strategic development of the villages and towns in our area. The successful candidate will be responsible for assisting with the implementation of the Rural Development Business Plan of Avondhu Blackwater Partnership Ltd in North East Cork. S/he will promote the development of…
In response to the increased demand for the installation of rainwater harvesting systems, Avondhu Blackwater Partnership has teamed with Chevron Training and is now offering Rainwater Harvesting Installation courses which will be ideally suited to the person who wishes to up-skill and develop the expertise to avail of the opportunities presented by this increased demand.…
Your community – You Decide! How would you change tour community to improve your quality of life? How would you like to see Rathcormac in 5, 10 or in 20 years time? In order to guide the development of Rathcormac towards your needs, your community is meeting to express an agreed vision. Avondhu Blackwater Partnership…
Minister for the Environment, Phil Hogan, has confirmed that the national roll out of water meters to homes across Ireland will begin early next year. In response to this, Avondhu Blackwater Partnership has teamed with Chevron Training and is now offering Water Meter Installation courses which will be ideally suited to the person who wishes…
The work of Avondhu Blackwater Partnership was praised recently in the Dail by Tom Barry TD who spoke of the company’s tourism efforts in the highest terms. During a debate on National Tourism and the domestic market he stated in the chamber, “I wish to refer to the Avondhu Blackwater Partnership in Cork which…
Avondhu Blackwater Partnership is seeking participants to take part in an eWorker Course this November. This course should be of interest to people who would like to become self-employed or those who wish to create more flexible working opportunities enabled through the use of Information & Communication Technologies. eWorking is defined as any business…
Niall Walshe, development officer with the company said in an interview this week, “we were very pleased with the business we did last week. Our display very much focused on the kind of supports and assistance we have provided under the various Programmes under our supervision and it was pleasing to see how many people…
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