Louth County Council shortlisted for two Local Government Awards
Louth County Council have been shortlisted for the Health and Wellbeing and Age Friendly Initiative awards at the Local Government Awards.
The Louth County Council has been listed in two categories at the Local Government Awards.
The Excellence in Local Government Award winners will be announced on the 26th of November which includes 16 categories.
Louth are listed in the Health and Wellbeing category with ‘Dear Future Me’ and the ‘Age Friendly Initiative’ category with ‘The Memory Cafe’ in Dundalk & Drogheda Libraries.
‘Dear Future Me’ is a positive mental health initiative which is a cross-border project led by Healthy Louth in collaboration with Dundalk Youth Centre and the Magnet Centre in Newry.
This initiative is funded by Creative Ireland and aims to support young people aged 10-18 in Louth, Newry, Mourne, and Down by tackling issues such as loneliness, isolation, and poor mental health.
The project provides various creative and outdoor activities, including arts, hiking, meditation, and workshops in videography and performing arts, as it tries to empower youth and promote positive mental health.
Find out more here.
The Memory Cafe is an initiative which aims to bring dementia openly into the local community.
The cafe provides a warm and welcoming space for people with dementia, their family, friends and social and health care professionals to meet, exchange ideas and learnings.
Each cafe opens once a month, ususually having a guest speaker but in general they provide a social environment for people living with dementia to meet others who are living with it.