Hi Digital Community Skills Training

ALONE and Active Retirement Ireland have partnered with Vodafone Ireland Foundation to deliver a new nationwide 5-year digital skill training program for older people called Hi Digital.

The programme has been developed to help bridge the digital divide by offering free digital skills training to older people and upskilling the organisations that support them. The Plan aims to train 230,000 older people.

The programme consists of three different strands:

Online learning
A new FREE online learning platform has been created at hidigital.ie where older people can go online and start learning
basic digital skills. The modules covered include:

• Introduction (what the internet is and what you can do)
• Using my smartphone
• Connecting with others (email, social media, WhatsApp)
• Entertainment and Shopping Online
• Hobbies and Travel

In-person group classes
Active Retirement Ireland will run in-person group classes across the country for older people alongside mentoring and training. For more information, please call 1800 20 30 30 Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm.

Digital Champion workshops
ALONE will train individuals from organisations that support older people to become Digital Champions through online and in-person workshops.

The workshops will focus on getting an older person online. ALONE has been providing technology to older people for years, we know there can be challenges in accessing and using it. This course will acknowledge and address these challenges, using our experience and case studies to show how best we can support each individual to get online and stay online.

Learning Objectives
1. Understanding of the Digital Champions role in supporting older people with their digital skills
2. Understanding the older person circumstances and building trust
3. Understand the impact technology can have on an older people’s life
4. Able to plan out and support the learning process for the individual
5. Learn how best to facilitate one to one sessions and small groups

Duration: 3 hours
Cost: Free
IT/Digital Skills required: Basic
Who can attend: Any individual who works in organisation that supports older people and will be able to support older people with their digital skills.
Registration: You can register your interest in attending a workshop with ALONE by emailing digitalskills@alone.ie, you will then be sent a form complete. You can also call ALONE’s Support Line on 0818 222 024

The Local Enterprise Office is here to help! 💡

They're offering a free Mentoring programme which is designed to match up the knowledge, skills, insights and entrepreneurial capability of experienced business practitioners with small business owner/managers who need practical and strategic one to one advice and guidance.

Please contact the office for more info:

Email: localenterprise@roscommon.ie
Call: 090 66 26263

Take the opportunity to learn more about mental health and wellbeing through interactive online workshops aimed at increasing awareness of your own strengths and aspirations, whilst enabling you to work on being more hopeful about your own and others recovery.

🆓️They are completely FREE and open to everyone. 

Visit ➡️ mymentalhealthrecovery.com to find out more.

Strokestown Tidy Town Group are delighted to announce a collaboration project that links Strokestown United FC and Strokestown Ladies GAA.

Together they have formulated a plan to eliminate Single Use Plastics from the clubs and hopefully the wider community.

The three local groups, run by locals for locals, are asking parents, players, visiting clubs and sponsors to NOT bring single use plastics to pitches or grounds.

This will assist Strokestown United FC and Strokestown Ladies GAA in reducing the time required to clean up after training/matches, and will help lower the cost of waste collection for both clubs and the Tidy Towns team.

This is the first of a number of local initiatives being introduced by Strokestown Tidy Towns and goes a long way to creating a positive environmental message for kids and young adults in Strokestown while bringing big changes in the longer term.

If you'd like to know more simply contact any of the three ground-breaking groups!

​#ourtown #yourtown

SLIABH BÀN A.C. 10K RACE 

Sunday 12th June, Strokestown.

New route this year around our fabulous town.

Great to see events like this back for 2022, best of luck to all entrants and to all the hard working team at Sliabh Ban AC.

REGISTER BELOW⬇️⬇️⬇️
https://www.justrunsevents.com/strokestown-10k-2022.php

📖The Roscommon Chapbook Bursary is now open for applications. 

The Roscommon Chapbook Bursary has been established to assist Roscommon writers with the costs associated with publishing a modest collection of poems (15 – 20) or a compact collection of short stories (3 – 6). One award of €600 will be offered in 2022.

Please see www.roscommoncoco.ie for further information and application form.
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📅Closing Date - 5pm on Friday 20th May 2022

HAVE YOUR SAY 🗣

Sports clubs, special interest groups, community groups and individuals interested in sport & physical activity are invited to review the latest Roscommon Sports Partnership Strategic Plan Discussion Document. 

This is the fourth strategic plan produced by Roscommon Sports Partnership, feedback and suggestions will be incorporated into the final version of the Roscommon Sports Partnership Strategic Plan 2022-2027.

The pillars of this plan are Partnerships & Collaboration, Diversity & Opportunities, Awareness and Governance & Oversight. Feedback from the public is required to gain an insight to the needs facing those who are involved in sport & physical activity, and those who wish to get involved.

The document is available on www.rosactive.org. Those who wish to receive a hard copy can email info@rosactive.org.

All feedback and suggestions MUST be submitted to info@rosactive.org by close of business on 16th May 2022.

📣Roscommon County Council Culture Night Commission - 1922:2022 - The role of local newspapers in a time of conflict and change.📰

The Culture Night – Decade of Centenaries 1922:2022 Commission marks the third in a series of artistic commissions inviting artists to reflect on Roscommon’s role in the struggle for independence. The 2022 commission seeks proposals from artists across all art forms responding to the theme: The role of local newspapers in a time of conflict and change – how were local events reported?

📅DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION 4pm, Monday 16th May 2022

Applicants must have been born or currently live in County Roscommon.💙💛

For full details click HERE.

Strokestown Park is honoured to host the Famine Commemoration 2022 and welcome Taoiseach Micheál Martin.

The ceremony will be broadcast on the RTÉ News channel on Sunday, 15 May.

For more information: https://tinyurl.com/t6x87p4d

We are delighted to announce that we are able to come together for our first Darkness into Light Walk on May 7th starting from the Community Centre in Strokestown.

Early Bird reduced rates for Darkness Into Light are available until Thursday 31st March.

Sign up today to ensure you get your iconic Darkness into Light t-shirt in time for the event.

Plus be in with a chance of winning one year's free electricity from our sponsor Electric Ireland for you and a friend!

Any questions, please contact us.

We are delighted to announce we are coming to Strokestown Co. Roscommon on Sunday 1st May 2022.

You won’t need a ticket and can pay at the door from 1-4pm (the show stays open until 5pm).

Entry is €6 with under 4s and OAPs are free.

If you're in the area please come along -- it will be a great day and the venue are organising food stalls for anyone that’s hungry.
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We will have loads of Lego models on display, speed build competitions, play areas, treasure hunt, Duplo and colouring for younger kids.

The committee behind the scenes of Strokestown Ladies GAA are organising a Tractor Run on Sunday May 1st.

Give the girls a hand and support the event.

Looking forward to seeing the parade of tractors through the town 🚜

The Strokestown International Poetry Festival makes a welcome return on Saturday April 30th following a three-year hiatus from live performances.

The town has been the centre of poetry in Roscommon since the festival’s inception in 1999. Taking place annually on the first weekend of May, the event provides a world-renowned forum for excellence in poetry.

Strokestown has become famous for the large audiences in attendance for readings and workshops and other events. Poetry lovers from all over the world are drawn to the town due to its friendliness and scenery and the weekend has become an unforgettable experience as a thrilling immersion in contemporary poetry.

Find out more at: www.strokestownpoetry.org/

Free webinar for anyone interested in learning more about self harm in adolescents including parents, guardians, or teachers.

This webinar will take place online on Tuesday April 26th, 2022 from 7-8 p.m. and will discuss findings from this project and 5 things parents need to know about adolescent self-harm. 

Attendees can book this webinar through this Eventbrite link.

Very Exciting News!

Claire's Arts & Craft School has decided to hold two Easter Camps taking place from the 11th- 15th and the 18th -22nd of April 2022.

The camps will be a fun processed based range of processes not usually explored in school such as Tie-dye, Fabric painting, learning to make a sculpture, book binding and many traditional processes of painting, drawing and Clay.

The camp is €75 and all materials are provided!.

If you are interested in enrolling your child for art classes why not try out an art camp first?

Obviously there'll be limited availability so please contact Claire direct on (087) 777 4764.

See you there.

This Easter Strokestown Park House has again joined with Enchanted Croí Theatre to create a magical children’s event in their Walled Gardens.

Follow the link below for more details: https://tinyurl.com/2a7u32p8

🐇🐣🥚 IT'S OFFICIALLY ON 🥚🐣🐇

The SCDA Strokestown Easter Parade is back‼️ Sunday 17th April 2022, from 3pm.

Strokestown Town Team are excited to announce their sponsorship of the 2022 Best Dressed Window prize -- if you're a local business get thinking about how you can show your design skills.

Strokestown Tidy Town Group are delighted to be involved and are proud to sponsor a prize for the Best Community Float! So, if you are part of one of our fantastic Community groups get your thinking caps on folks - we're especially looking forward to seeing what the Men's Shed, the Women's Shed, Kiltrustan Sports Club and the Angling Club put together!! 

The last two years have hammered communities like ours - working together we all have an opportunity to build them back, bigger and better than before.

Enter your float or group by contacting (087) 16 68775 or (087) 13 85821 - text or phone.

See you on Sunday!

Join the Easter Bunny the Mountain Brew Easter Trail, happening on Saturday 16th April 2022 at Franks Bar.

A fun filled day for the whole family. Lots of activities to keep the little ones busy.

Meet the Easter bunny, collect eggs as they go.

Check out our café and bar serving your favourite beverages and treats.

Online booking in advance via this link.

SAVE THE DATE!!

Cash for Clobber collection is taking place on April 15th 2022, from 10am till 2pm.

The drop-off point is at Strokestown GAA ground.

Please show your support.

Strokestown Angling Club is now officially affiliated with the NCFFI with all of the benefits that this brings.

Our AGM will take place on Friday 15th April 2022, starting at 19.30hrs.

We are inviting new members to join the club and help us build on last year successes. There are many roles to fill and lots of physical work to be carried out over the next few years developing access to waters and organising events. Many hands make light work.

If you are interested in joining the club and attending the AGM please contact us via our Facebook page.