Raphoe Family Resource Centre:
Suicide or Survive “National Tea Break”
On Thursday 29th September from 11am-1pm The Family Resource Centre will be hosting a ‘Tea Break’ in the Volt House Hall as part of Suicide or Survive’s “National Tea Break” which is taking place throughout the month of September.
The aim of “National Tea Break” is to take on the challenge of breaking down the stigma linked to mental health, and to help raise vital funds for the Suicide or Survive organisation. SOS endeavours to challenge the stigma attached to mental illness and provide a range of educational and therapeutic programmes that increase understanding of suicide and play an active role in its prevention in Ireland.
SOS delivered its very successful one-day Wellness Workshop in Raphoe away back in April, receiving very positive feedback from participants. The Family Resource Centre would extend an invitation to the whole community to take time out for a cuppa and join with us on 29 th September.
Jigsaw Donegal
This year for Mental Health Week, commencing on Monday 10 th October, the Jigsaw Advisory Panel and Donegal Youth Council have teamed up to create their own campaign to help promote the ‘FIVE-A- DAY’ for Mental Health. The campaign is called #MyWee5 and its aim is to promote positive mental health by showing everyone some simple things they can do to help improve their mental wellbeing through the
FIVE-A- DAY. They include CONNECT, BE ACTIVE, TAKE NOTICE, GET INVOLVED and GIVE.
The Family Resource Centre is participating in the campaign by uploading photos with the #MyWee5 poster on our Facebook page. For more
information on the campaign please contact Karen Duggan, Youth and Community Engagement Worker, Jigsaw Donegal on 074-9726920.
Afterschool Programme
We would like to welcome back all our young people to the various out of school programmes following the long summer break. Registration is still open if you couldn’t make it to the registration day on Tuesday 6 th September. The afterschool programme includes:
Tuesday: 3-4.30pm: Homework for 3 rd & 4 th Classes; 5.15-6.15pm: Young Boys Group; Wednesday: 2-3pm: Activity Club for Junior & Senior Infants; 3-4pm: Homework Club for 1 st & 2 nd Classes; 4-5pm: Homework Support for 1 st Year Secondary School; 5.15-6.15pm: Young Girls Group; 7-9pm: Youth Café Secondary School; Thursday: 2-3pm: Activity Club for Junior & Senior Infants; 3-4pm: Activity Club for 1 st & 2 nd Classes. It is hoped in the next few weeks to introduce further programmes so please look out for more information on those.
The Learning Support Groups with Lisa and Louise have also started back on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays and for more information on these please contact Melanie on 074-9145796/087- 3641503.
Women’s Group
The Women’s Group meets on a fortnightly basis and it take place on Mondays from 8pm here in the Family Resource Centre. The Women’s Group will start back on Monday 3rd October 2016. The group has been together for many years.
We chat; we help each other out, make crafts, have cooking demonstrations, plan activities for International Women’s Day and have many social outings throughout the year.
If you would like to be a part of this group, please don’t hesitate to come along. We are really interested in your ideas. If you would like any more information please contact Melanie on 074 9145796 / 0873641503.
50-50 Bonus Ball
The winner of this week’s Bonus Ball was Betty McClintock. Winning number was 20. To enter the next Bonus Ball Draw please call into the Family Resource Centre in The Volt House before Saturday of each week. Good luck!
Raphoe Boxing Club
Avery special thanks goes to Martin Laird and all his crew at Raphoe Tidy Towns for the unending excellent work that they carry out at the Raphoe Club House. It is greatly appreciated.
The first action of the new season for Raphoe boxers will be on Sunday 9 th October, when five club boxers will be entered for the Donegal Novice Championships to be staged in the Letterkenny Clubhouse.
Club boxers Dennis Lafferty and Orin McDermott, along with coach Gerard Keavney and Secretary Peter O’Donnell will travel to Philadelphia on 2 nd to 8 th November for a major tournament in Essington P.A. and everyone at the Raphoe Club extend best wishes to all four club members.
The Raphoe Club will host their first major boxing tournament of the new season on Saturday 19 th November in the Deele College Sports Pavilion. Once again Head Coach, Gary McCullagh has guaranteed the punters a good nights boxing with 14 star-studded contests down for decision on the night. More details in the local press in the coming weeks.
Raphoe Friday Club
The Friday Club meets every Friday morning in the Volt House Hall from 10.30am-12.30. We would like more in our community to come along and be a part of the Group. There will be events organised over the summer so come along and join in the craic! Refreshments are also provided. Transport is available on Friday mornings and if you require this please phone 0749145462 and arrange.
Job Vacancies with Raphoe Tidy Towns:
Raphoe Tidy Towns will have vacancies for 5 General operatives on their new Employment Project due to start on 26th September. For an application form and further details please contact the Supervisor on 074 9145692 or 0879473527.
Please note Dept. of Social Protection criteria for Community Employment applies for all the above posts. Thank You. Congratulations and well done to all local students who received examination results this week here in Raphoe. If you are going on to further studies or in to the world of work we wish you all every success and good luck for the future.
Carers Programme
Are you caring for someone? The HSE is offering a free information programme in Letterkenny for individuals who are looking after someone at home commencing September 2016. Book you place now.
Sessions included in the Programme are: continence, pressure care / positioning, patient moving and handling, Diabetes, Understanding Dementia, Cardiac First Aid Response training, Stress Management, Safeguarding vulnerable adults, Nutrition, practical issues in bereavement.
For further details or to make an enquiry contact Diane Donnelly, Carer’s Development Officer/Programme Coordinator on: 0872770103 or email diane.donnelly@hse.ie
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