Applications are now invited for the Diploma and Bachelor of Science in Rural Development by Distance Learning starting in Autumn 2012: University College Dublin in association with University College Cork, National University of Ireland, Galway and National University of Ireland, Maynooth have developed a collaborative taught programme for people interested in a Diploma and/or Degree…
Community organisations in North and East Cork are gearing up to assist people who may be older, live in more isolated areas and who may live alone to make the switch to digital television. The analogue signal for receiving TV will be switched off on 24th October and viewers who use an aerial will need…
National Spring Clean Month is upon us again and great work was recently carried out by the eager residents of Coolmona in Fermoy. The Spring Clean initiative, coordinated by Avondhu Blackwater Partnership, Fermoy Tidy Towns, Fermoy Town Council, and An Taisce is built on the principal of keeping your own locality tidy and has been…
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…
Do you need a ‘workout’ for your organisation to equip it to survive and thrive in these very challenging times? If you feel the need to know what is ‘out there’ to help you, but you don’t have much time, come to The Wheel’s one-day-workout for community, voluntary, charitable organisations. A one-day training day for…
With far-reaching reform of the Public Sector on the cards, community, voluntary and charitable organisations will have to redefine their relationship with the State. The new Programme for Government acknowledges “the vital role of the community and voluntary sector working in partnership with local communities, State agencies and local authorities”. But what does this partnership…
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