Global Kite Flight for Gaza on Sunday 20th of October: Members of Kinvara Palestine Solidarity Group will be supporting the ‘Kites in Solidarity’ Global Kite Flight on October 20th. The event is intended to show solidarity with the children of Gaza who make their own kites and fly them high over Gaza’s beaches so as to to raise their spirits and escape, for a short time, the fear and trauma they face daily. Kite flying has been a much-loved activity in Gaza for decades, in fact the world record for the number of kites in the air at one time (over 12,000) was achieved by children of the Gaza Strip at Al-Waha beach, Gaza Strip, on 28 July 2011. Fly a kite in any location on Sunday, 20th October or come join us at Traught beach at 2pm on that day. All welcome, young, old and in-between. If you don’t have your own kite we will have some to share. (See ‘Kites in Solidarity’ and Kinvara Palestine Solidarity Group on Facebook and Instagram).
Kinvara Community Council: has completed a major energy upgrade on the Community Centre. The building in the heart of the village is now fully insulated, with a heat pump system and a solar photovoltaic system providing renewable electricity. The entire centre has also been renovated and decorated. It is now a state-of-the-art venue for events, functions and groups. Our monthly meetings will return on Wednesday 18th September at 8pm and we encourage all members of the community to attend these meetings where discussion and debates on any items put forward on the agenda are always welcome. All sub groups who are affiliated to Kinvara Community Council must send a representative to every KCC meeting in order to maintain their benefits. Any items for inclusion on the agenda must be emailed in by Monday 16th September and you must be there to present your item.
Kinvara Tidy Towns and our Environmental groups Kinvara Ballinderreen Tree Gang, Kinvara Earth keepers and Kinvara & District Sustainable Energy group are delighted to share that we have been nominated by Galway County Council for the national Pride of place awards for Biodiversity and Climate action. We are being adjudicated on Friday September 26th at 9.25am in the Community centre (20 mins), all are welcome to attend. Kinvara Tidy Towns and village has recently become a Sustainable Development Goals champion for the village. We aim to start our education and promotion of SDGs in a series of social media posts during SDG week (20 – 29th September 2024) and promote our biodiversity and climate action plans at the community sustainable energy event planned on September 29th (follow social media for further detail)
The Kinvara Community Crèche: are pleased to announce that they will be holding a Social Night on Saturday 19th October 2024, 7:00pm in Oranmore Lodge Hotel, Co. Galway. The crèche is delighted and proud to acknowledge that they are 15years operational. To mark this momentous occasion we are hosting a great night’s entertainment featuring a three course meal, drinks, dancing with a live DJ and a raffle. Contact the crèche for tickets.
Kinvara Parent and Toddler drop in playgroup is open for a new term! Come and join us for tea, chats and play from 10am to 12 every Wednesdays in the community centre. All under 5s and their associated parents, guardians, grandparents, child minders etc. are welcome to stay and play. For more information contact 0894610234.
Kinvara Parent and Toddler Group holds its third annual jumble sale in the hall of Kinvara Community Centre. Saturday Oct 12 10am-2pm Come along to grab a bargain for your young family or reserve a vendor’s table for just €5 to clear out your pre-loved maternity/baby/child items. Please message 087-7662294 for booking or further details. The meeting room will also be open for playgroup from 10-1 on the day for under 5s.
KAVA Events for Sept
5th – 14th Exhibition by Brenda Kennelly.
7th – Concert in the Courthouse Moynihan
18th – Drawing Club
20th – 29th Exhibition by Pat O’Connor, Claus E. Kraemer & Alicja Natalicz
Kinvara Dolmen Centre: We would like to highlight that the Dolmen centre has a new café. Opened this summer serving delicious coffee and treats. Opened Monday to Friday 10-3pm
Launch of Energy Master Plan: Kinvara and district Sustainable Energy Community have been working on a master plan for our area. During the last 10 months we have held a public meeting to inform the community about the importance of reducing our home energy and of grants available to assist in this. We also held a Drop in energy advice clinic and a one to one discussion with our Energy Consultant Laurence O Reilly. Our funding for the above was granted by SEAI and we would like to thank Galway County Council for assisting with cash flowing the grant. The Climate Action Office in Galway Co Co also grant aided towards the project.
Our work included analysing CSO data relating to local use of public transport and home heating options and we also carried out a total of 10 BERs on local housing which confirmed the CSO data.
The next step is the most interesting as it will involve coming up with solutions that will assist in reducing our carbon emissions as a community.
We would love to see as many of you as possible at this upcoming event on Saturday 28th of September in the Community Centre from 12 to 2pm. Our mentor Orla Nic Suibhne will organise a number of electric vehicles to be brought along for this event and all your questions will be encouraged. If you would like to join our group email us at kindissec@gmail.com.
TIGH SAYRE’S, Outreach for Gort Resource Centre will be opening its doors again on Monday 2nd September after the summer break. Our hours are 10am to 1pm Monday to Friday. We are a community resource, and we offer a number of services:
- Photocopying, printing and scanning at competitive rates.
- Computer and Wi-Fi access.
- Help with accessing information and services online.
- Information about help and advice services available in your community.
- A space for workshops and meetings.
The knitting and stitching group meets every Friday morning. We very much depend upon our team of local volunteers to keep the Centre going. Please do drop in. Everyone is most welcome.