Our Art, Our Library Community Art Project

On Friday the 22nd of May the Partnership hosted the first initial meeting for a community art project in conjunction with the Library being refurbished and reopening by the end of 2011 and Dublin City Council Arts Office.

The turn out was great with a strong cross section of local residents turning up to participate.  We hope this project will allow residents to engage with the refurbished library space and create a piece of artwork all the community can be proud of.

The next meeting will be held on Saturday the 28th May in the Ballyfermot/Chapelizod Partnership offices to discuss the projects that will run and start the research and development phase of these ideas.

All ideas were innovative and creative and we look forward to the project commencing.

Many thanks to all who participated and if anyone is still interested in joining the group please feel free to contact Carolann Courtney in the Community Development Department of the Partnership.

A temporary studio will be running from the 17th June in the Family Resource Centre in Lynches Lane adn all are welcome to drop in and see the work progressing on.

Below are some pictures of the day...

Matt Talbot Fundraiser

Matt Talbot Community Trust 01 6264899

From Ballyfermot to Ballinascorney and Back!

50K Fun Cycle and Family Day

Date: June 22nd

For More Details

Check out ballyfermot.ie

www.matttalbot.org.

Email pat.talbot@matttalbot.org

Phone 016264899 Center.

or 085 7650022 Pat Talbot.

Registration fee 20 Euro or free if you take Sponsor Card.

Community Arts Event

Disability 1 Issue Project presents:

Time:                   10am
Date:                    Thursday 28^th April 2011
Venue:                 Woodquay, Dublin City Council Civic Offices, 

Dublin 8

Event:  Disability 1 Initiative (Community Arts)

“Dublin Partnerships Working to Support People with Disability”

The Disability 1 Initiative has been developed by key Local Development Companies across Dublin who are working together to ensure that the needs of people living with disability remain high on their Social Inclusion agendas. Working directly with those living with disability, the Partnerships recently supported their participation in 6 local area Arts projects. This event has been organised to showcase the Art pieces and to encourage discussion about continuing to support people living with Disability through the work of local area Partnerships.

10AM Exhibition Opening

The opening will be followed by presentations of the artwork and discussions focusing on the role of area Partnerships in meeting the challenges of disability and Social Inclusion, the role the Arts can play in addressing barriers to inclusion for people living with disability and societal attitudes to disability in Ireland today.

Maureen McGovern, Community Development Links Worker with Canals Community Partnership said “Over the last 20 years Ireland have seen a lot of positive changes to our environment to ensure the inclusion of people with disabilities, but disabled people are not participating to any great extent because the biggest barrier of all has not been broken down yet and that is attitudes.    To change attitudes, disabled people and non-disabled people have been working together across the City over the last few months to begin removing disabling barriers by producing art pieces together. The Partnerships will continue to work together under the Disability 1 Imitative to achieve the true inclusion of disabled people in communities”.

You are invited to send a Photographer and Reporter to this event.

For further information contact:

Richard Costello (Rathmines Pembroke Community Partnership): 01-4095082/0860668140/richard@rpcp.ie

Maureen McGovern (Canals Community Partnership): 01-4732196/maureen@canalartnership.com

Census 2011

As you may be already aware the Census 2011 forms are currently being distributed across your area

Your census enumerator will deliver your census form to your dwelling sometime in the 3-4 weeks leading up to census day 10th April. You should keep this form in a safe place until census day. The enumerator will be happy to answer any queries you have about the form.

On census day you should complete the form in respect of each person in your household and sign the declaration at the end of the form when it is complete. Please keep it in a safe place until it is collected.  Your enumerator will call again in the 2-3 weeks after census day to collect your form. 

The census is an account of everybody in the country on census night.  On census night, everyone in the country must be included on a census form and be part of the official count of people and dwellings that usually happens every five years in Ireland.  

A sample of the form may be viewed here

For more information visit the official website

Ballyfermot Partnership's 

Consultation Event

On Thursday March 10th Ballyfermot Partnership will host a community invitation to hear your opinions on how as part of the 3 year strategic plan, changes can be improved to the area.
Community input would be needed and we would welcome everyone along to voice their opinion

John Giles will be present to launch the event. 

Location and times: The Base, Blackditch Road, Ballyfermot 1pm-4pm

Questions and Answers in Ballyfermot

Last weeks General Election Debate that took place in Ballyfermot's Civic Centre on Wednesday 23rd February 2011 is now available to view on YouTube

The event was chaired by Ursula Halligan of TV3 and candidates on the night included Neville Bradley, Aengus Ó Snodaigh, Oisín Ó hAlmhain, Michael Mulcahy, Eric Byrne, Gerry Kelly, Peter O' Neill, Joan Collins, Ruairi McGinley and Sean Connolly Farrell. Members of the community were invited to ask questions about local and national issues before the election.