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Odlums National Pancake Party - 1st to 5th February

The Odlums National Pancake Party is back for its third year running this February.

Schools, community centres, office canteens, cafes, reception areas, town halls - these are all excellent locations for a tasty Pancake Party!

To take part all you need to do is fill out the online registration form or download a registration form. Once The National Children’s Hospital, Tallaght receive your registration form they will send you out your fundraising pack which tells you all you need to know about hosting your Odlums National Pancake Party.

Email: info@thenationalchildrenshospital.ie
Weblink: The National Children’s Hospital, Tallaght

Tallaght Adult Learners' Fair

On Thursday 7th February, 11am - 7pm at the Tallaght Library (beside Tallaght Luas stop) Find out how to:
- Learn new skills or brush up on existing skills
- Return to work, or progress your existing career
- Take a second chance course
- Do a Higher Certificate, or a Degree
- Apply for a Grant
- Avail of the Department of Social and Family Affairs Back to Education Schemes

Weblink: http://www.activelink.ie/ce/active.php?id=3038

South Dublin County wins LAMA Local Government Awards

South Dublin County Council picked up 4 LAMA Awards on last Saturday night at the Local Authority Members Association (LAMA) Awards, which were presented in the presence of Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, John Gormley

The winning South Dublin County projects were:

The new County Library in Tallaght for Best Public Building
The Adamstown development in South Lucan for Best Private Housing Development
The Adamstown development for Best Affordable Housing Development Project and
The Arena Development in Tallaght for Best Mixed Development Project

Online 'shopping assistant'

When you are ordering goods or services online, how do you know that you can trust the website? The European Consumer Centre (ECC) in Dublin and other members of the ECC network across Europe have launched an "online shopping assistant" to do just that.

The online assistant called Howard helps consumers find out how reputable a website is. Howard is particularly useful the first time you use a new website and also has plenty of good advice on online shopping.

Basically it is a web search tool that gets key information about an online shopping site, in order to work out how trustworthy it is likely to be. This includes how old the site is, whether it is a member of a trustmark scheme, and how long the "right to cancel" period is in the country where the business is based.

Weblink: http://www.eccdublin.ie/

Making the Connection

Making the Connection: Creative Approaches to Intercultural Dialogue in Youth Work

A National Youth Arts Programme seminar on 31st January 2008
at Arás Chronáin, Orchard Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22
Making the Connection will explore artistic and creative approaches to intercultural dialogue in youth work. It will investigate which aspects are of prime concern to youth workers and how they might be addressed.

Themes identified so far include: participation, involvement, inclusion; identity, perception and preconception; communication; creative expression; understanding and empathy.

http://www.activelink.ie/ce/active.php?id=3380

IBM helps consumers recycle electrical goods

In the wake of Christmas, thousands of retired television sets, computers, MP3 players, George Foreman grills and other assorted electronic and electrical goods are left festering in cupboards and under stairs as their owners switch allegiance to shiny new upgrades.

Don’t let them linger say IBM Ireland as the company plans to hold a waste recycling day this Saturday, 12th January, where members of the public can bring “anything with a plug or battery”.

The recycling day will be held on IBM’s Mulhuddart Technology Campus, Dublin 15 in association with WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) Ireland and Fingal County Council from 10am to 4pm.

See the full Silicon Republic Article here.

Connect nominated for LAMA Award

The Local Authority’s Member’s Association (LAMA) are pleased to announce the release of the shortlist for their upcoming awards. The awards aim to reward initiatives and private companies for outstanding contributions and projects of benefit to the community.

Each of the finalists was nominated by their local LAMA representative as the best in their county and then the nominees’ entries judged by an independent panel of experts.

The awards, which last year were attended by over 800 of Ireland’s key Local government executives and communities business leaders, are receiving an even more impressive welcome and interest this year.

The gala Awards ceremony to announce the winner will be held on Saturday 19th January in the Citywest Hotel, hosted by RTE presenter – Sharon Ni Bheolain and attended Mr John Gormley, T.D., the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government.

The Local Authority Members’ Association represents elected councillors nationwide. They play a pivotal role in local government, being charged with representing their constituents in local issues, providing leadership within the community and being responsible for the provision of local services.

For full list of finalists log onto www.lamaawards.org