Waste Prevention Grant Scheme: Togher Tidy Towns have installed 8 water butts around their community in order to help maintain flower beds and planters in the area. This eliminates the need for mains water and reduces the requirement for volunteers to transport water in order to maintain floral displays
Old Cork Waterworks Experience – Facility Management
Contract was signed by Cork City Council and Glenosheen Ltd for management and day to day operation of the Old Cork Waterworks Experience.
The contract is a 2 year contract with a Cork City Council retaining the right to extend by 1 further year.
Old Cork Waterworks Experience - Online Booking System
Contract has been signed with Future Ticketing for the development of an online booking system for visitors and events at the Old Cork Waterworks Experience. This is being done under the guidance of the ICT departments.
Community Content Blarney Care of the Aged/Covid-19 Emergency Grant Funding Meals on Wheels has always been one of the quiet services that runs through our towns and villages, working quietly with dignity to ensure that our most cherished residents receive a hot lunch and a chat, and never was this more important than this year, when Covid19 struck and people became isolated from family and friends. In Blarney the amount of daily hot meals jumped from 25 to more than 90 per day at the height of the pandemic, and this voluntary service is still delivering up to 50 hot meals every day to vulnerable people in our community. This would not have been possible without assistance from Cork City Council and the HSE who immediately stepped up to ensure that this essential services was adequately resourced and supported, and the fabulous team of volunteers who cooked and delivered, day in and day out.
As demand remains high, Cork City Council and the HSE have worked with Blarney Meals on Wheels and have recently helped fund a new kitchen so the future of this necessary service can continue. Brendan Murphy, Blarney Care for the Aged, thanked Cork City Council and the HSE for their help saying, "Blarney Meals On Wheels has, for over 30 years, been providing a vital service to the elderly in Blarney and surrounding areas. With the help of funding from Cork City Council, the HSE, contributions from local organisations, and Blarney Community Council and Father Fitzgerald for facilitating us, we have been fortunate to update our facilities to incorporate a state of the art kitchen, storeroom and toilets which we are looking forward to moving into in 2021, allowing us to provide a better service to our recipients and expand our service if needed."
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