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Sligo PPN June 2019 Newsletter



Welcome to the June edition of the PPN Newsletter

Once again we give you a flavour of some of activities and events happening around our county as well as letting you know about upcoming training and funding opportunities. Thanks to all out member groups who sent information in.
 
It's been a busy time in the Sligo PPN recently. Some of our activities have included;
  • hosting the successful Get Funding Ready which saw around 130 people come together the hear about funding for community groups in Sligo, 
  • working with Sligo Chamber of Commerce and the environment section of Sligo County Council (SCC) to introduce a new environment award into the Sligo Chamber annual business awards
  • making a submission to the Sligo Disability Plan calling for a strong focus on access and universal design and this has been reflected in the new strategy for the county
  • working with the Department of Community and Rural Development to review the PPN structures and User Guide to make the network even more beneficial for the community
In the coming weeks we will be organising a consultation session on the new Climate Adaptation Plan for Sligo for interested groups and are also gearing up for a large election event in the autumn where we will be looking to support community members to take up places on key decision making bodies in the county. The autumn will also see us host an Environment Seminar in partnership with SCC and Sligo Environmental Network.

If you still haven't re-registered with Sligo PPN, don't forget to do so. Simply follow the below link 
 https://www.tfaforms.com/4686176
Activities & Events
Lawn bowls club :

Summer competitions are in full swing and bowlers are just waiting for some decent weather to get all the matches played !  

Ten of the club members attended Safeguarding courses one and  two.  One member has also completed Safeguarding  three.  Well done to all concerned.  These same ten  people have also completed the assistant coaches course held in March.

 AGM will be held  July 24th at Riverside Hotel at 8pm.
 https://www.facebook.com/sligobowls/
Walking Group meets every Tuesday 11am-12pm. Open to all and never too late to join in
Family Day Special ; The Model

Sun. 28 Jul., 11.30am, €3 per person

On the occasion of Tread Softly Festival, The Model brings to you a unique family day. 
Have fun with a combination of arts, crafts and outdoor games in a colourful day for all the family. 
Bring outdoor clothing and a picnic!

Suitable for children aged5+ and their parents/ guardians
Ballintogher Upcoming Events

Friday 28th June ’19  -  Rambling House & Youth Session  in Enterprise Centre  Ballintogher ,
Junior session   7 pm to 8.45  / 9pm Rambling House   Come  - tell a story, play music, sing a song, lilt, dance a step, or  just come-  listen and join the Craic, bring a friend & enjoy a cuppa  Enq.087 6645509
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Friday 12th July ’19 , 9.30pm   
Social Dance in Ballintogher Community Centre
Music by Michael Wash & Friends. Refreshments served  
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Friday 9th August ’19 , 9.30pm  
Social Dance in Ballintogher Community Centre Friday 9th August ’19 , 9.30pm  
Band to be confirmed !!
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Friday 13th Sept’19 at  9.30pm Ceili in Ballintogher Community Centre  -
Music by Duntally Ceili Band. Refreshments served.
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Ballintogher 22nd Annual Festival - Dates 2019  :   from Tuesday 15th Oct to Sun. 27th Oct ‘19
Tue 15th - Irish Night
Fri. 18th Official Opening & Concert
Sat 19th Ceili - Swallows Tail Ceili Band
Sun 20th Aifreann  11.30am  /  Music session
Sun. 27th Oct   42nd Annual Feis - Competitions:-   Dancing CLRG/  Music/   Story /  Singing,
Sean Nos Dancing
 
Further details &  final programme later-  contact  Teresa .  email teresamccorm@hotmail.com

Sligo Field Club
Events & Outings Summer 2019
 
 
  1. Visit to Ballina Also Included : Jackie Clarke Museum & Belleek Castle. Sat June 22nd Meet :  10am Ballina Cathedral
  2. Boyle Abbey & King’s House Tour  Weds Jul 17th Meet : TBA
  3. Holy Wells Of North Sligo Archaeologist Tamlyn McHugh will lead an outing to several interesting and diverse Holy Wells in North Sligo. These enigmatic sites are imbued with tradition and religion. Sat 17th August Meet : 2pm Rathcormac School, Rathcormac
  4. James Morrison: Teach Cheoil Visit Slide show and entertainment to James Morrison Teach Cheoil. View musical archives/artefacts at the Morrison Cottage. Learn about the life and music of this great Sligo musician and his contemporaries. Tues 20th August Meet 7.30pm Aurivo, Riverstown Car Park
  5. Walking The Past Of Sligo Discover more about Sligo Town through the buildings, characters & families of this old, ever changing, historic Market Town, guided by author Padraic Feehily & Dr. Fiona Gallagher historian & author. Thurs 22nd August Meet : 6:30pm Sligo Main Post Office, Lower O'Connell St
  6. Visit to Coolbeg Wedge Tomb One of NW Ireland’s finest example of a wedge tomb, from 2,500BC. It possibly has bronze aged rock art on the kerb stones. Built to face the setting sun rather than the rising sun. Why? Sat 24th August Meet : 4pm Carney Junction, N5 Drumcliff
  7. Ramble Around Raughley Headland Walk around Raughley Headland will include stories about the commercial and social activities that took place in pastimes in this interesting and beautiful landscape. Sun 25th August Meet : 3pm Raughley Causeway Approach
All Are Welcome & Free
Full details : www.sligofieldclub.com
 
 
 
 

SLIGO SINGS 2019

Every year the Hawk’s Well hosts the wonderful Sligo Sings event in November. Featuring brand new choirs alongside existing Sligo Sings choirs, this now annual event is a major celebration of choir’s achievements and is as uplifting as it is entertaining. Rehearsals start around the beginning of October.

All welcome to join.

Keep an eye out as recruiting starts around September time.

COUNTY SLIGO GREAT WAR MEMORIAL

Fundraising for the Great War Memorial Garden at Cleveragh Regional Park is now underway and donations can be made through the Lest Sligo Forgets recently launched website: https://lestsligoforgets.org .  The Memorial Garden will be a permanent memorial to all 605 Sligo men and five civilians who died as a result of the conflict, the name of each engraved on an upright granite panel and grouped according to their town-land of origin. Set within a landscaped setting, the garden will be a peaceful and meditative place for remembering and reflecting upon the loss of so many lives.  The memorial will be publicly accessible 24-hours a day. 

 

The memorial garden site has been provided by Sligo County Council, a project partner, and is being part-funded by PEACE IV, however additional fundraising is required to complete the project.  Lest Sligo Forgets is providing an opportunity for members of the public to support the County Sligo Great War Memorial Garden by becoming a Name Benefactor and make a contribution directly associated with someone from County Sligo lost the Great War.  This could be someone known to the donor such as an ancestral family member or someone chosen for you.  Our target is for each of 610 individuals from County Sligo to have an individual memorial benefactor remembering them through their contribution towards the realisation of the Memorial Garden.  Donations by Name Benefactors will be clearly acknowledged on our website’s Benefactors page and donors will receive an invitation to attend the unveiling of the Memorial Garden as a sponsor of the name you have supported.

 

Please help us make the County Sligo Great War Memorial Garden a reality in 2019, more than a century after the end of the war, by sponsoring the name of one of those who died: https://lestsligoforgets.org/name-sponsor/adopt-a-name
Other News
Sligo County Council have launched their Draft Climate Adaptation Plan 2019 - make sure you have your voice reflected in this important plan that helps to protect the Sligo natural environment for us and future generations.

http://www.sligococo.ie/Environment/ClimateAction/

Submissions to climate@sligococo.ie by 26 July 2019
Sligo people proudly support Fairtrade, the town having gained its Fairtrade status in 2008 and it is one of 50 Fairtrade towns across the country. Fairtrade Fortnight 2019 took place from February 25h until 10h March.
 
Fairtrade aims to make sure that farmers in those countries that produce many of the products we enjoy such as tea, coffee, chocolate and bananas are fairly paid for their work and are not exploited. This includes a social premium that must be used to benefit the community as a whole.
 
 Sligo County Council supports Fairtrade by serving Fairtrade tea and coffee at meetings.
 
There are numerous retail outlets and cafes selling and serving Fairtrade products in the town. Many businesses, voluntary, church and community groups also choose to serve Fairtrade tea and coffee in their canteens and meeting rooms. Local schools have been active in studying and promoting Fairtrade and both St. Angela’s College and the Institute of Technology Sligo have a long standing commitment to using Fairtrade tea and coffee in their canteens. The Institute of Technology Sligo is also a Fairtrade College.
 
You can join hundreds of other people throughout Ireland by choosing Fairtrade products and helping to support communities in the developing world.
 
If you want to find out more about Fairtrade or join the Sligo Fairtrade group you can contact Maeve MacDermott at 087 650 8013 or Nicola Allen at 086 248 2385.
 
Community Finance Ireland is a Charity which provides loans exclusively to other third sector organisations such as community groups, charities, sports clubs and social enterprises in the Republic of Ireland. Since 2001, as part of the wider UCIT Group, they have committed in excess of €90 million to over 500 organisations across the island of Ireland.
 
If having reviewed the following information, you should see merit in discussing the potential use of Community Finance in your community/project, just drop them an email to discuss further. 
 
A brief explanatory Video  on Community Finance (Ireland) is available by clicking on the following link (Ctrl+ Click to follow Link) - Community Finance (Ireland) Animation
 
The Main Points to Note for Now!
  • Volunteer Led, Provider of Social Finance exclusively to the Community Based Sector across the Republic of Ireland
  • Part of the Ulster Community Investment Trust Group which has, since 2001, committed some €90 million into Communities across the entire island, North and South. 
  • Governed by Volunteer Directors elected from our Membership Base. Whilst loan holders are NOT obliged to become members of the group, membership is open to all individuals and organisations interested in purchasing a Share in UCIT – Shares do not pay a dividend and are fully redeemable at any time. 
  • A registered Charity (CHY NO. 13926), all profits reinvested for onward lending 
 
More Important Stuff
  • Currently availing of access to some €70 million for further lending to the sector
  • Amounts vary between €30k and €500k - Current Interest Rates being charged vary between 5% and 6%, and include a 3% shelter against future European Rate increases.
  • Not affiliated with any Bank or Government Department - Independent Community owned Organisation
 
Bridging Loans are available to facilitate the drawing of retrospective Grants, such as Rural Development Programme, SEAI, and Sports Capital funding.
 
Get This!
  • Term Loans are available up to a maximum 15 years (20 years for Social Housing). 
  • Whilst Security (by way of legal charges on property) may be applicable to Term Loans in some instances, repayment capacity is of ultimate importance, and unsecured lending is a feature of lending within our sector.
  • Where repayment capacity is determined, Community Finance is available for a range of purposes e.g. Debt Refinancing, Property Acquisition, and Capital Upgrades 
  • Applicants will have an appointed Executive deal with them from the point of Enquiry/Application to ultimate drawdown of funds.
 
How is this Support Different?
  • Community Finance (Ireland) DO NOT CHARGE ARRANGEMENT FEES
  • There are NO PENALTIES for Lump Sum Repayments or Early Redemption
  • There are NO PERSONAL GUARANTEES applicable to the loans. 
  • Interest Rate Changes WILL NOT AFFECT the monthly repayment amount.
 
For More information visit www.communityfinance.ie / email donaltraynor@communityfinance.ie or call 041-6858637 for an informal conversation.
Training and Information
 
GARDA VETTING TRAINING:
New legislation brought in May 2016 has brought about significant changes to the vetting system, with further amendments since that date. Sligo Volunteer Centre process vetting on behalf of a number of affiliates. If your organisation would like to avail of the garda Vetting Service, or just find out more, this is the training for you.

Cost: €25 (further €25 to register with the GV service after training)
This event is suitable for not for profit organisations who wish to sign up to our EVetting service. Ideally the attendee will be the person who is going to be administering the vetting in their organisation. It is also suitable for Board Members. 

Please contact gardavetting@volunteersligo.ie to book your place.  
Funding
EC Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs - Reducing Youth Unemployment

This call aims to improve the development of cooperatives and promote their image among young people. It seeks to embed cooperative entrepreneurial education in secondary and higher education as well as outside the educational environment.

For more details check out the Sligo PPN website
http://www.sligoppn.com/2019/06/18/ec-internal-market-industry-entrepreneurship-and-smes-reducing-youth-unemployment/

Closes 25 June
Patagonia Environmental Grants
Patagonia funds only environmental work. We are most interested in making grants to organizations that identify and work on the root causes of problems and that approach issues with a commitment to long-term change.

We support small, grassroots, activist organizations with provocative direct-action agendas, working on multi-pronged campaigns to preserve and protect our environment. We help local groups working to protect local habitat, and think the individual battles to protect a specific stand of forest, stretch of river or indigenous wild species are the most effective in raising more complicated issues—particularly those of biodiversity and ecosystem protection—in the public mind. We look for innovative groups that produce measurable results, and we like to support efforts that force the government to abide by its own—our own—laws. Your efforts should be quantifiable, with specific goals, objectives and action plans, and should include measures for evaluating success.

Because we're a privately held company, we have the freedom to fund groups off the beaten track, and that's where we believe our small grants are most effective. We support the use of creative methods to engage communities to take action, including film, photography and books. However, media projects will only be successful in our proposal process if they are tightly linked to a direct-action campaign on the issue, with specific goals that go beyond education and awareness.
 
Deadline: 30 Jun 2019


http://www.sligoppn.com/2019/06/18/patagonia-environmental-grants/
Thirst For Better

Thirst For Better is an opportunity for community groups all across Ireland to access funding, there are already over 170 groups registered and receiving donations. 
 
You can find all the relevant information on the campaign website https://deepriverrock.ie/thirstforbetter


https://deepriverrock.ie/thirstforbetter
New Funding Opportunity for Recent Arts Graduates through the Artist in the Community Scheme
Create, the national development agency for the collaborative arts, are pleased to announce a NEW Artist in the Community (AIC) Scheme award for Recent Graduates, introduced in 2019. The AIC Scheme is funded the Arts Council, and managed by Create.

Recent Graduate Research and Development Award (with Mentoring)
Recent Graduate artists are defined as those of any age, who have graduated from an undergraduate degree programme in the arts in the past three years and are interested in developing or exploring, or are establishing a professional career in collaborative arts practice. This award specifically targets emerging artists / practitioners who have completed their undergraduate degree and who are not in postgraduate studies at the time of the award. The maximum award is €2,500 of which a maximum of €750 is specifically to cover the cost of engaging a mentor. The time frame should be no longer than 5 months.
 The AIC scheme is open to artists from any of the following artform disciplines: architecture, circus, street art and spectacle, dance, film, literature (Irish and English language), music, opera, theatre, visual arts and traditional arts. Projects can take place in a diverse range of social and community contexts, for example healthcare contexts, prisons, community development organisations. Visit our Case Studies to see examples of previous projects, or look at previous recipient info.

Collaborative practice is about meaningful creative engagement between artists, communities of interest or of place, and diverse audiences. Collaborative practice fosters a sense of equal-ownership. The aim of the AIC scheme is to encourage meaningful collaboration between communities of place and/or interest and artists.
 
The next closing date for applications to the AIC Scheme (including this new Recent Graduate Research and Development Award) is the 29th July 2019. 
 http://create-ireland.ie/about-aic/aic-scheme-awards

The Community Foundation Environment and Nature Fund 

Grants will support community groups who wish to carry out ecological studies in their local areas with a view to developing a Community Biodiversity Plan. It is expected that studies will be carried out by qualified ecologists between February 2020 and November 2020, with final CBPs to be submitted by funded community groups to The Community Foundation for Ireland by March 2021.

Priority will be given to projects that focus heavily on engaging the wider community and demonstrate an intention and capacity to work closely with local landowners/ managers and with their chosen ecologist to produce a coherent, accessible and achievable Community Biodiversity Plan.

To learn more please click here.

The deadline for applications is 28 June 2019.
NB : There has been a delay in the release of the following grants:
Local Agenda 21
Anti Litter and Graffiti 

Sligo County Council will publicly announce these as soon as they are opened
All Things Festival
For all things festival check out the fantastic information on Sligo Hub. A comprehensive list of all the festivals happening in Sligo across 2019

https://www.sligohub.com/sligo-festivals-2019/
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