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April 2017


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Easter Sunday Cake Sale Raises More Than €900 For Cobh Playground Fundraising


by ALAN SHEEHAN The Cake Sale and Cof-


fee Morning in aid of Cobh Playground Fundraising was very well supported by the locale last Sunday, 16 April. The Cake Sale and Cof-


fee Morning was hosted by Cobh Parish Centre from 10am to 1pm to offer an assortment of locally baked goods following East- er Sunday mass, raising €911 for Cobh Playground Fundraising. Cobh Playground Fund-


raising will continue to hold fundraisers throughout the summer with the next big one, held through Cobh Summer Swing Events, set to take place on the Prom- enade, Cobh on bank hol- iday Monday, 1 May. The Fun Bus will donate its pro- ceeds from the day to Cobh Playground Fundraising which will also have repre- sentatives present.


Saturday, 10 June will see Cobh Playground Fund- raising hold its Family Fun Day at the Paddocks, Cobh which will feature mu- sic, races, bouncy castles, food and refreshments and more.


Cobh Playground Fund- raising was established in July 2015 to resolve the in- adequate playground situa- tion that exists in the town. The group’s aim is to sup- plant the under-equipped playgrounds at


the Five


Foot Way and the Prome- nade with an all-inclusive playground suitable for the 2,670+ children between the ages of 0-12 years and 3,615 children below the age of 18, including chil- dren with special needs or those who are


different-


ly-abled. The group have current- ly applied to Cork County Council for planning per- mission and hope it will be granted by the summer.


New Measures Will Protect Future Of Community Employment Scheme – Minister David Stanton


ernment


A range of new Gov- measures


to


widen the range of eli- gible participants should protect


the future of


Community Employ- ment (CE) Schemes. These changes are being made in recognition of the social benefits of the CE scheme according to Cork East Fine Gael TD and Minister of State at the Department of Jus- tice & Equality, David Stanton TD. “The number of CE


Scheme participants has fallen in recent years as numbers on the


Live


Register continue to fall with the national unem- ployment rate now down to 6.4% from 8.3% a year ago.


It is therefore very


important that we reform CE schemes so that we ensure a greater num- ber of long-term unem-


ployed people can take up places, gain valuable skills and experience, and support vital community services. “There will be a strong


focus on social inclusion in the future alongside the traditional pur- pose of helping people into the workforce. CE Schemes provide work experience and training for people who are long- term unemployed, but also bring great benefit communities across the county by supporting community services in childcare, health and so- cial care, outdoor works and local facilities. “Changes to the CE being in-


Scheme are


troduced further to an analysis conducted by the Department of the entire Community Employ- ment Programme which


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include CE, TUS, Gate- way and the Rural So- cial Scheme all of which are


sponsoring groups, local development companies and local authorities. “To allow the scheme


to better meet demand, a guaranteed minimum number of places will be available on the scheme and linked to the Live Register.


The commu-


nity and social benefits of CE will also be safe- guarded thanks to a new two strand approach, with places on schemes categorised as either so- cial inclusion or activa- tion. “Another major change will be a reduction in the entry age from 25 to 21 years allowing more young people


part. My Fine Gael col- league, the Social Protec-


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tion Minister, Leo Varad- kar, also confirmed to me that


delivered by local previous


it will be easier for participants


to


re-enter a scheme or get an extra year, as the cut- off year is being moved forward from 2000 to 2007.


“CE participants, who


are working towards a major award, can now seek to extend participa- tion by up to two years, while those over 55 years of age will be allowed to remain on CE for three years.


kar will also review the possibility


allowing said


Minister Varad- of


more older people to re- main on the scheme for longer”, Stanton.


“I am aware to take


many local organisations and charities that


have encountered prob- lems recently in secur-


Minister from they


ing CE workers and that this is having a negative impact on their ability to provide


services to


the community. We are making CE and other schemes more flexible as they not only support key services in the childcare, health and social care, sports and community sector but also for the benefit the participants themselves. “I understand that as


part of the implementa- tion of the new measures announced by the Min- ister last Friday the De- partment will be consult- ing with key stakeholders in the coming weeks and implementation of the new arrangements will commence thereafter.


I


hope that these changes, once introduced, will en- sure the success of these schemes into the future.”


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