Your Plan, Your County, Your Future

Roscommon County Council sought to be innovative in increasing engagement with the County Development Plan and overall make it more accessible to members of the community.

The pre-draft Public Consultation on the new County Development Plan 2022-2028 closed on 31st July 2020. The Roscommon County Council team overcame some challenging COVID-19 restrictions to ensure public engagement. Online surveys, schools pack and explainer videos were some of the innovative ways used to develop engagement on the County Development Plan (CDP).  The CDP has its own unique identity that includes a new logo, branding and an online presence through the purpose built Development Plan website. 
 
There were six webinars with town teams and an extensive social media campaign to promote the plan and seek input. An art competition for children took place and the winner is due to be announced.  Roscommon was the first Local Authority to directly attract school children to get involved in the CDP process with the Schools Pack. 88 submissions were received, four times what was received for the last County Development Plan and 203 online surveys were also completed.

The draft is expected in Mid-February 2021.

Keep up to date with the development of the plan by visiting www.rosdevplan.ie. Follow us on Twitter or on our Facebook page.   

#innovation #myonlineservices

'Living Well' is a free group self-management programme, delivered over six workshops (2.5 hours x 6) - A toolkit for better health!!

Living Well is for adults 18 years and over. It is suitable for you if you are:

👉living with one or more long-term health conditions;
👉caring for someone with a long-term health condition

📅Commencing each set of six online workshops for #Roscommon Area on the following dates:

✔️Monday, 18th January;
✔️Thursday, 18th February;
✔️Monday, 22nd February;
✔️Tuesday, 23rd February

Full details are available HERE.
#KeepWell HSE Ireland Healthy Ireland

Online Art group for 10-12 year olds starting Tuesday, 19th January 2021, @ 4-5pm, 🎨✏️for 5 weeks.

​If you would like to join be sure to register as places are limited.

Call or text Karen 0866037598 or Aoife 0866036050 to register.

#RLP #weareforóige #UBU #GRETB #DCYA #roscommonyouthservice

New members are always welcome at Sliabh Ban Athletics Club. 

If you'd like to join us please use the provided link to register with us and Athletics Association of Ireland. 

Click here to sign up.
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We look forward to meeting you and running with you in 2021🤗🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️🙌!!

We need to talk about the birds & the bees - They need your help!

It’s Winter and you might be dying to tidy up and make your garden look neat, but perhaps you could leave a wild corner for nature?

✔️Make a log pile or leave a heap of fallen leaves, as a home for hedgehogs and insects. Leave some Bramble and Ivy - their flowers feed our bees and their berries feed our birds and mammals.

So please think of the birds & the bees!

🎧soundcloud.com/user-470797840/04-winter-clean-up-winter-gardening-for-biodiversity🎧

Email your County Heritage Officer to get your free Gardening booklet that tells you all you need to know at 📥heritage@roscommoncoco.ie

As we all continue our battle with CoVid-19 all in Strokestown send best wishes to parents and families starting another period of at-home distance learning. 

You'll all be brilliant!!

Three Scoil Mhuire Strokestown TY students who have combined a love of agricultural machinery with their transition year student enterprise programme are raising money for @childhoodcancerire, a national childhood cancer charity.

They have been making the most of our latest lockdown by restoring a 1956 Ferguson 20 tractor. 

Over the last few weeks they have stripped the old tired tractor down to the bare chassis, sandblasted every inch restoring each original part,  sourcing the parts and paint country wide. They are currently learning the art of a complete respray of this treasured tractor.

The restored vintage tractor will be raffled for the charity on 8th of January 2021.

Buy your raffle ticket TODAY by clicking HERE.

#AClassic4KidsCancer

​With the end of the year almost upon us, Strokestown Town Team would like to wish everyone a HAPPY NEW YEAR.

Thank you ALL for your support with our 2020 projects.

We looking forward to continuing to support our community for 2021.

Supporting our Communities is a support network of three people from Strokestown who are doing amazing work together to raise awareness of the ever-increasing problem of food poverty. 

They look after families in our areas every week with food parcels among other things. 

They are completely voluntary with their time, and their efforts to support families rely heavily on the donations of the public so they can help families survive. 

Check out the group for further details.

People Helping People is what we are about. We are a group on ladies trying to make a difference in lives that matter.

Our aim is to help as many groups and families that we can, and help the homeless .

We collect hats, scarves, gloves, toiletries, care packs, clothes. We do a food appeal which can help out soups run kitchens. We also help Baby Bank Ireland.

The four groups we are helping this year are: Breffni, SLEEP OUT CAVAN, Homeless mobile run and Feed Our Homeless

Please contact us with any support you can give: People Helping People

We really appreciate all of your donations, because if it wasn’t for you we couldn’t do this .

Strokestown Christmas Lights Group had a very successful display in 2019.

This was the result of a huge community effort. Many people donated their time and money to make this possible.

This year, we plan on expanding the display and ask for your support once again. Please try and donate HERE.

You won't be disappointed!

It's official - Strokestown is now lit up and shining bright for the Christmas 2020.

Once again we would like to thank all who donated funds and time to make this possible.

Stay safe and have a Merry Christmas.
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From all at Strokestown Town Team

Check out the Strokestown Christmas Voucher hub at www.strokestown.ie.

Choose the business, pay for the voucher online, and the voucher will be sent directly to the person you are gifting it to!!

The scheme is perfect for a Rossie 💙 💛  living abroad.

Please like, share and tag your friends all over the world 🌏 to tell them about this easy Christmas present idea to send home and that also supports local business.

#SupportStrokestown #ShopLocal #ChristmasinStrokestown

From all of us in Strokestown, to all of you (wherever you may be), a very HAPPY CHRISTMAS.

Stay safe, have fun and look after each other.

Check out the Strokestown Christmas Voucher hub at www.strokestown.ie 

Choose the business, pay for the voucher online, and the voucher will be sent directly to the person you are gifting it to. 

The scheme is perfect for a Rossie living abroad. Please like, share this post and tag your friends all over the world to tell them about this easy Christmas present idea to send home this year and that also supports local business.

To find out more go to: www.strokestown.ie/xmas-vouchers.html 

Here's details of the local businesses that you can purchase vouchers from.

#ShopLocal #ChristmasInStrokestown #SupportStrokestown

We are so excited to have the man himself, Santa Claus, back in Strokestown again this Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th December.

We are really looking forward to welcoming you all to Santa’s Drive Thru Grotto in the grounds of Strokestown Park House.

**Please note that this event is fully booked out.

Strokestown getting national media coverage tonight (Friday 18th December 2020) following these 3 inspirational young lads, Jack, Andrew and Mark as they tell the story of their latest lockdown project.

Tune in to RTÉ One Nationwide tonight at 7.00pm.

You can still get your entry to win the 1956 Ferguson 20 Tractor and support Children and Teens in Ireland battling Cancer via the https://www.facebook.com/AClassic4KidsCancer page.

Childhood Cancer Foundation Ireland #kidsgetcancertoo #togetherwecanmakeadifference #classic4kidscancer.
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Keep an eye out for our beautifully decorated town with it's lighting display also.

Be sure to pick up a copy of the Roscommon Herald today (Tuesday 15th December 2020) to receive this fabulous post card of Christmas in Strokestown. 

This week the Roscommon Herald in conjunction with Roscommon County Council and Roscommon Leader Partnership has included a postcard depicting a stunning festive photograph of the prettiest town in County Roscommon.

This image will hopefully be circulated globally and reach, not only our own diaspora, but highlight exactly what the community groups in Strokestown are leading. Strokestown Town team are delighted to see that the work put in by the volunteers has not gone unnoticed. 
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Everyone on the Strokestown Town Team are delighted to finish 2020 on yet another positive. From the Drive Thru Santa's Grotto, the festive lighting project, Strokestown vouchers and a recent online Suicide Awareness and Prevention course, Strokestown Town Team are putting the "Unity" in "Community"

Savannah Fahy along with her Dad, Declan are doing a 5K walk this Sunday (13th December 2020) in aid of the “Homeless Mobile Run”.

Savannah said she wants to help as many people to have a Christmas Dinner. She is only 9 years old, and so far has raised nearly €400.

Savannah will be leaving the Silver Eel at approx. 2.00pm on Sunday and is hoping to be in town for approx. 4.00pm.

A number of parents and kids that she goes to school with will be waiting to greet her and Declan at the St. Patricks Boys NS.

Please come out to support Savannah and cheer her on as she takes her last steps and completes this amazing achievement.

Well done to Savannah. There is still time to donate - https://gf.me/u/zaxij8

​Now more than ever it is important to support your local town and businesses. By supporting them you are supporting your local community, so Stay Local, Shop Local.

As a special focus this year, Roscommon County Council will support the Stay Local, Shop Local Campaign with the Shannonside.fm outside broadcast in Strokestown on Thursday 10th December 2020.

In support of the Stay Local, Shop Local Campaign Roscommon County Council are holding a competition for all of the loyal local shoppers out there.

To be in with a chance of winning one of three €500 vouchers for a Roscommon shop of your choice, take a picture of your receipt send it in to staylocalshoplocal@roscommoncoco.ie

Receipts must be:
* from a shop in County Roscommon
* for Non Grocery items
* €50 value or more (on one item)
* from the month of December 2020
* ONE receipt per entry

Closing date for submission of receipts is 31st December 2020, and winners will be announced on 8th January 2021.

*** SOLD OUT *** Unfortunately, there will be no more dates added.

🎅🎅🎅SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO STROKESTOWN 🎅🎅🎅

Strokestown Town Team and Strokestown Park House are delighted to announce that they are hosting its first ever Drive Thru Santa's Grotto where children will be able to meet Santa Claus in a fun and safe environment. Visitors will remain in their own cars inside the grotto.

All tickets must be pre-booked online through Eventbrite.

All week our volunteers have been hard at work getting the Christmas Lights ready for the big Switch On, Friday 4th December at 8.00pm.

We would like to thank all of those who have been out to help us so far ... ye are TOPPERS: 

Alan Gibbons - Brendan Foy - Ciaran Shiel - Damian Owens - Frank O’Connor - Gerard Donoghue – Gerard Neary - Gerry Neary - Jack Kelly - Jason Hanly - John Cullinan - John Lee - Johnny Dolan - Jonathon Cassidy - Justin Dixon - Keith Brennan - Leo Shiel - Mac McComish - Martin Fallon - Michael Doorley - Mike Snype - Pat Feeley - Paul Rogers - Peter Caslin - PJ Kelly - Richard Glover - Stephen Dockery

Again, thanks to everyone who has donated to date ... if you haven’t donated yet, don’t worry there is still plenty of time.   

Go to our Strokestown Christmas Lights 2020 Fund page.

The Big Switch On for Strokestown will take place on Friday 4th December 2020 from 7.30pm.

The winner of our Primary Schools Art competition will officially turn on our beautiful Christmas lights and the official start of our Christmas season in Strokestown!

This year is quite different, but nonetheless we will safely bring our community together to celebrate the start of Christmas. 

​We are asking you all to “Park Up” in your car along the wide streets of Strokestown and tune into FM108 to hear all that is happening on the night from the safety of your car.
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See you all then and stay safe.