Sanctuary Runners met in Ardee on Fri, Dec 12 at 11am for a lovely walk along the Railway Walk. Afterwards, everyone enjoyed tea and a chat at Louth Local Development on Bridge Street. Great company, fresh air, and community spirit all around! 🏃‍♀️☕💬

🏃‍♀️💙 Ardee, we’re on the move! This Friday 12th December at 11am, join the Sanctuary Runners for a community run, jog or walk. All speeds, all backgrounds, all welcome. See you there! ✨ #Ardee #Louth #LouthChat #LoveLouth

👶🥄 The HSE Are Hosting a FREE Online Baby Weaning Workshop! Get expert guidance from CORU-registered Community Dietitians on introducing your baby to solid foods in this relaxed, 90-minute live session. 📅 Starts 10:30am 👉 Register here: register.enthuse.com/ps/event/Bab... #Louth #HSE

Seasonal #SICAP’s Community Connection programme in collaboration with Culture Connect supported the fabulous and festive Christmas Around the World event that was held in the Laurence's Centre Drogheda on Saturday 7th December! Well done to all involved 🎅🏻✨

📣 Have your say on Our Rural Future 2026–2031! The Department of Rural & Community Development and the Gaeltacht is seeking public feedback. Submit your views by 12 Dec 2025 to [email protected] . Shape the future of rural Ireland. 🌱🇮🇪 #OurRuralFuture #RuralIreland

🌾 New Rural Dweller Pilot Scheme – Jan 2026! 🌾 Up to 7 RSS places in Co. Louth for rural residents aged 50+ on qualifying welfare payments. Gain part-time, community-based work and support. Apply via Louth Local Development: [email protected]

It’s December and our RSS participant Fergie Fox is doing a fantastic job keeping Churchtown Cemetery neat and tidy. Huge thanks to Fergie for his great work! To learn more about RSS, contact [email protected] #RuralSocialScheme #CommunitySpirit

🌱 LEADER Funding EOIs now open! Planning a community-focused project for 2026–2027? Support may be available through the LEADER Programme. Share your idea to help strengthen our rural communities. Submit your EOI: 👉 ow.ly/IqhE50XzVEi 💚 Let’s build a vibrant future together! Join us! 🤝 Now!

🌟 Great news for Cuchulainn Gaels GFC and the Omeath community! 🌟 We’re thrilled to share that €86,784.93 in LEADER funding has been approved to create a fully lit walking track—bringing a safe, accessible space for all. Thanks to everyone who made this happen! 💡🚶‍♂️💚#LEADERProgramme #LouthLCDC

An inspiring day at our Empower, Protect & Prevent conference with powerful speakers, brave stories, a beautiful wellbeing workshop and amazing support from partners, guests and hosts. Thank you all for standing with us. 🧡 #OrangeTheWorld #noexcuse #empowerprotectprevent #breakingthetaboo

📢🚨 Invasive Species Alert! Demon shrimp confirmed in Ireland’s freshwater systems. This aggressive invader threatens native species and river ecology. 🛑 Protect our waterways—Check, Clean, Dry after every visit. Full details & guidance: lnkd.in/eJET2Vx6

For the 16 Days of Activism, we stand together to shine a light on gender-based violence. We all have a role to play in building a safer, more equal world — today and every day. #EmpowerProtectPrevent #OrangeTheWorld #BreakingTheTaboo #NoExcuse

✨ Voices from the Breaking The Taboo Conference: Empower, Protect & Prevent! ✨ Together, we empowered, protected, and pledged to prevent gender-based violence—because change starts with all of us. 🧡🗣️🔥💪 #EmpowerProtectPrevent #OrangeTheWorld #BreakingTheTaboo #NoExcuse

For the 16 Days of Activism, we stand together to shine a light on gender-based violence. We all have a role to play in building a safer, more equal world — today and every day. #EmpowerProtectPrevent #OrangeTheWorld #BreakingTheTaboo #NoExcuse

🎉 Congrats to Tullyallen Men’s Shed! Delighted to see them awarded LEADER funding through Louth LCDC for a brand-new Games Room. A great boost for community wellbeing, social connection and a fun space for members for years to come. Well done to all involved! 👏 #LEADER #LouthLCDC #tullyallenmensshed

🎄 Spread festive joy in Louth! Louth Volunteer Centre’s new Christmas Giving Tree invites you to brighten a nursing home resident’s Christmas. Pop into Dundalk or Drogheda from 18 Nov to pick a name, buy a small gift & LVC will deliver it with a Card of Care. Call or email to join the kindness!

🌿 Plant a living berry hedge! 🍓🫐 Boost biodiversity, feed birds and bees, enjoy fresh free berries, and add low-maintenance, year-round beauty. It’s a natural privacy screen, a community builder, eco-friendly branding for businesses, and a cost-effective investment. Plant once, enjoy for years. 💚

Sanctuary Runners are coming to Ardee! 🏃‍♀️ Be part of a positive, supportive community that brings people together through running, walking, and friendship. 🌍 Want to get involved or learn more? 📧 Email: [email protected] 📞 Call: 087 1192052

🌟 Ready to upskill, gain experience, or boost confidence? The Community Employment (CE) Scheme is your next step! Build skills, gain on-the-job experience, support your community, and boost your path to long-term work. 📞 Contact your Dundalk LAES Case Officer Now!! #LAES #LOUTH #LouthChat #LoveLouth

Great day at DKIT as we met 18 new students starting the Access Programme, including past Pathways and Headstart participants! 🎓 Delighted to gift them welcome packs to support their studies. Best of luck to all! #SICAP #ReturnToEducation #AccessToEducation #LifelongLearning

🌿 Our RSS participant, John Bird, has been hard at work cutting the grass verge at Philipstown Graveyard near Tallanstown! 👏 His dedication ensures the grounds are neat, tidy, and well-maintained for all visitors. For more info about the RSS, contact [email protected]. #RuralSocialScheme

🚨 UN 16 Days Campaign kicks off 25 Nov! 💜 Events before & after include a Coffee Morning for Men’s Aid ☕💙 with Dunleer Men’s Ukulele Group 🎶 Sat 22 Nov, 10:30-12, Market House, Dunleer. Check our calendar for more events! #EmpowerProtectPrevent #OrangeTheWorld #BreakingTheTaboo #NoExcuse

🌟 Loved seeing everyone at yesterday’s Welcome Café in Creative Spark! ☕🎲 Join us for the next events: Nov 27 & Dec 11 at Community Office, Park St, Dundalk. Info: Amina 087 1192 052 / [email protected] 💛 #WelcomeCafe #CommunitySpirit #Dundalk

We're hiring an LAES Assistant Manager (CID). Based in Drogheda with travel. Apply by sending CV & cover letter to [email protected] by 12pm, 27 Nov 2025. Interviews: 4 Dec in Dundalk. Full details: bit.ly/47UCWdT #LouthJobs #jobsDrogheda

🌾 Rural Social Scheme Update – November 🌾 This week, RSS participant Fergie Fox helped keep Churchtown Graveyard looking its best by cutting the grass verge. 🙌 The Rural Social Scheme supports farmers & fishers with part-time work that benefits our communities. 📧 [email protected]

🧡 16 Days. 1 Goal. End Gender-Based Violence. Explore our Calendar of Events and join us to Empower, Protect & Prevent. Together we’re #BreakingTheTaboo — because there’s #NoExcuse. #OrangeTheWorld #EmpowerProtectPrevent

🧡 Join Breaking the Taboo Network for our Awareness Conference launching the UN 16 Days of Activism! 💬 Inspiring talks, 🎶 choir performance & more. 🍽️ Lunch included! Wear orange! Must Book! 📧 [email protected] | 📞 087 918 8517 #OrangeTheWorld #EmpowerProtectPrevent #NoExcuse #BreakingTheTaboo

🚨 Missed the #NationalBiodiversityDataCentre webinar on Ireland’s response to the Asian hornet in County Cork? The recording is now live! 🎥 Hear from experts on nest analysis, sighting verification, and lessons for future prevention. 🐝 Watch here 👉 ow.ly/3q7650XpUqL

⚽ Football for Connection – Week 7! 💪 Thanks to Julie Duffy from Louth Sports Partnership for joining us to co-design our 2026 project 🙌 Women 18+ welcome! Join us Tuesdays 8–9pm, Special Olympics Hall, Crosslanes. 🎄 Christmas celebration Dec 16! 🎉 #WomenInSport #GetActive #Drogheda

🍂 This Week on the Louth Parent Hub! 🍂 Fun, learning & family time all around Louth! 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦🍼 From Baby Play Sessions to First Aid & a Dublin Zoo Workshop — there’s something for everyone! ✨ Don’t miss: 🤱 Cuidiú Groups | 🎨 Messy Play | 🧠 Sibling Workshop | 📚 Post-18 Expo 👉 www.louthparenthub.ie/events

✨ Great week of learning & connection! 🗓️ Thurs: 19 participants joined our Handling Conflict in Community Contexts training 🤝 🗓️ Fri: Attended Making SpACE for Justice with Saolta—sharing on conflict, justice & resilience 💪 #CommunityDevelopment #LDC

Calling all Louth manufacturers! Cut your waste and your costs with expert support that’s 90% funded! Our Zero Waste Action Audit offers: ✅ Deep dive into your waste streams ✅ Tailored action plan ✅ Funding & sustainability expertise Only 4 spots left ! 📩 [email protected] | 📞 087 2592098

🌾 Embrace a Winter Wildlife Corner! Leave leaves, pile logs, keep seed heads, & skip digging. 🦋🕷️🐞 Even a small patch left wild helps insects, birds & soil life survive winter — and rewards you with richer biodiversity come spring. 🌍💚 #WildlifeGarden #CountyLouth

Autumn in Faughart, Co. Louth. Our Rural Social Scheme participant Seamus Roe is busy keeping the stream at St. Brigid’s Shrine clear of leaves and debris. Seamus does a wonderful job keeping the site clean throughout the season. Contact [email protected] or 087 2592098.

We’re still buzzing from Youth Connect Fest 2025! 🎉 Get ready — Drogheda Youth Connect Fest 2026 is coming this January! 💪 Powered by the #SICAP Network & Louth Local Development — connecting, inspiring & celebrating Drogheda’s young people! 🌟https://youtu.be/PePmzLtl35k

A lovely morning at Maggie’s Kitchen, Cooley, as Grange & District Residents Association thanked RSS participant Declan Mills for 11 years of dedicated service to the Bush & Grange area. 👏💚 #RuralSocialScheme #CommunitySpirit #Cooley #CountyLouth #LocalHeroes #LLD

🚶‍♀️ Great news for Louth! Minister Dara Calleary has announced €16.5M for 63 outdoor projects under ORIS, including €500K for the Boyne Greenway to upgrade paths & lighting — boosting local recreation & tourism. 🌿 ℹ️ loom.ly/P33TNdY #Louth #ORIS #BoyneGreenway #GetOutside

🎃 We had a spooktacular time at our Halloween Welcome Café! 👻 Natali led a fun craft session making pumpkin bags 🎨👜 and Oscar from Creative Spark shared the Repair Café initiative ♻️🛠️ Join their next event on Nov 22! 💬 #WelcomeCafe #CommunitySpirit #HalloweenFun #RepairCafe

🎃 Happy Halloween! 👻 Wishing everyone a fun, safe & spooky day from all the Board & Staff at Louth Local Development! 🕸️🦇 May your day be filled with treats, laughter & just the right amount of fright! 🍬💀 #HappyHalloween #LouthLocalDevelopment #HalloweenFun #LocalCommunity #Louth #LouthChat

Calling all Louth manufacturers! Cut your waste and your costs — with expert support that’s 90% funded! Our Zero Waste Action Audit offers: ✅ Deep dive into your waste streams ✅ Tailored action plan ✅ Funding & sustainability expertise Only 4 spots left ! 📩 [email protected] | 📞 087 2592098

🔶 Save the Date! Join us Tues 25 Nov 2025 at The Marcy Hotel, Drogheda for the Breaking the Taboo Conference launching the UN #16Days of Activism 💜 ⏰ 9:30–3:30 🍽️ Lunch Included 📧 [email protected] #SICAP #OrangeTheWorld #EndGBV #Inclusion #Empowerment

🌾 October To-Do for Happy Gardens & Gardeners! 🍁 Plant spring bulbs 🌷, rake & compost leaves 🍂, cut back perennials 🌿 (leave some for wildlife!), harvest veggies 🥕, tidy borders 🌸, protect tender plants, help garden friends 🐦 & soak in autumn’s glow 💚. #GardenTips #AutumnGardening #Louth

🌟 Volunteering Booms in Louth! 🌟 Over 740 students filled the Fairways Hotel for Louth Volunteer Centre’s 6th Annual Schools Volunteering Fair — up 17% from last year! 🙌 Workshops, talks & local charities inspired students to build skills, confidence & community spirit. 💪💫 #LouthVolunteers

On 23 Oct, the Place Based Leaders Network hosted a Child Trafficking Awareness Workshop at the Barbican, Drogheda with Mecpaths (Ann Mara) & Detective Sgt Michelle Carey. Thank you to all services who attended! #ChildTraffickingAwareness #LouthCommunity

🌍 Have Your Say! The Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment is seeking feedback to shape Ireland’s Social Climate Plan. 🗣️ Submissions close 23 Oct 2025 — share your views here: lnkd.in/eqWuSKn8 #ClimateAction #HaveYourSay

Community groups power Ireland’s Circular Economy 🌍 Circular.ie supports local changemakers with grants, guides & connections to grow their impact. Discover more about Ireland’s circular communities at Circular.ie ♻️ #LetsGetCircular #CircularEconomy

🌟 Step Up, Celebrate & Nominate! 🌟 Join Louth Volunteer Centre for Lead with Purpose: Louth Trustee Celebration & Showcase 🎉 📍 Bellingham Castle | 🗓️ Wed 5 Nov, 6:30–9PM Honour leaders, connect, be inspired! 💙 🕒 Nominate by 24 Oct at 👉 www.volunteerlouth.ie

🎃 Join us for a spooktacular Halloween Welcome Café! 👻 Enjoy crafts, coffee & a chat with Creative Spark about upcoming Repair Cafés! 🔧☕ 📅 Thurs 30 Oct | 🕝 2:30–4:30PM | 📍 Creative Spark, Dundalk | Adults only #HalloweenFun #WelcomeCafe #DundalkEvents #GetCreative

📅 This Week on the Louth Parent Hub! A week full of fun, learning & laughter for parents and little ones 💕 👶 Cuidiú Groups 🎵 Jo Jingles 🎨 Parent & Toddler fun 📖 Spooky Tales 🤰 Real Birth Course 🎃 Halloween Baby Class 👉 See all events: www.louthparenthub.ie/events

Great evening at our final ASK.ie Project session in Ardee! 🌟 Thanks to Annemarie Watters, Healthy Louth, for sharing tips on finding reliable health info 💻🌿 More practical workshops coming in 2026! 🙌 #SiCAP #HealthyLouth #CommunityWellbeing #LouthLibraries