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RHS Home Care community event in Ballaghaderreen
RHS Home Care hosted a two-day Community Fun Event in Ballaghaderreen last Thursday and Friday.
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RHS Home Care have been carrying out a needs analysis in Ballaghaderreen recently as an exercise aimed at gathering local people’s views on how the company could expand to benefit the town and region.
Having previously conducted a number of focus groups in the town and also run an online survey, the Community Fun Event was the final part of a process of meeting with locals, with RHS hosting fun social activities for people of all ages. A report will be compiled from all of the information provided and used to guide the decisionmaking of the cooperative.
RHS Home Care is a nonprofit cooperative and has predominantly provided home care services to older people and people with disabilities for the past 28 years. With successful home care services being provided across counties Roscommon, Galway and Mayo, RHS Home Care are now looking to expand into other types of service provision to support local communities and people.
In maintaining the ethos of a co-op society, RHS Home Care are strongly invested in ensuring those who use their services have a voice in how the services are designed and shaped from conception.
The Community Fun Event saw people from all corners of the world, who reside in Ballaghaderreen, come join together at Duffy’s SuperValu to share their traditional foods, fun and talents with one another. The event was an opportunity for local people to meet with service providers in the town including An Garda Síochána, the Fire
Service, the Mobile Library, GRETB, and the Ballaghaderreen Men’s Shed. With performances from St. Attracta’s National School Band, Barra O’Flanniagh with his group Slí na Croí, Segundo Flores and other local performers, all who attended were entertained throughout.
Patrick Towey, General Manager of RHS, said the event was a great success. Thanking everyone who attended, he added: “RHS Home Care Cooperative are ready to invest in the town. We will be guided in our decisions based on the results of the needs analysis”.
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