Home Gym –create your own gym using everyday items, set weekly routines, challenges and targets while focusing on fun activities.
Explore your Garden – ideas for young and old including flower arranging, container gardens and meeting the little creatures who live there.
Sports Ambassadors –ideas to keep active, fit and healthy for all ages and abilities from local sports clubs and individuals.
Buddy Calls – building a network to encourage older people to stay in touch with each other through regular phone contact.
Stay Connected - access the Library’s free online resources including eBooks, eAudiobooks, eMagazines, eNewspapers and online learning and language courses.
Community Contact – Civil Defence deliver books from our libraries and visit vulnerable people to check they are OK.
Spring into Storytime – celebrate the importance of families reading together and sharing stories as Library staff narrate your favourite books online.
Building Resilience – advice from a local psychologist on building resilience, minding your mental health and coping with isolation.
Love your Home Photography Competition for Cocooners - encouraging people to be creative while staying within 2km of where they live.
Household Hero – children create their own mythical pandemic character together with an online scrapbook recording their experiences during COVID-19.
Twitter: @longfordcoco
Mayo County Council is calling social housing tenants to check and talk with people, particularly those living alone.
Mayo Sports Partnership is holding a #BeActive Campaign challenging members of the public to engage in physical activity at home. www.mayosports.ie
Twitter: @Mayococo
Mayo County Council’s Community Engagement team have worked on a series of radio slots with MidWest Radio.
Mayo Day on Sat, 2nd May is about staying connected with Mayo people worldwide and will take place solely online this year, with live streams and content on Mayo.ie and Mayo.ie’s social media channels.
Mayo Day Live – Global Voices on Mayo Day, May 2nd is a two hour live show featuring interviews and performances from Mayo people in communities in Mayo and worldwide
Working with the Irish Wheelchair Association, Mayo Library is on the road delivering books and DVDs.
Clare County Library is launching a housebound book service to provide book stock and other materials to persons cocooning or self-isolating.
Clare County Council , together with Clare Sports Partnership , has a series of videos online for all ages to get active.
glór , Clare County Council (theatre and art gallery) has launched “glór sa Bhaile”. This consists of online weekly performances and arts projects.
Clare Local Enterprise Office is engaging with local businesses providing online cookery demonstrations, gardening tutorials and online fitness classes.
Clare Covid-19 Community Response Forum, together with Clare Civil Defence and Clare Local Enterprise Office, is distributing dietitian-recommended food that has been donated by a local start-up food business to vulnerable persons.
Clare County Library , in collaboration with the LCETB’s Local Creative Youth Partnership , has compiled an activity booklet for parents to download for children.
Clare County Council is working with nature conservation partners to promote a Dawn Chorus event for May.
Clare County Council is developing a number of virtual tours of our tourism sites and County Museum.
Clare County Library is offering an enhanced range of services through its social media channels including story-time sessions, craft sessions, recipes and poems.
Clare County Council Local Studies are promoting all resources which are available on our Library website. This includes over 30 photographic archives.
Clare County Library is promoting online services and has waived its registration process for members to join during this health crisis and avail of our e-resources.
Cavan County Library Service is providing a book delivery service to vulnerable members of our community who are currently cocooning.
Cavan Sports Partnership is engaging with people with disabilities to support the individual and their carers to maintain activity at home. Cavan County Council Arts Office is developing online workshops to support adults and children to explore creativity in isolation.
Cavan County Library Service is supporting access to our online services including e-books, online newspapers and training courses.
Cavan County Museum is creating a collection of stories and images documenting the experiences of Cavan people through Covid-19.
Cavan Sports Partnership and Cavan Co Co’s Healthy Ireland Coordinator are promoting online exercise opportunities along with health promotion information.
Cavan County Council Heritage Office is highlighting the many built treasures of Cavan on the Heritage Office social media.
Cavan County Council Heritage Office invites people to consider their surrounding heritage and upload photographs/drawings to Heritage Office Facebook.
Cavan County Council Arts Office is supporting the creation of a piece of artwork relevant to the current crisis.
Cavan County Council Arts Office in association with the Rural Hub are providing online continuing professional development for artists.
Cavan Sports Partnership is encouraging outdoor play by providing skipping ropes, outdoor chalk and bubbles for families in need.
Cavan County Council, working with regional partners and HSE, plan to deliver an older adult movement programme through local radio/leaflet drop.
The Healthy Galway City website is an information hub, signposting to reliable sources of health and wellbeing information, local programmes and events for Galway City.
Galway City Council has a dedicate page on its website to highlight and share resources to support the mind and body during the COVID-19 restrictions.
To promote daily physical activity at home among older adults who are currently cocooning, an Exercise Leaflet developed by HSE Physio Services is being distributed in Galway City.
Galway City Comhairle na nÓg are asking young people 12-17 years living in Galway City to take part in an art analysis competition to raise awareness about mental health.
‘Buggy Buddies' has moved online to Facebook to help participants to stay connected and to stay active. . A qualified instructor delivers a live exercise session each Tuesday at 10:30am, with weekly live postnatal friendly exercise via Zoom.
Age & Opportunity have provided Galway Sports Partnership with a number of exercise DVDs for older adults - ideal for those who may not have access to social media. http://galwayactive.ie/
Galway City libraries members can read a #lockdown #readingdiary where staff share what they are currently reading or have recently read as suggestions for reading material
All library members can enjoy free ebooks and audiobooks through the Borrowbox app.
Cúirt International Festival of Literature is pleased to announce that their festival is presented as a digital festival this month. It is broadcast online, entirely free
Promotion of the online Stress Control programme among Healthy Galway City stakeholders and across social media channels.
Healthy Galway in partnership with Galway Sports Partnership are providing leaflets with 8 exercises for Older Adults who are cocooning. These will be distributed via Meals on Wheels, Family Resource Centres and organisations registered with the Covid 19 Community response in Galway or through the helpline / healthandwellbeing@galwaycoco.ie
Galway Sports Partnership will be adapting their Active Homework Challenge to provide home exercise challenges for families to participate in with prizes to incentivise participation. Please contact galwayactive@galwaycoco.ie
Booklet with home exercises suitable for older adults in addition to providing a DVD in consultation with Age and Opportunity. Please contact galwayactive@galwaycoco.ie
Galway Beo - connecting people and heritage in County Galway: A New Digital Heritage Initiative Through Galway Beo, Galway County Council wants to celebrate the rich heritage of County Galway and help connect people with their heritage and each other during this challenging time. People are invited to email galwaybeo@gmail.com a photograph, drawing, poem or story to highlight the inspiring heritage of County Galway. See Galway Community Heritage website and Galway Beo Facebook page and Galway Beo Youtube channel
Galway Community Heritage – Online Heritage Portal See the great work that the heritage communities of county Galway have digitised in partnership with Galway County Council, the National Museum of Ireland and the Heritage Council.
Gardening for Biodiversity A new booklet to help everyone to help wildlife in their gardens, no matter how big or small, has been launched. Visit Galway Community Heritage website or mmannion@galwaycoco.ie to get a copy of this publication.
A new booklet to inform everyone how to help wildlife in their gardens, no matter how big or small, has been launched. Visit Galway Community Heritage website or mmannion@galwaycoco.ie to get a copy of this publication. Virtual Tidy Towns Group established with a dedicated Facebook page. . As time goes on, we hope to get all communities involved in submitting images to their local Tidy Towns Facebook pages and hold a unique and once-off Virtual Tidy Towns Competition for the County
TIME to create The engagement of persons in the home with artistic activities in their many forms. Lead: Arts Officers Partners; Creative Ireland Teams, Arts Organisations Museum outreach services/ cultural venue operators in case of Galway City Town Hall Theatre/Galway Film Centre/Unesco City of Film. Please contact sogrady@galwaycoco.ie
Galway County Council Arts Office/Creative Ireland Culture Team in partnership with Galway City Council and Roscommon County Council Creative Ireland Team have commissioned Branar Theatre Company to create a virtual Pop up Poetry for Lil Peeps for Cruinniú na nÓg this year. Please contact sogrady@galwaycoco.ie
Our Healthy Ireland at Your Library talks will be moving online shortly including talks on mental health issues, building resilience and coping mechanisms. Also talks by Diabetes Ireland and Psychotherapist Stella O’Malley are scheduled for the month of May. Younger people are well catered for with city libraries providing online story times in English, Irish and German.
Online reading material in e-books and e-audiobooks is availabe to all registered members through the Borrowbox app. Daily newspapers to keep all informed and connected with the latest news and commentary are available online through the Pressreader app. On staying fit and healthy plenty available on the Universal app in health and medicine, crafts and hobbies. All above are available here.
Join the library from the comfort & safety of your home to access eBooks, eAudiobooks, digital magazines, newspapers, online courses & a language learning app.
Carlow Culture Team is collaborating on a number of Wellbeing projects ranging from a family Arts and Self Care drawing project to composing traditional song ,to online classes in creative writing, to e-books and magazines to growing your own vegetables
Carlow Sports Partnership provides a range of programmes to increase local participation in sport and physical activity, adapted to meet COVID-19 guidelines, including Online exercise classes and online video library
Take a Trip into history and find out more about the days gone by of County Carlow with the team from County Carlow Museum.
Find out more about the scallion growing project in partnership with Take A Part Carlow.
Carlow Library will be postings of videos of story time.
Carlow Regional Youth Services providing Follaine Counselling Service supported by Healthy Ireland to provide listening services for concerned young people
Reach into the past and engage with Carlow County Council Library Service to find out more about the County Digital Archive project.
Spring into Storytime with County Carlow Libraries by taking part in online Storytime sessions with Library Staff hosted on the Library YouTube channel.
Be part of theCounty Carlow COVID-19 Time Capsule with County Carlow Libraries
Carlow Sports Partnership is hosted a Fitness programmes which is has tutor-led programmes e.g. Walk to Jog Programme & Learn to Cycle
Carlow Sports Partnership Nature on Your Doorstep materials challenge sheets for all the family to enjoy time outdoors.
Stay at Home Library : home deliveries, eBooks, eAudiobooks, online newspapers, magazines, and language courses
Lockdown Soundz: Music generation by young people, online, using sounds from home
Keep Cork Active: Sports Partnership online activity and exercise hub
Age Friendly Newsletters: a regular source of useful tips and hints with all the numbers you need
Arts for All: connecting through creativity, daily online arts activities and performances
Online Coaching Skills: FAI Daily online soccer skills and challenges
Cork County Council is offering a host of activities to enable you connect, stay active and look after your wellbeing. Our wellbeing activities offer something for everyone, learn a new skill, share your 2km landscape or experience a virtual tour. Here is just some of what’s on offer.
Cork County Council Library Facebook
1. A Collection of Stories from Covid 19
Theme: Mental Health, Stay Connected
A collection of stories from Covid-19 for future generations, including responses to its impact on all aspects of daily life, from culture to commerce and everything in between.
2. Teen Talks
Theme: Mental Health, Stay Connected
A series of online interviews providing a platform for second level students and now adults, to discuss issues affecting their health and wellbeing, while receiving advice and talks from a range of experts.
3. Within 2KM of Home Photo Challenge
Theme: Stay Connected, Stay Fit & Active
An online photo competition will invite members of the public to show pride in their local community by capturing images of neighbours, landscapes and wildlife within 2km of their home.
4. Housebound Library Home Delivery Service for Books & Musical Instruments
Theme: Mental Health
An innovative home delivery service for who are housebound or currently cocooning, delivering books and musical instruments directly to the door of library members.
5. Michael Collins House Virtual Tour
Theme: Mental Health
Marking the commemoration of the War of Independence, Michael Collins House, Clonakilty now offers a Virtual Tour of the museum allowing people to learn all about Michael Collins and the history of Irish independence from the comfort of home.
Delivery of library books to members, aged 70+, with small gift and seeds
Distribution of reusable “Bee Bags” to targeted group, which include bulbs, badges, brochures re pollinators & wildlife
Booklet on “Gardening for Biodiversity” available on request, also on Council Website and other social media
Distribution of care boxes to targeted group.
Leaflet – Keeping Active at Home – produced by KRSP, for circulation and websitehere /social media.
Storytelling Time
Meath Librarians bring the whole family on a magical journey by sharing some favourite stories from their homes.
Theatre Days
Award winning playwright and Meath Arts Office Associate Artist Deirdre Kinahan shares some excerpts from her plays for all to enjoy.
Stay Fit and Active
Join Meath Local Sports Partnership as they bring you a packed schedule to help keep you fit and active!
Ceol Comfort
Sit back and enjoy music performances and videos in the Ceol Comfort series featuring local
Meath Artists.
STEM Learning
Fun science experiments! Learn about surface tension in liquids, have some explosive fun and much more with science.
Toradh Online
The opportunity to see some of the wonderful works exhibited in the Toradh Gallery
Ashbourne and Toradh2 Kells
All activities can be found on Meath County Council social media channels, Facebook, Twitter , Instagram & YouTube
Laois COVID-19 Community Response Helpline
A helpdesk that responds to the needs of vulnerable members of our community, providing information and linking them with necessary supports.
Gardening for Biodiversity Booklet has been created to help people to
Look after wildlife in your local area. Free to download here.
Time to Play\Create & Grow Boxes
A joint initiative with Sports Office and Laois Partnership delivering arts and craft materials sunflower and vegetable seeds, pots and compost to children in need.
Library book deliveries to Cocooning persons in partnership with Volunteer Laois
The Library Section will be facilitating book delivery to those persons who are cocooning due to COVID-19.
Heritage in your 2km
Discover the built, natural and cultural heritage in your local area, on your 2km walks. See website http://heritagemaps.ie/
Music Generation Laois are also providing an online platform and opportunity for young people in Laois to showcase their musical talents - using a genre of musical forms that expand beyond the current MGL Laois participants & audiences.
Dunamaise Arts Centre is platforming online content from visual artist, Caroline Keane and circus performer, Maria Corcoran for children and young people across the county.
Music Generation Laois have created an online tutorial platform to continue their engagement work as part of the Music Rich Schools programme - Students from 3 DEIS Schools in the County – Scoil Bhride Knockmay Portlaoise, St Joseph’s GNS Mountmellick and Scoil Phadraig Naofa BNS Mountmellick continue to have access to quality tuition and a concert programme.
Laois Heritage Films
Explore the past heritage of Laois with a series of films on historics towns, workhouses and monastic sites. All details can be found here.
Creative Ireland Laois programme
As part of our Cruinniu na Nog 2020 programme:
Laois Culture Team is working with 25 children & young people across the county in the areas of dance, music, theatre, libraries and heritage/biodiversity to explore and interpret their ideas on ‘A Sense of Place’. Remote documentation of their creativity will take place and a film will be produced by Michael Fortune.
Creative Ireland Climate Change
Creative Ireland Laois is working with Abbeyleix Tidy Towns on an innovative project to creatively engage with climate change, with a team comprising an artist and scientist
A range of online programmes including videos for physical activities such as stepping, zumba , home exercise circuits now available on social media.
Production and Design of ‘S'porting Your Wellbeing’ booklet with Mental Health Ireland which will cover tips and links for physical activity and wellbeing
Laois County Library Services
Promoting and supporting access to online material -Ebooks, online newspapers, online magazines and language learning
Colour your Garden Wildlife
A free downloadable children's colouring book of wildlife in your garden, based on the Gardening for Biodiversity booklet. Available here.
Heritage Trails App
Explore the heritage sites of Laois from the comfort of your own home, audioguides in English and Irish for the heritage sites across the count. Details here.
Library Online Events Promoting online wellbeing, culture and positive mental health
Library Services have moved events and activities to an online programme- and are producing and broadcasting live videos featuring storytime and crafts for younger users, literature, mindfulness and local history talks on Facebook
Go Wild in the Garden!
Wildlife work sheets for parents and teachers, to bring the wildlife in your garden to life! Easy activity based worksheets for all ages. Download for free here.
New Laois Heritage Plan
Music Generation Laois are also providing an online platform and opportunity for young people in Laois to showcase their musical talents - using a genre of musical forms that expand beyond the current MGL Laois participants & audiences.
Dunamaise Arts Centre is platforming online content from visual artist, Caroline Keane and circus performer, Maria Corcoran for children and young people across the county.
Music Generation Laois have created an online tutorial platform to continue their engagement work as part of the Music Rich Schools programme - Students from 3 DEIS Schools in the County – Scoil Bhride Knockmay Portlaoise, St Joseph’s GNS Mountmellick and Scoil Phadraig Naofa BNS Mountmellick continue to have access to quality tuition and a concert programme.
Studios, Workshops & Kitchen Tables Virtual studio visits to visual artists and facilitators studios that the centre is engaging with during 2020. The projected date for the first session is 12pm Tuesday 28th April from the studio of Mark Garry and fortnightly thereafter. Platform: Zoom, pre-register via artscentre@roscommoncoco.ie
LIVE: Literature in Venues Experience: In association with Words Ireland and 5 other Irish venues, throughout May Roscommon Arts Centre will co-host a series of talks and readings from a number of writers via YouTube
Roscommon Heritage Explorer
Become a heritage explorer from the comfort of your own home. Why not use the new Monument Research Tool Kit and see what you can find out about a mysterious monument. The toolkit lists lots of online resources you can use to find out more about your monument.
“Lockdown Sing-along” a collaboration with The Hawk’s Well Theatre in Sligo and artist Cathy Jordan for a daily live-streamed choral session Platform: Facebook
Online Tour of “Duality” Exhibition: Artist Margo McNulty’s “Duality” exhibition is now available to view online here and includes a short description of the show by the artist.
Passion for Poetry: Roscommon Arts Centre is collaborating on a video to celebrate National Poetry Day on April 30th for sharing with our audiences. Check out Roscommon Arts Centre on Facebook for further information. As well as A Children’s Poetry Competition responding to the theme “Time” for Poetry day Ireland is being adjudicated by Roscommon poet Jane Clarke.
“Theatre Shop” links to theatre performances, musicals, concerts and ballet performances at least once a week that audiences can view these included performances by the Abbey Theatre, Druid Theatre Company and The National Theatre (England), Branar Theatre Company and Catherine Wheels Theatre Company. Platform: Facebook
“Finding Home”: Fregoli Theatre Company is Roscommon Arts Centre’s company is residence. Their residency is titled “Finding Home” and as part of this they produced a short video of them creating their virtual home. Platform: Facebook
Ceol Connected: The Far Field: In association with Ceol Connected & partner venues, throughout May Roscommon Arts Centre will co-host online music workshops for children aged 3+ (two per week). Each workshop will have a “join in” option and explore themes of the show “The Far Field” which was due to play at Roscommon Arts Centre in May. Themes to be explored include:- folklore, nature, fairy tales, etc. Platform Ceol Connected's Tradoodle TV channel on YouTube & Facebook
“Home Schooler Alert” daily online alerts providing arts related links to parents home-schooling for arts and crafts, dance, theatre, visual art and museum activities to either access online or to print and try at home. Platform: Facebook
Spring into Storytime Online
This online service has been developed by library staff and posted on a daily basis. The online service will continue during April and May Roscommon Library Services Online Platform facebook.com/Roscommon Libraries/videos
Dublin City Council Community Liaison Officers are calling to older people across the city, staying in touch with some of our most vulnerable citizens
Why not keep healthy and active with our home workouts, including dance fit classes and chair aerobics
Learn about ‘History On Your Doorstep’ from your own home. Our libraries have got live facebook talks, podcasts, and a huge digital photo archive
Encourage your family to ‘Discover Art’. Visit The Hugh Lane Gallery online for lots of great ideas.
Active at Home Live Workouts. South Dublin County Sports deliver a variety of weekly live online physical activity classes and challenges on Facebook.
Community Call ‘Callouts’. Databases of vulnerable clients contacted as part of the South Dublin Community Response. To date 1100 calls have been made.
MindMindR2019 Mental Health App. South Dublin County Council produced app that lists contact details and information on all mental health services in the County.
Let’s Get Creative Facebook Group – A South Dublin Libraries’ Facebook group for children and parents providing a safe, fun and educational outdoor adventure for children.
5 Minute Crafts Challenge on Wednesdays and Saturdays. A quick and fun crafts for the family that can be done at home.
A Game of Codes. A three-day coding challenge for 2nd to 4th class children facilitated through Zoom.
Fingal Digifit – A home workout video series encouraging citizens of all ages and abilities to get fit during the Covid-19 crisis.
Wellbeing Activity Booklet – Developed by the Covid-19 Fingal Community Response Project for older and housebound people currently cocooning.
Tips for Young People - Fingal Comhairle na nÓg have provided tips on how young people can spend their spare time.
Community Hubs – Elderly vulnerable citizens receive a daily visit from community volunteers observing social distancing.
Online Arts Service - Fingal Arts Office is providing online clinics for Artists and are live streaming arts projects.
Kids Skills Challenge – A daily online sports challenge to encourage children to keep active.
Stay Connected – A You Tube channel from Fingal Libraries with storytimes, online classes, craft ideas and lots more being added weekly.
Books for Traveller Children – A book gifting initiative which is distributing gift bags to traveller children across the county.
Irish Language Challenge – A 21 day online Irish language challenge to increase your cúpla focal.
Information on all these wellbeing activities and a lot more is available from Fingal website and Fingal County Council’s social media channels.
“Couch to 2k” 4 week guided programme is a mix of walking & jogging to gradually build up your fitness and stamina. Register on Eventbrite and received support, tips and advice to achieve your goal
A range of straightforward online exercise classes via You Tube for cocooners and anybody else.
Libraries:
A new dlr Book Drop services via the existing dlr Community Call Helpline – bringing physical books and a care package to cocooners all over the county.
We have a wealth of online resources available and free to join, digital books and audio books for download and wide range of other services dlr Libraries has moved, where possible its Healthy Ireland at your Library Programme online, engaging with event facilitators to create online resources, including online yoga for children and parenting support Vimeos
Biodiversity:
dlr Biodiversity have set up a webpage for ideas on biodiversity activities that families can do during self isolation, this includes some bird watching activities such as Bird Bingo, learning to spot a bird using a bird guide, learning bird songs and online videos for biodiversity such as How to make a Mammal tunnel.
Graphic Studio Dublin's 60 anniversary exhibition has been moved to an online exhibition featured dlr artists due to exhibit in the Municipal Gallery, dlr LexIcon. Online workshops are being created to explore simple printmaking techniques at home to keep everyone creative and learning new artistic skills
Dog Walking:
Cocooning at home & can't walk your canine companion? dlr Co CO's own staff charity, HUG (Hope u Give), have established a dlr Staff Volunteer Dog Walker group. Your dog walked by people who know dogs.
dlr Heritage:
Virtual tours of heritage sites all around the county in development and will be viewable via our website and social media.
Museum “Recording Our Experiences” Collecting stories and pictures reflecting the experience of the people of Monaghan during this difficult time.
Library Online Resources – Promoting through our twitter and Facebook accounts, encouraging use of wide range of eBooks and eAudiobooks.
Heritage Happenings - A daily series of heritage snippets to stimulate curiosity for our local places and natural and cultural heritage.
A virtual version of Limerick’s largest festival Riverfest will take place over the May Bank Holiday weekend https://www.limerick.ie/riverfest
Limerick Library Service is providing book stock and other materials to patients in hospitals and care facilities in Limerick.
Children's story time and craft sessions are available to view at Limerick Libraries' Facebook pages.
Limerick local studies material, including, books, journals, genealogy resources, etc. are all freely accessible on limerick.ie website.
Limerick “Reach Out, Stay Connected” is available for people who would like to have a volunteer phone to have a chat to check up on them.
Limerick Sports Partnership is delivering programmes through online video sessions or training plans
What’s The Buzz a new e-learning tool to help you identify Irish Bumblebees. Developed with local bee expert and the National Biodiversity Database Centre, part of European Green Leaf City 2020.
The 3 Muses is an online activity pack focusing on collections from the Limerick City Gallery of Art, Hunt Museum and Limerick Museum.
Limerick Libraries have launched a YouTube channel which features talks, library concerts and documentaries.
Library E-resources including e-books, e-magazines, e-newspapers and a wide range of education courses are available on line.
Limerick Community Care Connect is an initiative to assist people who are staying at home to keep both physically and mentally fit.
Limerick City Gallery of Art have an activity pack aimed at Primary School children led by Shinnors Scholar, Brendan Egan through social media platforms.
limerick.ie has curated a daily ‘virtual events’ guide which is showcased across our social media platforms and includes virtual tours of some key attractions
Physical Activity / Movement
Support programme in Donegal for people cocooning at home who may not have access to online supports.
Social Prescribing;
Online Mental Health Course available in Milford / Fanad Areas to help cope with Anxiety & Stress during the COVID 19 crisis
Donegal County Library
Your local library is about books and much more. Come visit us online and discover the e-newspapers, e-audiobooks and e-learning.
Genealogy booklet launch
Discover your past this summer with the new Donegal Culture Division genealogy booklet launching online this May.
Regional Cultural Centre, Letterkenny
Daily creative challenges using whatever you have to hand with #HomeIsWhereTheArtIs. Join the facebook group taking families by storm.
Donegal County Archives
How well do you know the older generation? Find out more about their childhood with a phone call and Donegal Archives.
Community Call Centre Staff are making 100+ well-being calls per day to vulnerable persons in the community
Wexford Library staff are delivering books to persons who are currently cocooning
Sports Active Wexford has developed a series of on-line exercise tutorials for varying age groups
Active Sligo from Home Guide’
‘Home Exercise for Aging Well’ - Supporting aging well in the home through a partnership with Ocean FM whereby exercises will be broadcast on local radio
Sligo Standing Strong campaign
Sligo PPN organising a #sligostandingstrong campaign to catalogue of all the positive community action happening in Sligo under Covid-19.
Mental Health
Cranmore Mentor Programme-regular posts on looking after yourself, mindfulness and keeping positive and 5 Day Quarantine Exercise Challenge.
Comhairle na nOg initiative that encourages youth to prepare posters/ stories about the “good” in their Communities during COVID19.
Over 130 older isolated people in Westmeath receive befriending phone calls on a weekly basis, some on a daily basis.
“Keep up to date with all our Healthy Ireland events online”. Watch our series of Healthy Ireland talks delivered online.
“Book Clinic” . Stuck in a reading rut? The Book Doctor is here to help with a prescription of new reads.
Enhancing digital resources: developing a digital resource section on websites (such as Luan Gallery) to share. In this way parents, children and young people will be able to access an enhanced cultural activities.
LGBTI youth group are being supported remotely and through newly established online chat room.
Westmeath Sports Partnership is preparing a programme to deliver online exercise routines for Older People
“Online Book Club “. Connect with readers and book lovers through our online book club.
“Children’s Art Competition”. Support our Healthcare workers through Art and your work could be displayed on Community Noticeboards around the county.
“Strange Days Indeed”. Re-connect and engage with the wider community by sharing your views on current times.
Spring into Storytime – Storytime online with your library.
Online chat room for young people has been launched for Comhairle na nOg participants and all youth in the county through MRYS.
Online services – e-Books, e-audiobooks, online newspapers, online magazines, online courses and online language learning.
We continue to connect with our social media community through regular posts and information keeping an arts and culture online presence 'alive' and ‘connected’.
Creating online Music Experiences Athlone Youth Orchestra conductor moving instrumental tuition on and Youth Work Ireland are facilitating members messaging and connecting with their regular musicians through 'hangouts'.
Singfest: Our Singfest participants are preparing for their first online zoom session with one of their conductors
Remote training of unemployed people to become healthcare workers to QQI level 5 major healthcare award to support the Covid response.
Westmeath Sports Partnership are sharing content through social media of home exercise workouts and mental health activities for all.
Westmeath community development and Westmeath Sports Partnership distributed Home exercise leaflets from Age and opportunity to approx. 130 older people.
Tipperary Libraries
Online Services – BorrowBox, magazines on RBdigital, newspapers on PressReader. Learn a language on Transparent Language, or IT skills course on Universal Class.
Be An Historian – accounts to experience ‘Life in Lockdown’. Writing a letter, Keeping a diary, drawing pictures, taking photos
Online Craft Sessions – for kids, big and small! Join Valerie on our Facebook page for regular craft sessions.
Local history Podcasts - Tipperary Studies have been busy creating podcasts of a number of historians
Tipperary Museum and Worplace partnership
Competitions’, mindfulness, nutrition & fitness for TCC staff and families.
'ReCOVer Together' people living in Tipperary at home/broad to share their COVID-19 experiences with the museum.
‘Rediscovery of Mick Delahunty's Lost Recordings’ played in nursing homes, hospitals, through local radio bringing joy to residents and patients.
Tipperary Sport Partnership
Zoom exercise classes for older adults will take place on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 11.30am
Check out Active Sports Coaching for skill sessions on twitter @coaching_active
Arts
The Source Arts Centre is showcasing local performers and bands called “ The Lock Down Sessions”
Music Generation Tipperary has been providing lots of ideas and tips for music making at home.
Heritage
Citizen Science - our world may be smaller but we can still take time to notice nature
Spending more time in the garden - help the bees and butterflies and your garden will flourish
Heritage in Schools is a Heritage Council initiative with loads of fund projects for children of all ages
Adopt a Monument toolkit can help you research a monument in your local area
Tipperary Fire and Rescue
Weekly activities children’s activities, what am I, crosswords, identify dangerous hazards, design your fire escape, colour by maths
Full Details of all Kildare Wellbeing initiatives can be found here.
Mental Health
Kildare Sports Partnership have launched a series of Sports Stars videos on mental health & wellness aimed at addressing difficulties faced during the Pandemic.
The videos will have celebrities and athletes from Kildare (including Ryan Hennessy of Picture This, Ray D'Arcy of RTÉ, former Kildare footballer, Johnny Doyle, Alison Miller, former Irish rugby international & Mícheal Ó Muircheartaigh) speaking about the difficulties that we are all facing during this pandemic and how physical activity can alleviate some of the stress.
Arts service have a live stream concert and a sing-along initiative aimed at residents of Nursing Home & anyone experiencing loneliness or isolation, led by Sadhbh O'Sullivan,
The National Biodiversity Data Centre are inviting submissions of sightings of any 20 species that commonly occur in gardens.
Flower-Insect Timed Counts (FIT Counts)
Watch a 50x50cm patch of flowers for 10 minutes and record how many insects visit.
Learn about Heritage with the River Liffey Stories an Online collection of stories connected to the River Liffey.
Learn about Kildare Heritage with Audio Guides, including, The Story of the Curragh, Celbridge Heritage trail and more.
Learn about what you can do for pollinators or different bee species and what you can do to help them survive.
Stay fit and active
Kildare Sports Partnership are giving Free work out classes and inclusive exercise classes aimed at Adults, children, teenagers, older persons and those with limited mobility.
Kildare Sports Partnership have produced a Booklet and Poster showing adapted exercises for Older People, who are in Self Isolation, who have no access to online resources
In partnership with Healthy Ireland, KSP are currently developing an animated video about the importance of life long physical literacy
Online library services remain open 24/7, including eBook, eMagazine, eComic & eAudiobook lending, music streaming, online educational courses and language learning
Parks department are promoting active involvement in undertaking Citizen Science Monitoring Surveys to give base line data on our 21 pilot sites
Kildare Libraries are offering Yoga Suitable for families, and chair gym sessions for people of all ability levels.
Let’s Play Ireland is a whole of Government campaign to highlight the importance of play for children, particularly in the challenging time and to provide information and resources for families to support their children’s play.
Stay Connected
Kildare Community Call - Connecting our communities
Kildare Community Call assisted almost 600 people who have phoned, linking them with local volunteers who check in with them and connecting them with essential supports.
Kildare Libraries Online – Free fun, facts and fiction for the whole family.
Online library services
Local history
New Library Blog: Book reviews and recommendations highlighting titles available online
Library staff have also produced craft and gardening videos.
Kildare Arts: Connecting Kildare to cinema
Run of the Mill Theatre Company, Celbridge, a company including members with intellectual disabilities have shared their films online.
‘The Gardeners’(2017), ‘Downtown’ (2016)
Kildare Young Filmmakers - See their work on YouTube –
Kildare Arts: Connecting you with Community Choirs
The Rhinestone Cowboy Sessions are live recorded sessions with surprise artists joining Past Times and Voices Of Spring Community Choirs in their shared love of Glen Campbells music
Young People
Connecting children with Story Time
Kildare Library staff have been producing story time sessions daily on the library Facebook page at 2pm and 2.30pm on the library Instagram page.
For National Poetry Day, April 30th Kildare Library Service is collaborating with Riverbank
Arts Centre in an online event with Sarah Crossan, Laureate na nÓg on. The event will take place on the Laureate na nÓg Instagram page.
As part of the Toys, Technology and Training (TTT) Programme 2020, which supports children and adults with learning difficulties or disabilities facilitators have delivered their talks/ workshops via our social media platforms. Recent and upcoming talks include the topics of 'Primary School and Dyspraxia', speech and language therapy and an upcoming talk on AHD by ADHD Ireland.
Teens let off STEAM!
As part of the STEAM programme Kildare Libraries have organised online Coding workshops for teens and a series of online environmental workshops for children for Biodiversity Week.
Youth Theatres
Kildare Youth Theatre and Griese Youth Theatre are holding online workshops. Griese Youth Theatre members are embracing guided meditation via online communications.
Cruinniu na nOg
Kildare's Creative Ireland team are preparing for an online presentation of Cruinniu na nOg on Saturday June 13th, with children and young people working from their homes to present work collectively through video, photography and live recordings
Colouring Kildare heritage
Follow Rua, the Library Reading Champion, on his travels around Kildare heritage sites and colour as go
Medieval walled Town workbook
Discover the Walled Towns of Ireland in this booklet designed for primary school children. Find the towns, meet the people, do a word search, build your own Walled Town and do the quiz.
Full Details of all Kildare Wellbeing initiatives can be found here.
Check out Louth County Council or @louthcoco for information from the sport’s team on how to stay fit and healthy
There are thousands of items you can borrow from the library service throughout the restrictions.
Why not take part in the Our Louth Diary Project.
Wicklow County Council’s “Community Call” service is co-ordinating services across the county, for those in need. Call us on 1800 868 399 from 8AM-8PM, 7 days a week
Stay fit and healthy with Wicklow Sports Partnership. See our social media accounts for various exercises and fitness challenges, for all ages
Register your personal stories from Covid-19, start researching your family tree, or view our rich heritage here.
Access e-books, e-newspapers/magazines, e-languages or downloadable audio books here.
For children’s stories in English, Irish or French log onto our library Facebook page, each Monday at 10.30am
For online poetry, creative writing, crafts, quizzes’ Limerick competitions and literacy support, visit Wicklow County Council’s library online services
A new website www.ThisIsWaterford.ie will showcase which will ask Waterford people to add and share stories, photos and musical content which showcases pride of place for Waterford .
A virtual exhibition is planned for late Summer and a County wide exhibition when larger scale gatherings are no longer restricted.
Poetry Ireland Day – Liaise with local poets and writers around a virtual Poetry Ireland Day
Invite local authors and local historians to read from their work – both online and in partnership with WLR FM
Video Diaries being produced by Teenagers in preparation for Virtual Cruinniú
Virtual Tour of Waterford Gallery of Art – WGOA – will be hosted here.
Call to Chat is operated by the older Persons Committee and Community Call team and is available to people who are cocooning and is a response to calls relating to social isolation.
Leitrim County Library Community-Culture/Library/ hold online Story Telling events on social media as part of the Spring into StoryTime programme.
Leitrim Sports Partnership posts exercise and keep-fit videos on Facebook, suitable for people who are cocooning or in self-isolation.
Leitrim County Council’s Library and Heritage Office are working on an oral history project where children are engaging with their grandparents.
'2km picture challenge' is a photography competition asking people in Leitirm to enter a photo from their daily walk or their garden.
Together with Bird Watch Ireland , Leitrim County Council are encouraging people to report common birds they can identify in their garden.
Young members of Leitrim Down Syndrome Ireland , together with local artist Anna Leask are delivering a digital photographic project.
Leitrim Organic Centre artist Sarah Lundy is working with children and families to create natural living art pieces in their own gardens.
Leitrim County Council’s Library and Arts office are holding digital book discussions engaging reading groups, book clubs and community groups.
Magnetise, A Call for Home, is a collaborative digital performance project between six internationally based professional dance artists and two Leitrim community groups.
Enjoy vast online library resources including eBooks, eAudiobooks, eMagazines, eNewspapers, new eComics collections and online learning courses FREE here.
askthelibrarian@offalycoco.ie – a new service for library users to stay in touch and have all their library questions answered.
Offaly Healthy Ireland at Your Library webinars on topics including ‘how to cope with anxiety’ and ‘coping with exam stress’.
Offaly County Council, together with Offaly Sports Partnership, has developed a series of online back garden sports skills and challenges.
Offaly County Council, together with Offaly Age Alliance has produced a newsletter primarily focusing on those cocooning, which will be distributed to 4,000 households around the county.
Offaly Community Response Forum, together with Offaly GAA, have established community response teams in 41 towns and villages throughout the county.
Kerry County Council’s library service enables people to access audio books, e-books, magazines and newspapers online and as well as online learning resources.
As children cannot come into our libraries for our Saturday morning Storytime reading sessions, they have moved them online.
Our virtual Spring into Storytime videos of librarians from your local library reading children’s stories have been viewed nearly 14,000 times to date on Facebook.
Kerry County Museum has an Online Resources page on our website, which has a variety of things available to download, such as the Medieval Tralee colouring book, fact sheet and timeline and a virtual tour of an archaeological dig, based around Killaclohane Portal Tomb.
The Healthy Kerry Facebook page is also sharing wellbeing tips during COVID-19 restrictions.
Kerry Recreation & Sports Partnership Facebook page and the website , include a number of documents that provide wellbeing messages for both the older population and tips on exercise in these restricted times.
Age Friendly Initiatives
Kerry County Council has developed new contact groups for Age Friendly and daily information updates. 10,000 Leaflets have also been distributed with useful phone numbers.