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Community Forum sets up Cavan Community Exchange

Cavan Community Forum has set up Cavan Community Exchange, an email network to enable Cavan organisations and local people to share and exchange information about activities, events, newsletters, funding opportunities taking place in County Cavan.  Cavan Community Exchange will be sent out once a month. Information that people want circulated should be emailed to kateennals@cavancoco.ie who will  co-ordinate the list on behalf of the Community Forum.

Community Forum Area AGMs – January and February

Cavan Community Forum will be holding four Area Forum meetings to review the 2007 work of the Forum and discuss the 2008 work plan and to elect new members to the Forum. Forum Members elected last year can stand for a further two years. Members on the Forum for longer than 3 years will need to stand down but will be able to stand again.

Meetings – times and location:

•  Ballyjamesduff – Thursday 24th January, Museum, Ballyjamesduff 7.45pm

•  Cavan – Tuesday 29th January, Old Reference Library, Farnham St 7.45pm

•  Belturbet – Thursday 31st January, Railway Station, Belturbet, 7.45pm

•  Baileborough– Tuesday 5th Feb, Community Enterprise Centre, Barrack St, 7.45pm

Four people elected from the Cavan Community Forum to sit on the new Integrated Development Body

Cavan Community Forum held an election night in December and elected four representatives on to the Board of the new Integrated Development Body from each of the four electoral areas. Madeleine Ui Mhealoid, (St Vincent de Paul) was elected from Ballyjamesduff, Jim Maguire (Baileborough Development Association) was elected from Baileborough, Declan Fitzpatrick (Drumlane Partnership) was elected from Belturbet and Marisa Goldstone Multicultural Network) was elected from Cavan.

Peter Galligan, Kilnaleck was elected by Cavan Community Network and the representative from RAPID is still to be named. Two further community and voluntary sector representatives will be identified from two 'sectoral' networks early in the new year.

For further information about the Integrated Development Body, contact Kate Ennals kateennals@cavancoco.ie

Small Grants for Youth Groups in Cavan

Once off small scale equipment grants are available from the VEC youth office from the Dormant Accounts Found. Application forms are available from Cavan VEC and must be returned to Maureen McIntyre, youth officer, VEC, Keadue, Cavan by Friday 18th January 2008.

The grants are aimed at youth groups and clubs and might fund small scale equipment such as snooker tables, canoes, computer hard and software, audio visual equipment. Or applications could be for small scale improvements such as improved toilet facilities. In this instance, groups must own the buildings or have a long lease. Sports clubs are not eligible for funding under this scheme.

For further information, contact mmcintyre@cavanvec.ie

Festival Grants Available

Failte Ireland's Festival Development fund for 2008 has been announced. The grant aid available for smaller voluntary-run festivals is between 5K and 30K and must be matched by 50%.

The money available is for the marketing and promotion of your festival only (not for operational costs).

The application form can be sourced from http://www.failteireland.ie/Festivals. The deadline for applications is the 18th January. If you require further assistance or information contact Joannehayes@cceb.ie Also, if you plan on making an application please let Joanne Hayes know that festivals can be co-ordinated. or telephone 4377200

Fáilte Ireland North West is the regional contact. Contact direct if festival is early in new year. (Cavan, Donegal, Leitrim, Monaghan, Sligo)

Temple Street, Sligo

Main Contact: Noelle Cawley

Tel: +353 (0) 71 9161201

Email: noelle.cawley@failteireland.ie

Calling Youth Groups in Cavan - Register with the Cavan Youth Officer

An audit of all youth work, services and activities is currently being drawn up and registering the youth work that community organisations do will provide the groups with access to training, networking, support and information sharing.

A registration form is available from Maureen McIntyre, youth officer. mmcintyre@cavanvec.ie

Cross Border Lobbying Training

NSRV are running cross border lobbying training, which will take place in various venues around the border region in the New Year.  Each training session is designed to give participants an introduction to how to lobby on a cross border basis.  We hope that participants will then use this information to lobby for changes in practices and policies, which affect their daily lives in the border region.  One example of a practice, which we feel could be influenced by lobbying from the border region is the issue of cross border banking charges and we are hoping that this training will give people the skills and ideas they need to lobby successfully around this and other border issues and ultimately to make a difference in relation to these issues.

Full details of this training is available on our website at http://www.nsrv.info/lobbying-training.

Conference on Rural, Isolated Men – Thursday 14 February 2008

A conference looking at the poverty and social exclusion issues affecting rural men in the Border Region is being held in the Slieve Russell Hotel, Ballyconnell, Co. Cavan on Thursday 14th February 2008.

A new policy position paper that identifies the services needed  to respond to the social exclusion of isolated men in the central border region will be presented by the Social Inclusion Working Group of the Irish Central Border Area Network [ICBAN].

According to the position document, educational disadvantage due to early school leaving, and social isolation of men who have poor links with their communities are key issues for socially excluded men in this geographic area. In more extreme cases, there are men living in rural areas both north and south of the border who are without running hot water, central heating or indoor toilet facilities.

Those interested in attending the conference or receiving a copy of the position paper are encouraged to contact Emer Coveney in Cavan Co. Council on (049) 437 8581 or email ecoveney@cavancoco.ie

Peace 3 Priority 1: Reconciling Communities (_128.9)

The Cavan County Development Board will be responsible for implementing theme 1.1 Building positive relations at local level of the Peace 3 programme. This will done through the development of a local area Peace and Reconciliation Plan which will be drawn up consultation with the community. The Plan will address 'reconciling communities'. It will focus on two key themes: 'building positive relations at local level' and 'acknowledging and dealing with the past'.

The plans should challenge attitudes towards sectarianism and racism and build collaboration and networking in the community around reconciliation, cultural diversity and equality. They should identify actions and planned outcomes of meaningful community and cross border initiatives that will improve trust and tolerance and reduce sectarianism and racism.

The development of the plan will be supported and evaluated by Border Action. When ready it will be submitted to the Special EU Projects Body for funding.

Border Action will implement theme 1.2. Acknowledging and dealing with the past (§45m). It will focus on providing advice, counselling and support services fro victims, their relatives and those who care for them on a strategic basis and also focus on understanding different roles and experiences of the conflict, promoting cultural diversity and developing long term strategies that promote peace and reconciliation. It will have a number of sub themes:

•  Addressing legacy and truth in public memory

•  Promoting participation

•  Securing the future

Peace 3. Priority 2: Contributing to a Shared Society (§82.4m)

This priority focuses on two key areas:

•  Creating shared public spaces

•  Developing key institutional capacity for shared society.

It is more aimed at the public institutions. It will be funded by SEUPB.

Sign Up and Put Signs Right!

Any one who notices the odd sign pointing the wrong way or a sign in a state of disrepair over the festive period should get on to Joanne Hayes, the Tourism Officer or Kate Ennals at the Community Forum early in the New Year.

The Community Forum and Tourism office are collecting details re signs in December, and January. They will pass details on to the relevant engineers who have have signed up to getting them put right!

Contact kateennals@cavancoco.ie or joannehayes@cceb.ie

European Fund for the Integration of Third Country Nationals

 The Office of the Minister for Integration invites applications for funding under the European Fund for the Integration of Third Country Nationals, as part of the 'Solidarity and Management of Migration Flows' General Programme from the European Commission.

 

Applications are invited from community and voluntary / non government (including minority ethnic led) organisations based in the State and Area Based & Community Partnerships.

Details on the types of actions that are eligible are available in the Programme Guidelines which, along with the Application Form, are available to download from the Pobal website and by phoning Pobal at 01 5239002. 

Completed applications must be sent to:

European Fund for the Integration of Third Country Nationals Pobal Holbrook House

Holles Street

Dublin 2.