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Comeragh Area Community Forum Elections

The Elections to the Comeragh Area Forum were held on Thursday 13th May in the Rainbow Hall, Kilmacthomas. The 7 positions in the Comeragh Area were filled by the following representatives who were all proposed and seconded:
Enda Flynn  Stradbally Tidy Towns
Donal O Brien  Boatstrand/Dunabrattin Fishermen & Community
Jim Bowdren  Kilmacthomas Walking Club
Rosemary Kennedy Rathgormack IFA
Anna Long  Ballymacarbry/Nire Heartsafe Group
Ronnie Moore  Foróige Youth Group
Oliver Coffey  Comeragh Community Development Group

Tramore Area Community Forum Elections

The Elections to the Tramore Area Forum were held on Wednesday 20th May in the Respond Community Building Ard Na Ghleanna, Tramore. 3 of the 5 positions in the Tramore Area were filled by the following representatives who were all proposed and seconded:
Stan Nangle             Tramore Development Trust
Eamon Mc Grath    Waterford & Suir Valley Railway
Caroline Haran        Respond! Community Housing

Funding for Community Groups

Social Inclusion Fund
Waterford County Council is now inviting applications for this year’s Social Inclusion Fund. Applications are invited from community based groups and associations; voluntary social service groups and/or special interest groups representing Older People, People with Disabilities, Youth Groups, Inter-Cultural groups etc in each of the electoral areas.
Funding in 2009 will be based on a limited number of projects that are considered to best address the needs of socially excluded groups in the county.
THE DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS IS FRIDAY 29TH MAY 2009
For application forms and further information contact: Johnny Brunnock, Community & Enterprise Section, Waterford Co. Co., Civic Offices Dungarvan. Tel: 058 21169 or e-mail:  jbrunnock@waterfordcoco.ie. You can also download application forms at www.waterfordcoo.ie

National Lottery Funding

The Health Service Executive South (Cork, Kerry, South Tipperary, Waterford, Wexford, Carlow, Kilkenny) have been allocated National Lottery Funding for distribution to community based groups and voluntary organisations under the following terms:
1. Respite Care Grant Scheme
2. National Lottery Grant Scheme
Applications are invited from groups and organisations involved in the provision of Health and Personal Social Services for once off funding for viable projects (non major capital projects) which can be completed within a reasonable period of time. More information available at Health Service Executive South Waterford, The Office of the General Manager, HSE South, Local Health Office, Cork Road, Waterford. For information call 051 842800.

UCC Diploma in Disability Studies in Dungarvan

The Centre for Adult Continuing Education, University College Cork is very pleased to announce that the Diploma in Disability Studies is coming to Dungarvan.  This Diploma is a two-year part-time course consisting of three hours, one night a week over a period of 24 weeks each year.  Its aim is to enable participants to develop a critical awareness of the factors operating in the world of disability, to explore the ways in which different issues overlap and how this affects the lives of people living with impairments.  Participants are encouraged to challenge their own attitudes in relation to disability. The first year takes a mainly theoretical approach while the second year concentrates on the more practical issues affecting the lives of people living with impairment. On completion graduates will be able to be more aware of their own attitudes and possible prejudices towards disability; be aware of disability affects people in their daily lives with particular reference to the social model of disability; have an understanding of how a disability impacts not only on the individual, but also on the wider community and be able to carry out research ethically. Applications are currently being accepted for the program. For further information please contact Mike Masterson on 087 6910091 or mikemasterson1@gmail.com

Contact your Forum
Contact your Community Forum Co-ordinator, at 058-21193, (email: communityforum@waterfordcoco.ie), or Muriel Tobin at 058-21198 (email: murieltobin@waterfordcoco.ie) you can also write to us at The Courthouse, Dungarvan