Avondhu Blackwater Partnership Ltd would like to take this opportunity to congratulate and wish Rathcormac Community Council “Best of Luck” on being nominated for Pride of Place Competition 2012. The Pride of Place Competition recognises and celebrates the vital contributions that community partnerships make to society. The focus is on people coming together to shape,…
Mr. Phil Hogan, T.D., Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government today, (11 June, 2012) announced funding for local environmental initiatives by communities, individuals and not-for-profit groups and organisations. The Minister has allocated funding of €337,000 to local authorities to fund projects under the Local Agenda 21 (LA21) Environmental Partnership Fund 2012. Matching funding…
In conjunction with the County Council and the Stop Food Waste programme (www.stopfoodwaste.ie) Donal O’Leary will be doing a series of composting workshops free of charge, at the garden allotment site behind the ITW HiCone factory at Quartertown Industrial Estate, Mallow. The workshops will be on the 8, 10, 15, 17, 22, 24, 29 and…
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…
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…
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…
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