Community Development Worker Position
The Bere Island Projects Group CLG are inviting applications for the position of Community Development Worker. For further details see the poster below.
Bere Island Community Update
Bere Island Tourism and Environment Group Newsletter
The Bere Island Tourism and Environment Group Newsletter is now online with a report on how you can help how to identify and treat invasive species on the island. Hard copies are also available from the Projects Group Office, the ferries and Murphys Shop. Click here to download a copy
Digital Marketing Training
Bere Island Projects Group will be hosting a Digital Marketing Training course for anyone with an interest in learning more about the digital arena, whether a business owner, or otherwise. The course will cover all the key digital tools, including social media (Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Twitter), websites, Canva, creating video, email marketing, blogging …
Bere Island Projects Group AGM
Bere Island Projects Group will hold their AGM on Wednesday 8th November 2023 at 7.00pm in the Community Centre. All are welcome to attend. The agenda is as follows: Chairpersons Welcome and Report. Secretary’s Report. Approval of Accounts. Appointing of Auditor. AOB: (to include election of directors).
Bere Island Win Tidy Island Award
Bere Island has won the Tidy Island Award in the 2023 Supervalu Tidy Towns Competition. It’s the fifteenth consecutive year the island has won the award. Bere Island’s entry into the Tidy Town’s competition is overseen by the Bere Island Tourism and Environment Group, who arrange litter picks and beach cleans and oversee the island’s …
Autumn Courses
Beara FET are planning on running the following courses on Bere Island soon. The first is a 23 week QQI level 4 Environmental Sustainability Awareness course which will look at biodiversity, climate change, energy and water efficiency, sustainable consumption and greening your lifestyle. Throughout the course you will develop personal action plans. The second course …
Bere Island Military Heritage Festival
Bere Island Projects Group CLG will hold a Military Heritage Festival on Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th September. The festival, which will conclude the group’s programme for the Decade of Centenaries and will feature guided walks, talks and an exhibition of old military photographs. Saturday 16th September Time Venue Event 11.30am Drill Hall, …
Bere Island Arts Festival
The inaugural Bere Island Arts Festival will run from Thursday 21st – Sunday 24th September with a packed programme of events, featuring exhibitions by Sarah Walker, Mary Sullivan, readings by award winning authors Donal Ryan, Molly Twomey, Adam Wyeth and Annmarie Ní Churreáin, musical performances by The Starlings, ZoDoMo and live theatre with The Peninsula …
Bere Island Community First Responders Group
The Bere Island Community First Responders Group met with the Bere Island Active Retirement Group today to spread the FAST message. It is important that we all learn to recognise the signs of stroke early. The FAST test can help you recognise the most common signs. Facial weakness: Can the person smile? Has their mouth or …
Bere Island Military Heritage Festival
Save the date…..the inaugural Bere Island Military Heritage Festival will be held on Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th September. The full programme of events will be announced shortly. The festival is being organised by Bere island Projects Group and funded by Cork County Council’s Commemorations Grant Scheme and The Heritage Council’s Heritage Capacity Fund 2023.