Laois County Council

Tag: #healthyireland

  • Grow it Forward

    Grow it Forward

    GIY, in partnership with Healthy Ireland and public libraries will distribute 50,000 free food growing kits as part of a new ‘Grow it Forward’ initiative.

    Recipients are asked to use the kits to share the experience with ten people, enabling half a million people across Ireland to enjoy the wide range of benefits that come from growing food at home.

    As part of the Government’s Keep Well programme, this campaign is designed to help the nation eat well by inspiring and supporting people to grow some of their own food at home while connecting with friends and family to join them.

    Let’s get growing, email your contact details (including postal address) to mountmellicklibrary@laoiscoco.ie or call 057-8644572 for your free packs!

     

  • Check in Card

    Check in Card

    Registered members of the Public Participation Network will be delivering ‘Check-In’ cards to older and vulnerable persons in our communities, living alone or more isolated during this pandemic.  This neighbourly non-contact check in invites people to stay connected and reach out if they need support.

     

     

  • Community Check In Card

    Community Check In Card

    As part of the ‘Keep Well’ campaign, the ‘Check-In’ initiative is particularly proactive in encouraging outreach to potentially isolated persons during this pandemic. The Check-In cards are being dropped off (a non-contact check in) to older and isolated people across the county by registered Laois Public Participation Network members.

    #KeepWell

  • Gardening for Biodiversity

    Gardening for Biodiversity

    ‘Gardening for Biodiversity’

    Available for free from Laois County Council by emailing heritage@laoiscoco.ie and also available to download at www.laois.ie/heritage.

    #KeepWell

    #InYourNature

    #NatureisGoodforYou

     

     

     

  • If the Bedroom Wall had Ears

    If the Bedroom Wall had Ears

    If the bedroom walls had ears’ a six-episode podcast hosted by IMRO award winning broadcaster, Ann Marie Kelly is launching today with episode 1: Tobi A. The series platforms a group of young people finding hope and purpose and coming to wisdom on their individual and unique journeys.

    This Podcast Series is available to download weekly on Spotify, Apple and Soundcloud with new episodes available over six weeks.  The series is also airing every Monday at 7pm from March 15th on Ann Marie Kelly’s Midlands 103 The Open Door show.

    #KeepWellLaois

    #ListeningToYoungPeople

     

  • Community Check In Cards

    Community Check In Cards

    Registered members of the Public Participation Network will be delivering ‘Check-In’ cards to older and vulnerable persons in our communities, living alone or more isolated during this pandemic. This neighbourly non-contact check in invites people to stay connected and reach out if they need support.

     

  • Check-In Cards

    Check-In Cards

    This week Laois County Council is launching a new ‘Check-In’ initiative across the county as part of the ‘Keep Well’ Community Resilience Campaign. Registered members of the Public Participation Network will be delivering ‘Check-In’ cards to older and vulnerable persons in our communities, living alone or more isolated during this pandemic. This neighbourly non-contact check in invites older, vulnerable and isolated people to reach out and connect.

    For more information on the ‘Keep Well’ campaign, go to https://laois.ie/keep-well/

    This Keep Well campaign is brought to you 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, administered by Laois County Council

  • In Your Nature Podcast

    In Your Nature Podcast

     

    Episode 2 of “In your Nature” podcast series is available to download from tomorrow on all leading podcast providers, including Spotify, SoundCloud and Apple Podcasts.

    Each week there will be a series of “In your Nature Challenges” on Laois Heritage Forum social media relating to the theme of that week’s podcast. Use hashtag #InYourNature to participate. A prize will be awarded each week.

    Launched by BirdWatch Ireland in partnership with Laois and Offaly County Councils.

    Hosted by Laois native Ricky Whelan, Project Officer with BirdWatch Ireland, and the well-known media voice of Niall Hatch, Development Officer with BirdWatch Ireland.

    This Keep Well campaign is brought to you 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, administered by Laois County Council.

  • Gardening for Biodiversity

    Gardening for Biodiversity

    “Gardening for Biodiversity”by Juanita Browne which was launched in 2020 has been reprinted and copies are now available for free with a partner publication with wildlife information for children and colouring pages featuring the beautiful illustrations from the original book by Barry Reynolds. Available for free from Laois County Council and also available to download at www.laois.ie/heritage.

    The reprint was funded by the Keep Well Campaign, with thanks to Healthy Ireland, an initiative of the Government of Ireland with funding from the Healthy Ireland Fund and Sláintecare delivered by Pobal, administered by Laois County Council.

    This Keep Well campaign is brought to you 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, administered by Laois County Council.