Month: June 2022

Bere Island Projects Group Awarded CLAR Funding to Purchase Electric Bus

Bere Island Projects Group have been awarded €72,693 of CLÁR funding from the Department of Rural and Community Development to purchase an electric wheelchair accessible bus and install a PV charging point at the island community centre.   The funding was announced by Minister Heather Humphreys, as part of an overall €412,000 funding package for eleven …

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The Hold

The Hold, will open on Bere Island on Friday 17th June, and documents the lives of twenty four Bere Island women throughout the Covid-19 pandemic and the hold the island has on them.  The women, formed a collective – Bere Island Women Create – and during lockdown worked remotely with award winning island artist Mary Sullivan to …

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Bere Island Projects Group win County Final of National Lottery Good Causes Awards

Bere Island Projects Group are among the six groups in Cork who have been announced as County winners in the National Lottery Good Causes Awards 2022. It’s the second time Bere Island has featured in the Good Causes Awards, the group made reached the finals in 2019.    The awards were created to honour and showcase the inspiring …

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