Cork Miniboat Adventure The Cork Miniboat Adventure children’s art competition has been la unched to Cork City schools with a deadline of 17 th May, 2021. Entries will be used by a graphic designer to design the mini boat prior to its return journey across the Atlantic ocean. The Port of Cork have committed to arrange the launch of the boat. Participating schools will be able to track progress of the mini boat on its journey thus learning about tides, currents and weather. The project is being caried out by Old Cork Waterworks Experience with funding from Creative Ireland.
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In April the first meeting of the Cork City Council Interdepartmental Working Group for Cork Age Friendly Cities took place. The Interdepartmental Working Group is set out in the MOU between Cork City Council and Age Friendly Ireland and shows Cork City Councils’ commitment to drive the Age friendly agenda internally as well externally with all main stakeholders. The Interdepartmental Group will work across all directorates to a shared goal, that is, to future proof Cork City for an aging population with sustainable age friendly practices, policies and initiatives. Community Safety Forums Cork City Council will become the first local authority in Ireland to run virtual forums, allowing this important community engagement and partnership work to be reinstated for the first time since March 2020. Members of the public have been invited to make submissions on Council and Garda issues relevant to their area on the Council’s consultation portal. Virtual meeting s will be streamed on the Council’s TV platform in the week commencing May 24 th . The first meeting of the Cork City Integration Strategy working group has taken place, bringing stakeholders and representatives of migrants, new communities, Lgbtq+ and Traveller and Roma communities. This work is being undertaken jointly by Cork City Council and Nasc and aims to produce a dynamic strategy which furthers the aim to make Cork and welcoming home for all.
The final meeting of the Playful Paradigm Project took place in April, with colleagues from all transfer cities taking part to reflect on the progress made over the lifetime of this popular project. Cork City’s participation is not yet concluded however, as the City has been invited to lead a National Transfer Network as a ‘Best Practise City’, wherein other Irish cities will be guided through the rollout of the Playful Paradigm in Cork, and be invited to transfer the practise to their own locale.
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