LEADER and SICAP

Playing at height in Ballyhass Youngest campers. Roisin O’Connor and Mia Walsh Emily Walsh zip lines!

Flag raising at the opening ceremony

Emily Walsh, Tara Hartnett, Orlaith Ahern, Sile O’Connor, Hannah Walsh, Rachel Desmond, Molly O’Sullivan, Cara Courtney and Leah O’Riordan; Boherbue prep for ziplining Thomas Ankettell, John O’Keeffe, Ken Dwyer and Patrick O Connor

ABOVE: The badges earned. LEFT: Sile O’Connor, Boherbue with Abbey, Sadhbh and Caoimhe O’Hallinane Kilcummin

Duhallow News

LEADER in the community Spotlight on Kilbrin Community Hub

By STEPHANIE MOYNIHAN

Kilbrin is located in North Eastern Duhallow. The Kilbrin Village Hub was developed with the aid of LEADER funding to enable people to work remotely from their office without the conflict of home life. Printing facilities for the wider community at the hub compliment the services at this multifaceted hub assisting the desire for people to work remotely and further assisting students in the need of printing assignments for class work. The Hub offers tea and coffee facilities, a microwave, and fridge for the user’s convenience with parking and night lighting provided. This need for a Community Hub of this kind arose during the COVID-19 pandemic, when local

residents were looking to work remotely without suitable conditions in their own homes while this also applied local Third Level students studying either fully remotely or participating in blended learning. Kilbrin Village Hub serves as a safe and quiet space with a fast broadband connection facilitating productivity and innovation as a much needed local resource. It is hoped that the provision of the facility will attract people into the area to live and work and to grow to a larger scale over time. Further, this hub is a welcomed addition to the village basic service infrastructure. #SICAPstories Healthy family habits using technology

By STEPHANIE MOYNIHAN

IRD Duhallow was delighted to host Professor John Sharry, a social worker and family psychotherapist with over 27 years’ experience as a child, adolescent mental health professional weekly parenting columnist for The Irish Times and a regular contributor to the national media, for a very important talk on Internet Safety. Technology and screens now dominate family life and this is especially the case since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. While technology provides important ways of communicating and learning, there are also many down sides. In this talk, Professor John Sharry presented practical principles for establishing healthy family habits around using technology in the home. Practical advice on how to assess risk was given and how to enforce positive rules and further the importance of having the conversation on internet safety early on as children may be more receptive at a younger stage. 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.