Palmerstown Intergenerational Project

South Dublin County Council are working in partnership with Pobalscoil Iosiolde on an Intergenerational Project in Palmerstown, originally an Allotment Project made up of Parents, a Teachers and Students to apply for a Community Allotment for Palmerstown, this project has developed into a wider Community Intergenerational Project. A successful application for an allotment was made, with Niamh Carton Community Worker as Lease Holder. Membership of the group was opened up and other organisations in Palmerstown were invited to get involved. We now have a larger group made up of, parents, students, teachers, older person groups and environmental groups.

Applications for funding through the Mayors Initiative, fundraising etc. is being planned to raise funding to prepare the allotment for use. The allotment is overgrown and needs a huge amount of work in the coming months.

As the allotment project will take off slowly, to ensure the group stays together we have agreed to work together to share skills, learn from one another and identify their common interests etc. Older people and parents in the community are teaching knitting, candle making and design, crocheting and general arts and crafts, whilst the students hope to arrange to visit the Parish Centre to try out Intergenerational Gaming, Smart Phones etc. in the New Year.

Meetings are ongoing in Pobalscoil Iosolde facilitated by Ann Marie O'Brien, Home School Liaison and Niamh Carton, South Dublin County Council.