We are delighted to be collaborating once again with Clare Volunteer Centre and Clare Local Development Company on the second ‘Connecting Clare Communities’ event this Friday, 26th January. Start the year afresh with inspiring speakers, breakout workshop sessions, meeting other like-minded people in the community, and a yummy full lunch to boot! FREE to attend but you must register as places are limited: https://surveymonkey.com/r/RRQBN7J
Joint Submission to the Department of Social Protection re: Green Paper on Disability Reform
Below please find a joint submission from Clare PPN and Dulick Disability Services and Training Centre Advocacy Group on the Green Paper on Disability Reform. (FYI:The submission closing date has been pushed out until 15th March.)
Submission re Green Paper on Disability Reform Dulick Centre
Click below for Clare PPN submission to inform a new migrant integration strategy:
Clare PPN Submission to inform a new migrant integration strategy November 2023
The Community Climate Action Programme Funding strands 1 & 1a are open for applications until 5pm on 28th of February 2024. It will be administered by Clare County Council’s Climate Action Team. Please read this Guidance document for comprehensive information on the programme overview and objectives and online applications can be made HERE.
The overall objective of the Community Climate Action Programme is to support and empower communities, in partnership with Clare County Council, to shape and build low carbon, sustainable communities in a coherent way to contribute to national climate and energy targets. The Programme aims to support small and large, rural and urban communities to take positive climate action.
A total of €572,000 has been allocated to Clare County Council for investment in:
The community-based projects/initiatives will take action across at least one, preferably several, of the following five themes:
Up to 100% project funding may be provided from the Climate Action Programme. Other funding may be leveraged for projects (e.g., with LEADER, Tidy Towns, Town and Village Enhancement funding, etc.) although that is not a requirement of this programme. Pre-funding is available if required and a clear need has been demonstrated.
With consideration for the fact that community groups and organisations traditionally take a well-deserved break from activities over the month of December, a series of information sessions will be held online and in person during the month of January, dates and times to be advised in early January.
Clare Solidarity Network (CSN) are calling for support from people living in Clare for their Christmas Present Collection for Adults living in Direct Provision in County Clare. The network are asking members of the public who can spare a few euros this Christmas to purchase gifts suitable for adults, both women and men, with a maximum value of €15 each.
The reason that these gifts are for adults is that Santa has been already been working very closely on logistics with his elves to make sure that all children in these centres will receive their own Christmas presents.
How do I give a gift: These gifts can be dropped off in Clare PPN’s offices in Clonroad Business Park, Ennis on Friday the 15th and Saturday the 16th December between 11 am and 4 pm each day. All gifts should be donated unwrapped.
What should I get: CSN suggests that nice socks, stylish jocks 😊 shaving kits, personal hygiene sets, sweets, biscuits, chocolates, selection boxes, hats and scarves, aftershave, body lotions, perfume or other similar items including vouchers would be welcome. All presents should be donated unwrapped.
The group would also welcome donations of wrapping paper, sellotape and pre-written cards particularly from children who might like to draw or write a message of welcome on them.
For more information on giving a gift please call 087 6175587.
The gifts will be delivered by CSN volunteers to direct provision and emergency accommodation centres around Clare in Christmas week.
Noirin Lynch, of CSN said, ‘many thousands of us in Clare have been away from home at Christmas and we know what it’s like. We are asking Clare people to help us offer a small gift- to the adults who have come to Clare seeking refugee status. While we know that people come from many different religions and traditions, we are also aware that they are long way from their homes and many are living in accommodation centres and hotels where they will miss the personal comforts and coziness of home and these gifts will be a nice way to include them in our traditional winter celebration’.
Another member of CSN Kieran Burke said ‘lots of the people who’ve recently come to Clare are very young men and women and there’s a lot of pressure on them in trying to live in rural areas of Clare in accommodation centres without the social and family networks we have, and this idea is one small act against loneliness, to make sure they know someone here thought of them at this time of year.’
CSN is a voluntary group of people living in Clare who came together to welcome newcomers to the county and they carry out various social activities for Clare people and new arrivals in the community.
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Clare PPN held an online Plenary Meeting on Wednesday, 15th November, 2023. To see the minutes of this Plenary Meeting, please click on this link:
https://clareppn.ie/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/ClarePPN_PlenaryMinutes_15nov2023.pdf