CE Management Report December 2021

Community Culture and Placemaking Sports Development Officer Excellence in Local Government Award - Health & Wellbeing Sports on the Green has been one of our most successful programmes to date and was awarded an Excellence in Local Government Award under the Health & Wellbeing category in December. We look forward to continuing to build on this success in 2022 and coming up with innovative ways of promoting physical activity.

Dympna Murphy SEO and Laura Coady Sports Development Officer Cork City Council pictured with Excellence in Local Government Award.

Tweet from Douglas Community College highlighting the schools and partners involved in the BeneFIT programme.

BeneFIT Programme This programme continued in the month of December and is currently running in Douglas Community School, Christ King, Colaiste Eamann Ris and Deer Park. As part of the programme students have had visits from a range of people working in the area of health and wellbeing. These have included strength and conditioning coaches, sports photographers, and international athletes amongst others. Some of these professionals were ex-students of the schools involved in the programme. Aside from leading physical activity sessions and offering different ways of being active, these visits also showed students the variety of career paths available in the area of sport, physical activity, and health.

Sports Equipment for Direct Provision We are working in collaboration with Cork Sports Partnership to provide sports equipment for the direct provision centre located on the Kinsale Road. In December basketball hoops and table tennis equipment was purchased. This equipment will have a big impact on people living in the centre, young and old alike, and will offer them another way of being active recreationally. We are currently in the process of planning programmes using the new equipment provided. The Walking Football , North Side Schools Futsal Programme, Late Night Leagues and Woman’s Social Soccer continued into the month of December.

Students from Christ The King and Douglas Community College participating in various sessions as part of BeneFIT - learning how to focus on health and mental wellbeing.