Mealson Wheels Mentalhealth programme Aspireproject Openmic

Enniskerry and Kilmacanogue Meals on Wheels is inviting volunteer drivers to get in touch to offer their services.

Drivers who can give up two or three hours twice a month can contact Maoiliosa Kelly at 086 8322466.

The service delivers hot meals every Tuesday and Thursday to older people in their homes. It’s an opportunity to connect with the community and provide a hot meal and social contact to older people in the area.

Grow community mental health programme is now taking place on Zoom each Tuesday evening from 7.30 p.m. to 9 p.m.

To register a place, call 086 6063184 or email clodagherasmus@grow.ie.

Bray Area Partnership’s social prescribing well-being project, Aspire, is a free service that supports people with their health and wellbeing by connecting them up with services and activities in the community.

In these Covid-19 times, it can be difficult to stay connected to the local community and maintain wellbeing and positive mental health.

The team will initially chat to people over the phone or via Zoom about their needs and interests and then refer them on to services and supports that can help or link them into activities that will be right for them. Through regular checkins the coordinator will support people over six to 10 weeks as they engage with these activities.

The free Aspire online programme also brings people together in small supportive groups to connect and learn practical skills such as coping with stress, relaxation techniques and self-care during these challenging times.

Aspire is a Healthy Ireland and Sláintecare-funded project.

To sign up (or to find out more about Bray Area Partnership) go to Brayareapertnership.ie or call 01 2868266. and collection service.

Readers can place an order for specific book titles or authors, and organisers will see if they are in stock, or request a specific genre.

All books are in pristine condition and competitively priced. They also have a selection of jigsaws and DVDs.

To place an order, email sofabooks4u@gmail.com or send a text or WhatsApp to 089 4932103

Organisers will then send a message to let the buyer know when to collect their books and the amount owing. They can then call to the Shankill Day Care Centre, Lower Road, Shankill (D18 HW95), and pick them up between the hours of 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. on Wednesdays or Fridays.

The organisers are not in a position to accept new books or take back any returns while the Covid-19 crisis is ongoing.

El Troubadours’ open mic night is now online.

There will be live music, chat, ceoil agus craic live on Facebook on Wednesday and Sunday nights from 8.30 p.m.

The event usually takes place in person in Jim Doyle’s, hosted by Tom Dalton.

The artists will be on Zoom and the whole event goes out on Tom Dalton on Facebook and Celtic Grace Ireland on Instagram.