Duhallow News

#Sicapstories: Paediatric First Aid Course

By STEPHANIE MOYNIHAN

Following on from similar courses we ran in previous years, we saw the return of one of our most popular community education offerings in May 2022: The Paediatric First Aid Course. This program was once again very popular and extremely well attended targeted at health care staff, parents & relatives who would like to be best able to respond to a crisis involving children of all ages, but particularly up to 5 years of age. The engaged and enthusiastic parents attending the workshop stated that they felt better equipped and informed should emergency situations arise in their own homes.Participants can recognise emergency first aid situations in infants & small children as well as learn basic life saving techniques. Other topics included, choking, unconsciousness, burns, the recovery position, performing infant CPR and many more. IRD Duhallow’s The Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (SICAP)

2018 – 2022, provides funding to tackle poverty and social exclusion through local engagement and partnerships between disadvantaged individuals, community organisations and public sector agencies. Administered by Pobal and funded by the Irish Government through the Department of Rural and Community Development, it also receives funding from the European Social Fund under the Programme for Employability, Inclusion and Learning (PEIL) 2014-2020. Hope, Optimism and Confidence Communicating Europe - Celebrating European Citizenship

By STEPHANIE MOYNIHAN

IRD Duhallow was delighted to have once again been awarded funding by the Department of Foreign Affairs Communicating Europe initiative (CEI) for voluntary organisations, educational bodies and civil society groups and bodies. This funding enabled IRD Duhallow to introduce the “The Celebrating European Citizenship project “, which sought to work with local secondary schools in Duhallow in delivering an online workshop to transition year students on what Europe means to them as Irish citizens. This online workshop took place in February 2022 and provided young people in Duhallow with the opportunity to have their views and voices heard by Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) who were invited to speak to the students and respond to their questions that may arise. We were delighted to have MEPs Deirdre Clune and Billy Kelleher generously giving their time to join the discussion with three of our local secondary schools: Millstreet Community School, Colaiste Treasa, Kanturk, and Scoil Phobail Sliabh Luachra, Rathmore. This event provided the MEPs with first-hand information on young peoples’ preferences and opinions and was very much enjoyed by all. It was a true joy to see the extensive preparations and contributions made by all participating students representing hope, optimism and confidence in the future the European Union. The upcoming editions of the Discover Duhallow magazine will feature articles written by the participating schools giving students an invaluable platform to reflect and examine the knowledge they have gained from completing the workshop. Keep your eyes peeled for these innovative and exciting articles as it will allow students to disseminate this knowledge to the wider Duhallow Community and by doing so educate the whole community on the importance of the ‘European Union’. For further information on this fantastic initiative, contact Stephanie Moynihan on 02960633 or email Stephanie.moynihan@ irdduhallow.com