The feedback received this far has been overwhelmingly positive, both from the recipients who have appreciated receiving a box of enjoyable and thought provoking ‘gifts’, as well as from community partners who delivered packs. The latter have appreciated delivering something enjoyable and light hearted to their service users, after what has been a challenging year. The Playful Paradigm group developed the packs following a survey of older adults in the city, carried out in partnership with Annalisa Setti, Dept. of applied Psychology UCC, and feedback will be gathered to inform future inputs of this nature. The work also follows the successful distribution of Play Packs for children , distributed during the summer of 2020. The Senior Play Packs are part of the KEEP WELL campaign brought to the community with thanks to Healthy Ireland an initiative of the Government of Ireland with funding from the Healthy Ireland Fund and the Sláintecare fund delivered by Pobal.
The Food Distribution Group (subgroup of the Cork City Covid 19 Response Group) met twice in in February. The discussed how best to support families who were, many of them, receiving food parcels for the first time. Community Culture and Placemaking, with the support of the library service, created the Wellbeing news letter the theme of which was supporting parents; it contain information of national and local services and mindfulness and parenting courses running for free in Cork City. 600 wellbeing leaflets were delivered with food parcels and the Wellbeing Newsletter is now produced fortnightly. Cork City council Wellbeing Subgroup worked with Cork City Council Communications to amplify the NICHE Community Garden Project beginners food growing online course and it landed well on one of the local papers, the free paper and across social media.
Community Development Grants
Shandon Area TidyTowns Plaques Project
With the support of Cork City Council and Cathedral Credit union, Shandon Area TidyTowns we have erected nine plaques over the past three years. The most recent plaques erected are: The Nun's House that Nano Nagle set up at no. 2 John Philpott Curran Street. The original door from this building is on display in the Nano Nagle Centre. • Old Friary Place, location of the first Dominican Friary on the Northside of Cork. • John Swiney, on Blarney Street/Shandon Street, one of the leaders of the United Irishmen in 1798. The plaques were designed and manufactured by artists Eithne Ring and Liam Lavery. Living in the Shandon area, they have a particular interest in marking the historical people and buildings.
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