Environmental Awareness Green Schools: Two zoom meetings to support Green Schools teachers in working towards their Green Flags were held in December as follows: First Flag schools (Thurs 2 nd Dec) and Schools working towards renewing existing flags (Tues 7 th Dec)
Climate Action training: Mary Walsh participated in Climate Action training (2 x half days) facilitated by CARO.
Climate Action Team: Mary Walsh gave a presentation on the Circular Economy to the Climate Team on 1 st December.
Waste Prevention Grants (2021): Final reports received, and payments processed
Community Environment Action Fund: Final reports received, and payments processed
Old Cork Waterworks Experience The visitor experience at Old Cork Waterworks Experience continued to operate with restrictions reintroduced for November and December. In addition, winter opening hours are now in operation, the site now operates Monday to Friday and remains closed at weekends. In compliance with the Covid-19 guidelines as issued on November 18 th and updated on December 7 th and again on December 8 th , clients cancelled a number of room bookings for the month of December as such the result of no onsite meetings or events significantly reduced revenue and footfall. The Lifetime Lab had 1,044* outreach contacts in November and the Old Cork waterworks experience had 12* visitors. * December 1 st – 23 rd , site closed December 24 th – Jan 3rd inclusive. Education activities continued to be maintained consistently following successful reopening of schools in September. Three distinct workshop offerings are now available to primary schools, “House of Circuits”, “Explorers” marine science and SEAI “Senior” Energy. Bookings remain steady and our system is very responsive to meet changing school circumstances and will remain so until the easing of Covid-19 restrictions. The impact of Storm Barra resulted in several cancellations and postponements thus reducing the number of school days available for workshop delivery over December. SEAI Energy Workshop - School Visit: Lifetime Lab has been an SEAI Education partner since 2010 and resumed the delivery of in-school workshops on a trial basis in late October. The model is to deliver several 90 min sessions per day at the school. A facilitator visited 4 Cork primary schools, always delivering 12 workshops to 299 children in December. All in school activities were delivered in compliance with public health guidelines. Explorers Primary Marine Science - Online: Lifetime Lab is the education partner for the Cork region for “Explorers” a primary marine science education program and has been awarded a new 2-year contract funded by the Marine Institute. A school visit to 4 classes and almost 100 primary school children took place as the last activity of 2021. House of Circuits - Blended: A new classroom-based science workshop titled “House of Circuits” was made available to all primary schools in Cork City and the greater Cork area. Initial take up was very popular with all available dates fully subscribed to year end. A total of 21 sessions were delivered to 535 children in December, with a further 22 sessions to 544 primary school children booked for January 2022. This project is supported by Science Foundation Ireland under the Discover Programme call 2020.
Capital Sports Grants Douglas Pitch and Putt are delighted with their new mower which will be put to great use to ensure the greens are maintained for members and competitions. The mower was purchased with receipt of a recent grant under the Sport Capital Grant Scheme 2021.
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