Avondhu Blackwater Partnership is running training programmes for Small Businesses across its region in 2012 and 2013. The training will be provided by Donal McCarthy and Denis Ahern of Do Business Smarter and the Training Programme will take place over 7 sessions, scheduled to suit the participants. In addition, participants in the programme will also…
Following the successful launch by Joanne O’Riordan, of The Farm in Grenagh last week, Avondhu Blackwater Partnership Chairman Sean Hegarty welcomed the project coming to fruition. Avondhu Blackwater Partnership were able to contribute almost €200,000 towards the tourism and heritage project which seeks to showcase the 1950-1970’s era in rural Ireland, and in particular the…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Avondhu Blackwater Partnership has announced the availability of funding for business innovation and micro enterprises in the Blackwater Valley region. In a statement this week the company CEO Valerie Murphy said, “measure 312 of our Rural Development Programme sets aside funding for Business Creation and Development. We have recognised that with the tough economic conditions…
The residents of Blarney can look forward to a significant addition to their amenities as work has finally started on the new playground in the village, a project that has received significant funding from local development company Avondhu Blackwater Partnership. The playground was subject to unavoidable delays but the sod has at last been turned…
Streets are more than traffic, at their most basic level they are community spaces. Looking at past photos of Fermoy this is immediately evident. Patrick’s street served as a market, meeting place, thoroughfare and spectacle at the same time. We need to bring this rich texture of life back into our town to create a…
As the recent Fermoy Street festival highlighted, vibrant, attractive streets with less traffic promote social and recreational activities, because people walking become inspired to linger and enjoy their town. And more people spending more time in the town can only be of benefit to local businesses in the long term. The Fermoy Street Festival gave…
Friday 17th June 2011 will be a landmark day for the communities in Araglen and the surrounding areas, when the newly refurbished Community Hall is opened by Minister Simon Coveney. Funding for this project was secured through Avondhu Blackwater Partnership, under the Rural Development LEADER programme, totalling €189,000.00 The Community Hall has been transformed into…
Avondhu Blackwater Partnership’s Landscape Architect Cathal O’ Meara has worked closely with the residents’ associations and Tidy Towns committee in recent times and outlines a fundamental flaw in how we interact with our town. Cathal explains, “Fermoy town has, like many Irish towns suffered a decline in the quality of its urban environment since the…
Are you recently or long term unemployed and looking for advice on entitlements or how to get back into the workplace? Or are you an entrepreneur who is seeking advice on turning your idea into a business? What if you are looking to improve your opprtunities by furthering your education and qualifications? Avondhu Blackwater Partnership…
By 2013 it is planned that forthcoming water charges will be levied on Irish households based on the individual rate of consumption. In response to this Avondhu Blackwater Partnership Ltd has teamed with Chevron Training and is now offering Water Meter Installation courses which will be ideally suited to the person who wishes to up-skill…
Communications Minister Pat Rabitte today announced a new Rural Broadband Scheme which aims to identify the remaining individual premises in rural Ireland that are unable to obtain a broadband service and to provide a service to those premises where requested. This Scheme will be carried out in cooperation with the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and…
Shane McEntee, Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, today announced a grant aid package of €4.1 million under the 2011 Scheme of Investment Aid for the Development of the Commercial Horticulture Sector that is funded by the National Development Plan (2007-2013). The package will provide grants to 157 horticultural…
Speaking at the opening of the IFA Farm Forestry Conference in Portlaoise this morning (Thurs), IFA President John Bryan said private sector timber production has the potential to increase to 1 million m3 per annum by 2018. Timber production from the private sector is currently at 200,000 m3. Forestry is now part of the general…
Avondhu Blackwater Partnership was recently delighted to be able to assist the Dromahane Development Association in a long awaited upgrade project. The roadside bordering on the church car park had become an eyesore with successive hard winters and increased traffic leaving divots and potholes in their wake. The Development Association has drafted a three year…
Avondhu Blackwater Partnership’s Agri Diversification Seminar held in association with Teagasc proved to be a great success when it was held on Wednesday night last week. The purpose of the conference, titled “Where Do You Grow From Here?” was to encourage rural stakeholders such as farmers to take a different look at their options in…
With the current economic climate pressurising small businesses across the country many of them are feeling the squeeze. Companies are looking at themselves to see what changes can be made, and people recently made unemployed are coming up with new business ideas and thinking “why not me?” And that’s where John McCarthy the new Small…
Mourneabbey Residents Trust Community Council are enjoying the fruits of working with Avondhu Blackwater Partnership, the Local Development Company for the Blackwater area. Avondhu Blackwater Partnership contributed 75% funding to aid in the resurfacing of the driveway to the Community Centre, which also included the creation of two new speed bumps. The Community Centre is…
Avondhu Blackwater Partnership has announced that they now have funding available for ancillary services to the Sport Horse Sector. Until now this was an area that the Local Development Company was unable to offer support to. However a recent ruling has meant that though the mainstream Horse industry is not applicable for Grant funding, Ancillary…
Avondhu Blackwater Partnership have welcomed a new addition to the staff in the form of Cathal o’ Meara, who has been contracted to provide expertise in the area of Landscape Architecture. Avondhu Blackwater Partnership provide grant funding to Communities in the Fermoy/Mallow/Blarney region under the Rural Development Programme and the Local and Community Development Programme…
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