Sep 6, 2011

‘Involving volunteers in your non-profit organisation’ and more...


FROM THE WEST CORK DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP WWW.WCDP.IE

'Involving volunteers in your non-profit organisation' and more...

'Involving volunteers in your non-profit organisation'

Information session

on 27th September 2011, 8p.m. The Community Resource Centre – Glengarriff Road, Bantry

28th September 2011, 8p.m. West Cork Development Partnership's Training room – West Cork Technology Park, Clonakilty.

This 90 minute free course is aimed at non-profit organisations that are setting out on the path of engaging volunteers in their organisation or non-profit organisations that do not have systems in place to manage their volunteers successfully.

Topics for discussion include:

  • Information on Cork Volunteer Centre
  • What is volunteering?
  • The volunteer management cycle
  • Developing volunteer role descriptions, volunteer agreements and volunteer policy documents.
  • Focus on recruiting and selecting volunteers.

This training is hosted by West Cork Development Partnership and facilitated by Cork Volunteer Centre.

In order to secure a place, please contact Cork Volunteer Centre on 021-4396510 or email alison@volunteercork.ie before Friday 23rd September 2011

 

Care & Maintenance of Local Heritage Course – Macroom

This course will be of interest to local community groups, local historical societies & environmental groups that are actively involved or would like to get involved in heritage related projects in their area.

This course will run for 3 hours, one night a week, starting on Tuesday 6th September until Tuesday 15th November.

Fieldtrips & Workshops will also form part of the course.

The venue of the course will be Macroom.

The cost of the course will be €50.

The course will be comprise of three modules:

1. An Introduction to the heritage of West Cork (Archaeology, Local History, Researching heritage etc)

2. Care & Maintenance of Heritage (Legal framework for local heritage, Conserving built heritage, Heritage Management etc)

3. Capacity Building (Planning your project, walking routes and trails, integrating Heritage & Tourism, organising Community Initiatives etc.)

 

A  quote from a participant in the previous course:

"For me it deepened my appreciation of West Cork; its history, heritage and folklore. It gave me an understanding of the steps we need to take to ensure that this is carefully preserved. It linked me up with an enthusiastic class-full of people who shared a similar interest; and finally it was the impetus to launch our Heritage Walkway project"

If you would like further information about this course, or if you would like to make an application to participate, please contact Lisa Cashman as soon as possible at 023 8834035 or lisac@wcdp.ie. Otherwise please complete the Enquiry Form below.

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Adult Education & Training Exhibition September 6th – 8th

The Adult Education & Training Exhibition in City Hall, Cork

Come along to a free exhibition & find out about the variety of courses available.

The Adult Education & Training Exhibition in City Hall, Cork, is the only one of its kind in the country. It takes place from Tuesday September 6th to Thursday September 8th and is open from 5pm to 9pm on Tuesday and Thursday and from 12.30pm to 6pm on Wednesday.

For more than 30 years the Cork Adult Education Council, a voluntary body, has been organising this exhibition, which brings together a variety of organisations offering adults courses in education & training of all kinds. Among them are the City of Cork VEC, UCC, CIT, FÁS, community schools, as well as voluntary groups, colleges, organisations and individuals from the private sector.   Many of the courses offered lead to qualifications, others will enhance your leisure time.  It's a great opportunity to ask questions and to meet the people involved face to face.
The exhibition is sponsored by the City of Cork VEC and Cork City Council. Admission to the public is free – and there's also a series of free workshops aimed particularly at those who are unfortunately unemployed or who feel they need advice or guidance about their future.

For more information, call Tina on 021 490 7143 or 086 603 5552

 

Mizen footbridge over sea gorge reopens

Belfast Telegraph

Friday, 5th August 2011
The Mizen Head bridge, which spans 50m across a dramatic sea gorge, has reopened.
A footbridge spanning 50m across a dramatic sea gorge on the south-west tip of Ireland has reopened.
After 100 years of service, the Mizen Head bridge has been faithfully reconstructed in its original style.
An estimated 50,000 people a year cross the Victorian structure, located 45m high above the crashing waves of the Atlantic Ocean, which links Mizen Head Lighthouse to the mainland.

Kieran Ruane, project manager with RPS engineers, said the original 1909 structure was carefully removed and replaced with a new, replica reinforced concrete bridge.
"The successful completion of the project has preserved a landmark structure on the coast of Ireland for future generations to enjoy," he added.
The original build cost £1,272 (now worth €1,462) and was completed in 1909, when it was considered to be the longest reinforced concrete bridge of its type in Europe. It first opened to the public in 1994 but the extreme weather conditions took its toll and it was deemed unsafe in 2005. Temporary works extended its life for another five years.

The identical rebuild cost 1.8 million euro, funded by Failte Ireland, Cork County Council and the Commissioners of Irish Lights. The complex works were carried out by RPS, Carillion Irishenco and Cork County Council.
The new bridge is 700mm wider and additional recreation facilities include walkways and viewing platforms to enhance the visitor experience. It has been shortlisted for a British Institution of Structural Engineers' Heritage Award.
Mr Ruane said access to the site was extremely difficult, via a steeply inclined footway, less than one metre wide.
The footbridge was officially reopened by Leo Varadkar, minister for transport, tourism and sport.

 

National Heritage Week 20th-28th August 2011

The Heritage Council of Ireland are tipping this year's National Heritage week 20-28 August to be the biggest one ever  with over 1300 events organised!

For more information visit the National Heritage Week Website

Click here to see what's going on in County Cork