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2020 CLÁR Programme will help rural communities respond to COVID-19
€5 million fund forms part of Minister’s integrated Rural Development Investment Programme Mr Michael Ring TD, Minister for Rural & Community Development, today (Monday 25th May) announced details of the […]
Read more »ReStart Grant – Minimum grant of €2,000 and maximum grant of €10,000
Businesses reopening under Phase 1 and Phase 2, and those who have stayed open since the crisis hit, encouraged to apply now Restart Grant Information: The €250 million Restart Grant […]
Read more »Almost 17,000 people respond to Govt call for community volunteers during COVID-19 crisis
Mr Michael Ring TD, Minister for Rural and Community Development, and Mr Seán Canney TD, Minister of State for Community Development, Natural Resources and Digital Development, have welcomed the fantastic support of volunteers […]
Read more »Funding allocated for Agricultural Shows can be used in 2021 – Minister Ring
Mr Michael Ring TD, Minister for Rural and Community Development, has confirmed again today (Monday, 18 May) that funding which he allocated to support the running of Agricultural Shows throughout […]
Read more »Innovate Together Fund – Closing date for applications 27/05/2020
The Innovate Together Fund is a unique transformative opportunity for the community and voluntary, charity and social enterprise sectors in Ireland to innovate and adapt to the challenges presented by […]
Read more »COVID-19 Stability Fund for Community and Voluntary Organisations, Charities and Social Enterprises now Open for Applications
The Stability Fund has been developed to provide support to qualifying organisations who find themselves in particular difficulty and have seen their trading and/or fundraising income drop significantly during the […]
Read more »Age and Opportunity resources for older people during the pandemic
Age and Opportunity are continuing to provide opportunities for older people to be more active; more visible; more creative; more connected; more often, during these difficult times. For more information […]
Read more »DLR Abandoned Bike Policy
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council has prepared a draft Abandoned Bike Policy and is seeking feedback from interested parties on the draft policy. The policy outlines the process for removing bikes […]
Read more »Community Connections – May 2020
Community Connection, in collaboration with DLR PPN! Tune in to Dublin South FM today 93.9FM, 3pm Wednesday 6th May 2020 Community Connection, Dublin South FM’s monthly community show will […]
Read more »What do Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown groups identify as funding needs ?
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Public Participation Network asked local voluntary groups involved in providing support at micro-level to give feedback on the needs that they identified as a result of the COVID-19 […]
Read more »Stories from the Waterside – Writing Competition deadline 31st of May
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 […]
Read more »Radio broadcast schedule – Mass, shows for older people cocooning and more
Listening to Mass We broadcast a Mass or a Service at 11am every Sunday morning on RTÉ Radio 1 Extra. You can listen here on this online platform, on […]
Read more »Launch of the #InThisTogether Campaign
An Taoiseach and Local Authorities across the county launched the InThisTogether Community initiative. Chief Executive Philomena Poole spoke at the launch on behalf of the Local Authority sector. The initiative […]
Read more »Hardship Fund for Older People – Deadline Friday 24th April, 5:00pm
Age Action and Irish Red Cross COVID-19 Hardship Fund What: Age Action has launched a COVID-19 Hardship Fund in conjunction with the Irish Red Cross to respond to the immediate needs […]
Read more »Looking After Our Mental Health
The HSE have created this valuable online resource where you will find support and resources for people to help deal with the stress, isolation and help to maintain wellbeing and cope […]
Read more »Tidy Towns Competition Cancelled for 2020
The Minister for Rural and Community Development , Michael Ring, T.D., has announced the cancellation of the SuperValu TidyTowns competition for 2020 in the interests of public health and safety. In a statement […]
Read more »Online Hobby and Cultural Resources you might like to explore
The following list is a random sample of some of the online resources available. Join the Library Gain free access to newspapers, magazines, e-books and more by joining Libraries Ireland. […]
Read more »Extended Helpline hours – Community Call
The Community Call helpline teams are available 7 days a week from 8am to 8pm to provide assistance to elderly, cocooning and vulnerable citizens. They have a new freephone number […]
Read more »Government launches initiative to phone older people to check on wellbeing during COVID-19 crisis
Government launches initiative to phone older people to check on wellbeing during COVID-19 crisis Minister Ring urges participants on Seniors Alert Scheme to ensure their personal alarm is activated Mr […]
Read more »COVID-19 Home Crime Prevention Advice
Please follow this advice on Home Crime Prevention; KEEP UNEXPECTED CALLERS OUT Do not open the door. Use the door chain. Look for ID. Use only the services of people […]
Read more »Information on Cocooning
What is Cocooning? Cocooning is a measure to protect those over 70 years or those extremely medically vulnerable by minimising interaction between them and others. This means that these people […]
Read more »Purple House Cancer Support
Purple House are continuing to provide essential support and information services to cancer patients, their families and carers, either online or by telephone to as many of their service users, […]
Read more »dlr Emerging Artist Grants 2020
Emerging Artist Grants support individual emerging artists from Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown to develop and further their practice through the creation of new work at this vital stage in their career development. […]
Read more »Listen to the DLR Community Connections broadcast
Tune in to Dublin South FM today 93.9FM, 2pm Friday 27th March 2020 Community Connection, Dublin South FM’s monthly community show will be broadcast today at 2pm, with repeat […]
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