Community Safety & Wellbeing Expo Thursday 5 October Longford Town
Slaintecare Healthy Communities (Local Authority); Healthy Longford Programme and Longford Community Safety Partnership are arranging a free Safety & Wellbeing Expo on Thursday 5 October (10am -3pm) in the new Longford Sports Hub (Behind St Mel’s College), with support of Longford County Council and An Garda Síochána.
We would like to invite your projects/organisation to host an exhibit/info stand at the event and the more interactive or tactile they can be the better!!!
This Expo event aims to showcase services and projects available in Longford to support people’s sense of Community Safety & Wellbeing (Financial, mental, health, relationship, physical) and we want to have lots of interactive activities and information stands on the day with exhibits inside and outside.
Niall Breslin ‘Bressie’ is giving a Mental Wellbeing talk at 11am in the main auditorium and this is a must see.
All Garda national units will be in attendance along with Civil Defense and Fire Service. Learn CPR, meet the armed response unit and the Garda Dog Unit, learn how to sign up to the Civil Defense. Assistant Commissioner Paula Hilman will be in attendance as well.
Longford Sports Partnership are arranging ‘have a go’ sessions and tasters of different activities.
The event will be open to the public but we are specifically inviting all TY groups/Youth Reach (and any other year groups that schools want to send) as well as Active Age , Disability groups, Community groups , Men’s Sheds. Day Care services, Groups supporting new communities, migrants, Roma Community, Travellers, Ukrainians, IPS clients etc.
We will compile a full list of exhibitors and a schedule of activities/mini talks on the day in a week or two once we firm up details. If there is any other service; project or organisation you think we should invite to have a stand, please let me know.
To confirm your attendance and any requirements you have (access to electrical points etc.) please contact me or email communitysafety@longfordcoco.ie :
Janine Bartley | Community Safety Coordinator | 086 103 7184 |
Breda Greaves | Healthy Longford Coordinator | 087 277 7843 |
Donal Mulligan | Slaintecare Healthy Communities | 086 012 3402 |
