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AUGUST 2009
Buncrana Go Active
A number of volunteers with Good Morning Inishowen telephone link
service for elderly people, have decided to form a new active retirement
group for people in the greater Buncrana area. The name of the new
group is Buncrana Go Active. It is set to start in the Autumn.
Buncrana Go Active will hold their first public meeting in the
Angling Centre on Monday 7th September at 7.30pm. The group was
set up recently by a number of enthusiastic 50+ men and women who
were keen to provide a range of activities for their peer group.
The aim of the group is to provide social, educational, creative
and recreational activities for older people in Buncrana and the
surrounding areas.
Secretary of the newly formed group is Joe McGinley. He says the
idea came from looking at the work of other active retirement groups
in Donegal. "A number of us went to Moville at the start of
the summer to hear the president of the National Active Retirement
Association address the Moville Active Retirement group and we came
away wanting to set up a similar group in Buncrana. We spoke to
Anne Gill, the Project Co-ordinator of Good Morning Inishowen, to
see how a group might be set up."
Already, funding has been sourced from the VEC for classes in Art,
Computers and Local History. These will begin in September, subject
to numbers. The main purpose of the first public meeting is to find
out from prospective members what activities they would be interested
in. It's important that we have a big turn out of older people at
this meeting. The interest has to be there if Buncrana Go Active
is to be a success.
It will also be an opportunity to become a member and to sign up
for the planned activities. Activities suggested so far include
guided walks, digital photography theatre visits, dancing, book
club, financial management, board games and quizzes. The opening
fee is €10.
Buncrana Go Active committee at present is Joe McGinley (Secretary),
Marian McAlinney (Chairperson) and Bridget Hurley (Treasurer). There
will be an opportunity for new people to join the committee this
autumn.
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