Join us for a celebration of local community heritage action featuring showcases, workshops, fieldtrips, networking and a community feast. This one day event (with optional Friday and Sunday sessions) will include training workshops for community groups where they can ask questions and share solutions on locally led heritage conservation projects while having the opportunity to network with others. With contributions from the Burrenbeo Conservation volunteers and Heritage Keepers programme participants, groups will be encouraged to showcase their projects while considering wider questions around climate change, biodiversity loss, community fragmentation and more. The event will also include the launch of the Clare Stories of Change exhibition where Clare based changemakers will share their climate actions.

Friday evening and all day Saturday participants will have the opportunity to join William from Wild Strands to prepare the food for the communal feast through these food workshops. Preparing this communal feast together will provide participants with the opportunity to connect or maybe reconnect with local plant-based food and develop a skill set on how to integrate a future food and often forgotten Irish heritage food, seaweed, back into our diets to create enjoyable, nutritious and healthy meals.

For anyone still in the area on Sunday, the morning will see the continuation of the Stories of Change Exhibition -  a collection of stories and photos of people in Clare doing good things, in their community for Earth Care, People Care and Fair Share. The exhibition will be open to the public 10:00-14:00. Pop in and say hello or register for a free ticket to join us for a gentle morning of yoga, coffee, cake and chats.

Who should attend

Anyone looking to get involved or take action in their community including; community heritage groups, community biodiversity groups, tidy towns groups, community development organisations.

Draft Event Programme

When                     What

09.30                     Registration, Tea & Coffee

10.00  - 10.15       Welcome and house keeping

10.15 – 12.00        Skills sharing presentations with Q&A’s.

• Paula Carroll, Cuimhneamh an Chláir - Oral History Recording
• Feidhlim Harty, FH Wetland Systems - Do’s and Don’ts of Ponds
• Deirdre Bennett,  Planting for Pollinators
• Mary Dillon, Magnificent Meadows - Managing Grassland for Nature.

12.00 – 13.00        Heritage Keepers Presentations

13.00 – 14.00         Lunch (buy locally or bring your own)

14.00 – 16.00         Skills fieldtrips and workshops

• Mitch Corbett, Planting Trees with Hometree (Fieldtrip)
• Pat O’Connor, Protecting and enhancing local waterways (Fieldtrip)
• Elaine Lynch, Graveyard recording and community archaeology (Fieldtrip)
• Setting up, problem solving and maintaining momentum in community groups – Burrenbeo Conservation Volunteers, Gort River Walk Development Group, Kilnaboy Heritage Group, Mountain Meitheal (indoor workshop)

16.30 – 17.00         Stories of change exhibition launch

17.15 – 18.00         Chill and chat/Market stalls - groups provided with space to display their information

18.00 - 19.30          Community feast prepared by William McElhinney of Wildstrands

On Friday evening and during the day Saturday, people can also sign up for a feast prep workshop with the aim to provide people with the opportunity to connect or maybe reconnect with local plant-based food and develop a skill set on how to integrate a future food and an often forgotten Irish heritage food seaweed back into our diet to create enjoyable, nutritious and healthy meals.

Sunday morning

• 10.00 - 11.30 Morning Yoga and meditation session (open to all levels)
  
• 11.30 - 13.30 Coffee, cake and community chat

Please get in touch (info@burrenbeo.com) if the ticket cost will be a barrier to you attending this event.