Plans for 2022, A biodiversity Action Plan and Circular Economy Event

 Well, the New Year started off well for our group. We got word in January that we had successfully been awarded a grant of €4,000 in order to do a biodiversity analysis of our area. This is a great opportunity to work with an ecologist to get a detailed look at the different species in Kilcullen and to work on a plan to support all the ecosystems around us.  On the 12th February, some of our members met with Nuala, our ecologist, to take a walk around Kilcullen and discuss how to implement the grant. We chatted about the different areas and about how we might get schools and community involved. 

 Nuala then produced the first of the newsletters for the project.

We are very excited to be working with Nuala and that the community will benefit from this grant!

In other news, we've had several meetings and have formulated some plans for the year, including a circular economy event to be held in May.  This will be a celebration of reduce, reuse, recycle and will highlight all the ways we can share, repair and support charity shops, whilst reducing waste at the same time.  We will be applying for a grant for this event so watch this space.

As always, you can find us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube (link on home page) and below is one of our videos on how you can help pollinators this Spring: