FUNDING NEWS
 

Tidy Towns & Amenity Grants Scheme 2017

Roscommon Municipal District are inviting applications from applicants within the Roscommon Municipal District Area who wish to avail of the above funding subject to the scheme’s terms and conditions.

Communities Integration Fund 2017

The Communities Integration Fund will fund actions by community organisations to promote integration in their local communities.

The intention is to provide funding and support for communities across Ireland to play a greater role in promoting integration by providing practical support to facilitate social inclusion among the migrant population.

Click here for more information.

The Social Change grants that will be open for application will be under the categories of The Older Person’s Fund, LGBT+ people who are Migrants and Leadership for Ethnic Minorities.

DM Thomas Foundation for Young People Grants
The Foundation has a rigorous grant process which aims to identify the most effective projects helping disadvantaged young people in the UK and Ireland.

Applications working in the areas of education or health with one of our three chosen focus groups are selected or considered:

• Children and young people with disabilities
• Children and young people who are sick in hospital
• Children and young people who are life limited (requiring palliative care).

For more information click here.

 

LINKAGE GROUPS
 

Irish Aftercare Network - Conference
Young People – Mental Health - Addiction Facing The Challenges 
Venue: Sheraton Hotel Athlone
Date & Time: Fri 26 May 2017 09:30 – 15:45 
To register click here.

Association of Irish Festivals & Events
Irish Festival Summit 2017 March 31st - April 1st.  
Venue: Gullane’s Hotel and Conference Centre Ballinasloe.
For more information click here.

The Community Foundation for Ireland and The Wheel hereby invite you to a very special seminar on Remuneration: Recognition and Reward in the charity / nonprofit sector.
Date: 25th April 2017
For more information click here. 

Co. Roscommon Calendar of Events 2017 is now live!  This year, we are asking all festival and event organisers to make an online submission of the details of their festival or event.  Once submitted and verified the event details will be made accessible to members of the public through a Calendar of Events mobile and web application live on the Council’s website.  This new approach allows us to better capture, and locate, the many events and festivals that will be taking place throughout the county during the year and it allows us to promote these as widely as possible to potential visitors from both home and abroad.
 
The online submission form is relatively simple but please include as much information as possible.  There are a few key areas you should pay attention to:
 

 
Submit the form when you have completed it and you’ll be able to review your event/festival online within a short time.  Please note that all events submitted on the online form will be vetted by Roscommon County Council in advance of being published online – Roscommon County Council reserves the right to refuse publication. 
 
Free Sustainable Communities Funding and Governance Handbooks 
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has partnered with The Wheel to produce the Sustainable Communities Guidebooks series, providing up to date advice on funding and governance for community-led groups throughout Ireland.

You can download both guides below.

A Funding Handbook for Community-Led Groups

A Governance Resource Book for Small Community & Voluntary Organisations

MapAlerter
Roscommon County Council is providing a free information alert service, known as MapAlerter, to citizens living or working within the County for the purpose of proactively providing information on local issues, news, and events..
 
If you are not familiar with the MapAlerter service it is a FREE SMS Text Message and Email alert service aimed at members of the public who live or work within County Roscommon. What makes the MapAlerter service different from other alert services is that it uses location to determine what alerts are relevant to what registered users. Simply register for the service at http://www.mapalerter.com/roscommon, or download the free app from the Apple App Store or Google Play Store, and you will start receiving alerts free of charge.

The Heritage Council Guidance for the Care and Conservation and Recording of Historic Graveyards
Click here to view. 

Community Finance Ireland
For Top Tips for Bridging Community Based Capital Grants in Ireland click  here

 

NOTICES
 

Roscommon PPN Art/Photography Competition
The Roscommon Public Participation Network invites all National Schools based in County Roscommon to participate in an Art and/or Photography competition, the Closing Date of which will be midnight, Friday March 31st 2017. All schools have received notices regarding this competition. Please encourage your schools and children's participation. 
Prizes: a compact camera for winner and runner-up (in each municipal district - Athlone, Boyle and Roscommon). The Winner’s school will receive a Sony bridge camera (in each MD).

Do you need volunteers for your organisation?
Roscommon Volunteering Information Service is a service for individuals who wish to volunteer some of their free time and for organisations/groups that need voluntary support. The overall aim of the website of Roscommon Volunteering Information Service www.volunteerroscommon.ie is to increase the numbers volunteering in the County and promote volunteering as a rewarding and fulfilling activity.
As an organisation, you are required to register on the website to promote yourself and register any volunteer roles that may arise in your organisation.  It is a very simple procedure to register, simply visit www.volunteerroscommon.ie , click in on Organisations and click the Register Organisation option.  Once this is complete you can Post Volunteer Vacancies which interested volunteers can see and register an interest with you. 
Please contact Bridie on 094 9862565 or 090 6630252 Ext 270 for any help with this or indeed with any questions you may have.  Email is bridie@ridc.ie
The website also includes information on training available to volunteers and volunteer organisations, upcoming events and latest news, together with links to other relevant sites.
Roscommon Volunteering Information Service is an associate affiliate of Volunteer Ireland.
Volunteer Ireland is the national volunteer development agency, and a support body for Volunteer Centres and Volunteering Information Services in Ireland.


'FAILTE ISTEACH' BALLAGHADERREEN:
FREE CONVERSATIONAL ENGLISH CLASSES EVERY TUESDAY MORNING 11am-1pm, in the COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTRE, 'THE SHAMBLES', BALLAGHADERREEN.
email:  ballaghfi@gmail.com ALL WELCOME - MUST BE 18+


Community Art Group Ballaghaderreen presents a permanent display of their work in Café an Doirin in the town. The exhibit is changed at regular intervals and all art works are for sale at affordable prices.

The Core (an outreach of The Church of Ireland)
Activities:

For more information contact Alastair Donaldson (Chairperson) on 0906665413 or 0876373898 or @roscommoncore on Facebook.
 

 
Roscommon Music Education Partnership (MEP) has been re-established to submit an application for funding to Music Generation Phase 2.  Roscommon Music Education Partnership is led by Galway and Roscommon Education and Training Board in partnership with Roscommon County Council and Roscommon Leader Partnership Company. 
 
Roscommon MEP is hosting two information and consultation meetings for musicians and music educators and is interested in hearing directly from them about what supports they need to assist them in their work and what they identify as the gaps in music education provision for young people in county Roscommon. 
 
A database is currently being compiled of all music teachers in Roscommon and music teachers can register by email to roscommon.mep@gretb.ie
 
 Meeting details as follows:
 
DATE: Friday 31^st March 2017    TIME: 10am to 11.15am           LOCATION: King House , Boyle
or
DATE: Monday 3^rd April, 2017    TIME: 7.30pm-8.45pm  LOCATION: Hodson Bay Hotel. Athlone
 
Enquiries to:  roscommon.mep@gretb.ie