Great initiative by @louthlocaldev.bsky.social 👏

#ByTheCommunityForTheCommunity - definitely one that rings bells in relation to #T1D community🥳

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How to ensure you feel like crap the rest of the day:

1. Send out rejection emails.

That’s it. That does it. Sorry to all you excellent CFP submitters that we couldn’t squeeze in.

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The Louth social circle breaking the pandemic of loneliness Ireland is the loneliest place in Europe, according to a survey by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre which found that over 20 per cent of respondents declared themselves “lonely”. This i...

Wow wee #MnaAwesome mo chairde Janet, Biddy, Gerry, Annette & Susan are now national superstars🤩 🤩 🤩 🤩 🤩

From Saturday's #IrishIndependent

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#SocialCircle #MuirhevnamorCommunityCentre #Dundalk #Louth #ByTheCommunityForTheCommunity

Muirhevnamir social circle is breaking the pandemic of loneliness By MARGARET RODDY 🇮🇪 is the loneliest place in🇪🇺according to a survey 🇪🇺Commission's Joint Research Centre which found that over 20% of respondents declared themselves "lonely"This is backed up by a research report by🇮🇪Life that found 1 out of 3 adults described themselves as "isolated" or "Lonely" People can find themselves experiencing loneliness for a rariety of reasons. They may be bereaved or divorced, their children may have grown up and left home, they may be recently retired or have moved lo a new community. One organisation in Co Louth that is helping to give people a way out of isolation is the Social Circle which meets in Muirhevamor Community Centre. At its core is a group of women. Janet says "We dont discriminate against anyone. We have people aged 23 to 86."There's an easy sense to the group who are determined to offer... to whoever wants to come. oneliness with chats, coffee, had a speaker from ALONE and 896 and we welcome anyone Siobhan Gaffney did a talk on diabetes. There is comaraderie among the as they share what th They regularly have anything means to them and the ble Dundalk every Tuesday. n Australia, she now lives in ap but decided after the sum- between fiifteen to thirty people it has brought to thei cure for the pandemic of Gerry did flower arranging. We Biddy, a Dundalk n going until November and ifthe ake place every Tuesday from living in Carrickmac says Janet. The Quay area of Dundalk with mer break that they would keep are their weekly meetings which en spent most of her life livin g They were just about to give she really enjoys While Janet Wintle McMul- diabetes. It's a time that suits everyone, ith other people e hnd craic. Not one to sit at home twid- numbers didn't pick up they 12.30pm to 2.30pm. They have, she S it was no surprise when she was band would organise some lect children or grandchildren. a "tight" group "We asked Biddy if her hus- especially…

or social king the onelineSs group taking part in' the social circle meeting in Muirhevnamor Community at the social circle meeting. nst anyone for the last tour and they are delighted to forge links with aged 23 to other groups. ne anyone maraderie among the women There's an easy sense of ca- me along, as they share what the group anything means to them and the benefits Eileen Clarke and Tina Elder. lar feature as Janet notes that AL ty people it has brought to their lives. Biddy, a Dundalk native now doesn't know what she'd do they can use techniques that gs which Susan was new to Dun- they have learned into practice lay from living in Carrickmacross, Says without the group. she really enjoys meeting up dalk, having moved here from to deal with stressful situations. They have lots of plans for eryone, with other people each week. They have, she says, become Leitrim, when she went to a a "tight group who all help meet and greet session with the coming months, including e to col- a visit to Dublin 's Glasnevin ildren. her husband. "We had a bit of a chat and cemetery on April 30 and the ) enjoy each other Annette is widow living in that was it. I went back the next Salt Caves in Balbriggan. a and They also meet up socially aewly Meigh near NewTy. "1 gave up working after week as I like meeting people. aden out working for 22 years but I didn't It's better than sitting at home from time to time outside the Tuesday meetings an really know anyone in Meigh as watching daytime television. "IfI hadn't joined the group, indication of the strong bonds int- I always went to Dundalk. It's nd great to have somewhere to go Td know nobody in Dundalk of friendship that they have "We do have a good laugh, developed. ry and to get out ofthe house, to be able to meet up with interesting says Janet, "I couldn't do it The Muirhevnamor Com- people. Otherwise 1 would be without the girls. It would be munity Social Circle meets S. sitting at home and the walls impossible," says Janet o…

What powerhouses Janet, Biddy, Gerry, Annette&Susan are🥳🙌🤩 #ByTheCommunityForTheCommunity

They invited me to come have chat about #diabetes in #SocialCircle #MuirhevnamorCommunityCentre & have come to support me at other diabetes and #womenshealth events in #Dundalk #Louth

#MnaAwesome mo chairde🫂