Launch of Creative Places West Cork Islands

Creative Places: West Cork Islands’ has been launched by Mayor of the County of Cork, Cllr. Gillian Coughlan at Whiddy Island Community Centre. Forming part of the Arts Council’s Creative Places programme 2021-2024, the programme will see Cork County Council lead a consortium of local arts and development agencies that inclues Bere Island Projects Group, Sherkin Island Development …

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Bere Island Sustainable Energy Community News

15th March 2022 The latest Bere Island Sustainable Energy Community Newsletter is now available online. 24th January 2022 Free BER Report for your HomeThe Bere Island Sustainable Energy Committee (SEC) is offering free BER Reports to the first 10 residents who request this. A BER report is an energy improvement report for your home, highlighting where …

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Courses

The following courses are currently taking place on Bere Island: Family Art CourseTuesdays at the Heritage Centre from 4.30 to 5.30pm. IT CourseThursdays at the Community Centre from 4.30 – 5.30pm. Marketing CourseThursdays at the Community Centre from 6.30 – 8.30pm. For further details contact the Projects Group Office at 027 75099.

Bere Island Publishing

Bere Island Publishing is a not-for-profit organisation which aims to collect and house all recent and older publications relevant to (or ‘about’ or ‘written on’) Bere Island. These can be fiction stories, or novels, non-fiction and historical works, but also popular-scientific publications and nature, hiking, bird watching guides. Bere Island authors can choose to be …

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West Cork Islands Housing Survey

University College Cork (UCC) is conducting a study on Housing and Sustaining Communities on the West Cork Islands in collaboration with the Bere Island Projects Group, Comharchumann Chléire Teoranta, Comhar na nOileán CTR and the SICAP programme, Comhdháil Oileáin na hÉireann, Sherkin Island Development Society, and the West Cork Development Partnership. The study is funded …

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