Alzpals Poemsin theStones

Wicklow Dementia Support is seeking volunteers for its Alzpals service.

Alzpals is a befriending service which supports people with dementia who are living at home. Full, free training (online) will be provided with Garda vetting, reference checks, support and ongoing mentoring

Anyone wilth a couple of hours a week to spare and who is living in the area is asked to contact Wicklow Dementia Support on 089 4286928 or info@wicklowdementiasupport.org

For more information about Wicklow Dementia Support or the services it provides, visit www.wicklowdementiasupport.org

A number of talented locals are due to take part in an evening of poetry and song at the Whale Theatre in Greystones this weekend.

‘Poems in the Stones’ will feature local poets Frances Browner and Paul Dillon reading and reciting their poems; Bray poet Carmen Cullen presenting her pandemic poetry on video; and singer and guitarist Michael Heffernan performing his poems in song.

Participants to Poets’ Wall will appear on screen.

The audience will be treated to different forms of poetry epic, elegy, poems that rhyme; lyric, limerick, odes to time; sonnet, haiku, villanelle; dip into the poets’ well.

The show takes place at 8 p.m. (doors open at 7.30 p.m.) on Friday, October 2. Tickets, costing €18, are available from the Whale Theatre.