Community Group Training and Mentoring Programme
Building capacity within our communities through interactive learning workshops
About
This initiative will provide communities with training, mentoring and guidance to create, implement and maintain operational climate change mitigation and adaptation plans.
Ten community groups have been engaging with the project since May 2023 participating in workshops on woodland creation, composting, sensory gardens, raingardens, understanding and enhancing biodiversity, the importance of our waterways, and exploring and understanding behaviour change.
Community Training Days
Community Training Days are designed to build capacity within our communities by offering interactive learning workshops. These sessions provide valuable opportunities for individuals to develop new skills, share knowledge, and collaborate on solutions that benefit everyone.
Celebration of Our Waters - May 2024
A Celebration of our Waters was inspired by Medb’s Dragon Warriors and aimed to highlight the beauty and significance of our waterways.
The themes of the event included (i) Blue Health for Mental Health: Exploring the benefits of waterways for mental well-being (ii) Good Water Habits: Promoting responsible practices around water usage and (iii) The Code of Conduct on Our Waterways: Guidelines for respectful and sustainable use of waterways.
Information displays and leaflets were kindly provided by Clean Coasts, Birdwatch, Water Safety Ireland, the Marine Institute, Maritime Safety, Sligo Bay Catchment Rivers Trust, LAWPRO, and ATU research projects Pro-Coast and Sustainable Shared Spaces.
The Woodland Day provided community groups with an introduction to the key considerations for creating a native woodland followed by an overview of the Cloonamahon Native Woodland Project.
It was a day of many highlights including talks, discussions, connecting with each other, and connecting with nature. We invite you to see what we were up to here.
Gardening Workshop Day - December 2023
The Power to Change Group Mentoring Initiative hosted Gardening Workshop in the Sligo Children’s Community Garden December 2023. This workshop was delivered by Aoife Munn.
The morning session explored composting from both individual and a community perspectives. The afternoon session explored the design of sensory gardens providing insight into key considerations for designing inclusive spaces.
Community Woodlands Day - October 2023
The Power to Change Group Mentoring Initiative hosted Community Woodland Day at the Cloonamahon Native Woodland, Sligo in October 2023. The event ws run in collaboration with Western Forestry Co-Op.
The Woodland Day provided community groups with an introduction to the key considerations for creating a native woodland followed by an overview of the Cloonamahon Native Woodland Project.
It was a day of many highlights including talks, discussions, connecting with each other, and connecting with nature.
This project is part of the Community Climate Action Programme Strand 2 and is funded by the Government of Ireland through the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications.