Free healthy cooking classes aiming to unite men in Buncrana A FREE healthy food cooking class is being offered to men in Buncrana following the success of a similar programme involving 15 men in Greencastle. Sláintecare Healthy Food Made Easy Programme, which is co-ordinated locally through Inishowen Development Partnership in Buncrana, offers participants the opportunity… Read more »
COMMUNITY groups in Inishowen have been given an exciting opportunity of receiving €10,000 to use towards a sustainable energy project. The Inishowen Sustainable Energy Community [SEC] have been approached by a Cork based renewable energy company to provide one Inishowen community or voluntary group with €10,000 to carry out energy upgrades to their community building.… Read more »
Pathway to Progress is a FREE two-hour workshop which will provide an overview of the services IDP have on offer to improve your everyday life through employment and wellbeing supports. Held as part of One Donegal Social Inclusion Week 2023, the workshop will include everything from employment support services, self employment supports within IDP, an… Read more »
LAST TUESDAY night IDP held a celebration of women event in Ballyliffin to mark International Women’s Day 2023. It was a wonderful night involving around 200 local women. 13 local women were also nominated by members of the public for being inspirational people within their community. The thirteen women celebrated on the night were: Lena… Read more »
Applications are welcome from community and voluntary groups who are engaging in projects that promote the goals of the Social Inclusion Community Activation Programme (SICAP). Detailed information on the goals of SICAP, our strategy document ‘People Place Progress – Our Vision for the Future’ and the ‘Envision Inishowen’ series, are all available here from our… Read more »
CREATIVITY, friendship, amazing, partnerships, opportunity and ‘an apex moment’ are just some of the terms that were used to describe a recent Erasmus + music project which united teenagers from Buncrana, Derry, Poland and Holland. Last Thursday the final of StagePass took place in The Glassworks in Derry with each of the groups of students… Read more »
THE SMOKERS and vapers of Inishowen are being urged to take part in a new FREE stop smoking programme which aims to help them give up the nicotine for good. Beginning on Thursday, March 9, and running for eight weeks, We Can Quit is a FREE stop smoking programme, being delivered by Inishowen Development Partnership,… Read more »
An event to celebrate the wonderful women of Inishowen will take place on the eve of International Women’s Day, March 7. Taking place in the Ballyliffin Hotel between 7-9pm the event, entitled ‘Celebration of Women… Just like you’ aims to celebrate the inspirational women of Inishowen, those women around us in our lives, often not… Read more »
One social enterprise who agrees with Dr. Forde’s synopsis is Susan McAleer manager of Greencastle Community Centre. IDP’s ARISE project shines a light on positive work being done by ISEN IT was lights; camera; action in Malin Head last Thursday evening as the key stakeholders in the Inishowen Social Enterprise Network gathered together for the… Read more »
Start your year with a range of IT / Digital activities designed to get you up to speed online. This year we will be expanding our courses across Inishowen including new locations in Moville and Carndonagh. All levels and ages welcome, no previous experience required! More info and booking here >
This Saturday IDP are hosting a Community Event to celebrate the Ukrainian Old New Year in the Colgan Hall in Carn. The event will celebrate Ukrainian at this festive time of year, whilst also merging Irish traditions. There will be food sampling, music and songs from both well known Inishowen Trad musicians and Ukrainian musicians.… Read more »
A UNIQUE opportunity for people in Moville and Greencastle to find out more about their local community groups and organisations is being offered next month. On the evening of Thursday , February 9, local groups will flock to Greencastle Community Centre to showcase their organisation at the first ever Moville/Greencastle community and volunteer fair. The… Read more »
Multiple opportunities with the CE childcare scheme 2023 could be the year for you to start a new career in childcare. Right now there are multiple opportunities to gain employment in the early years childcare sector across Inishowen. Through the CE childcare scheme anyone who has been unemployed/in receipt of a social welfare payment for… Read more »
