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20 May 2020

Information Session on Sustainable Energy Communities in Kildare Webinar

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Your PPN group is invited to attend an webinar on Sustainable Energy Communities in Kildare which will be held on May 27 at 7:00pm.

The purpose of the 40 minute information session is to introduce your group to the sustainable energy communities network & to see what benefits & supports they can bring to your group & its members.

The event will be facilitated by Emer Conway who is the SEAI Community Energy Mentor in Kildare.

This program aims to drive energy efficiency & smart energy use nationwide & is a key component of the Kildare County Council Climate Change Adaption Strategy 2019-2024.

Come along to hear more about this exciting new initiative in Kildare & change the way your community thinks about energy.

The Webinar will take place on Wednesday May 27th at 7:00pm on Zoom.

Registration for the webinar closes at 7:00pm on Tuesday May 26th.

Please note: As the webinar takes place on Zoom, you must download Zoom to participate.

To register for the webinar click here

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Reminder: The deadline for applications to the Philanthropy Fund is 5pm tomorrow (Wednesday 27th May).

The funds will be available to a charity, social enterprise or voluntary organisation based in the Republic of Ireland who provide services in Irish communities.

The Fund will seek applications from projects achieving impact in:

🔸Enabling online education: providing primary and post-primary school students with access to technology hardware and any other necessary supports.
🔸Youth mental health interventions: delivering services in new ways or offering new types of services (intervention and prevention).
🔸Circular economy: solutions for the efficient re-use and recycling of materials.
🔸Improving food security: increasing independent food production for Ireland and reducing food imports.
🔸New ways of working remotely: our new ways of working are here to stay and innovations are needed to smooth the transition from office to working at home.
Community outreach: finding new ways to reach and support vulnerable and marginalised groups.
🔸Re-skilling our workforce: with the shift in our economy and the potential closure of businesses, there is a need for re-training and re-education of workers.
🔸Physical Health: online medical and physical health innovations.

➡️Further information and how to apply
More details of the Innovate Together Fund including eligibility and the application process can be found at www.socialinnovation.ie/innovate-together/ ... See MoreSee Less

Innovate Together Fund | Social Innovation Fund

To start your application now; click here. The deadline for applications is 5 pm Wednesday 27th May 2020 What is the Innovate Together Fund? The 'Innovate

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2020 CLÁR Programme will help rural communities respond to COVID-19 – Minister Ring

CLÁR is one element of a €30 million package of co-ordinated and complementary supports that is being launched by the Minister this week as part of his Department’s Rural Development Investment Programme. The other elements of the programme to be opened later this week will be the Town and Village Renewal Scheme and the Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme. The Rural Development Investment Programme is funded under Project Ireland 2040.

CLÁR provides funding for small scale infrastructural projects in rural areas that have suffered significant levels of population decline. The supports provided through CLÁR have been tailored this year to help rural communities to respond to the new COVID-19 environment. This includes the addition of new funding measures.

The measures being funded under the 2020 CLÁR programme are:

Measure 1: Schools/Community Safety measures (expanded in 2020)

Measure 2: Community Recreation Areas (new in 2020)

Measure 3: Community Wellbeing Supports, comprising:

Meals on Wheels and linked services (new in 2020)
Mobility and Cancer Care Transport

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Reminder: Closing date for the 🐟Local Authority Waters Programme 'Stories from the waterside' writing competition is this Sunday🖊

The Local Authority Waters Programme (LAWPRO) has launched a national Storytelling Competition ‘Stories from the Waterside’ / ‘Scéalta Ó Thaobh An Uisce’.

The competition is open to all, with two categories: Under-18s and Over-18s and there is €4,000 in prizes to be won. Entries are welcomed from across the Island of Ireland and entries may be submitted in either English or Irish.

Please submit stories of 600 words or less and only original and previously unpublished stories can be accepted.

📅Closing Date is 31st May 2020.

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Stories from the waterside - Local Authority Waters Programme

Every waterbody has a story! …and what is a waterbody? It is any place, where there is a body of water, like an estuary, lake, canal, stream, pond, wetland and even the coast. The Local Authority Waters Programme (LAWPRO) are working hard with many other State agencies, private industry, and of co...

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Almost 17,000 people respond to government call for community volunteers during COVID-19 crisis

During the crisis, the department of Rural and Community Development has introduced a number of additional measures to provide extra support, including:

➡️additional funding of €500,000 to Volunteer Centres to support the COVID-19 volunteer efforts
➡️a COVID-19 Communication Pack for Communities
➡️a collection of seven leaflets offering practical advice and information on topics ranging from sensible volunteering to vulnerable persons to the prevention of fraud and theft
➡️a €2.5 million COVID-19 Emergency Fund for local authorities to administer to community groups partaking in the ‘Community Call’
➡️€40 million support package of supports for Community and Voluntary Organisations, Charities and Social Enterprises

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Almost 17,000 people respond to government call for community volunteers during COVID-19 crisis

Since the call for volunteers to support the community response to COVID 19 went out in March, 16,957 people have registered to volunteer through the iVol app.

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